Bettany Hughes, Sir Richard J Evans and John Hall consider whether periods of turmoil are seen as revolutionary at the time or whether we only understand change retrospectively. Show more
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Nazis, Holocaust, Time and Memory
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Rana Mitter surveys new thinking on the Nazis and genocide with Richard J Evans, Jane Caplan and David Cesarani. Plus Andre Singer and Eva Hoffman discussing image and memory. Show more
Last Word
Gennady Rozhdestvensky CBE, Maria Bueno, Gena Turgel, Zhao Kangmin, Leo Sarkisian
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Matthew Bannister on conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky, tennis player Maria Bueno, holocaust survivor Gena Turgel, archaeologist Zhao Kangmin and musicologist Leo Sarkisian. Show more
Free Thinking
Botticelli Reimagined, A New Biography of Hitler
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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As a best-selling German biography of Hitler is published in English, Anne McElvoy explores the way German historians view Hitler now. Plus Botticelli Reimagined at the V&A. Show more
Start the Week
Faisal I of Iraq and the making of the modern Middle East
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Anne McElvoy discusses the making of the modern Middle East and counterfactual history with Richard Evans, Malu Halasa, Scott Anderson and Ali Allawi. Show more