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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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With scholar Theodore Zeldin discussing his new book, entitled The Hidden Pleasures of Life, and journalist Mona Eltahawy on why the Middle East needs a sexual revolution. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Philip Dodd is joined by academic Preti Taneja, Professor David Schalkwyk, director Dominic Dromgoole and Professor Sonia Massai to discuss what global Shakespeare means. Show more
28 minutes
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News and features from the world of books, presented by Mariella Frostrup. Literary Christmas gifts and crowd-funded publishing. Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Cultural discussion programme. Andrew Marr discusses India with Shashi Tharoor, Preti Taneja, Kate Sullivan de Estrada and Adam Roberts. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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As the Hayward Gallery opens an exhibition depicting the human body in sculpture, Ralph Rugoff and Deborah Bull join Philip Dodd to explore different representations of the body. Show more
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Neel Mukherjee, Preti Taneja, Mohsin Hamid and Nadeem Aslam talk borders and migration with Anne McElvoy, plus Gurindher Chadha on her film about Partition, Viceroy's House. Show more
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With director Robert Icke on staging Mary Stuart, Preti Taneja on newly translated foreign fiction and Karen Leeder on Gunter Grass's last book. Plus a book by Rachel Reeves MP. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Presented by Anne McElvoy. With author Mohsin Hamid talking about migration, Mohsin Hamid, Preti Taneja and Sam Goodman discussing India's Partition, and director Gurinder Chadha. Show more
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Arundhati Roy talks about literary translation, the subject of her WG Sebald lecture, with Preti Taneja, and Anne McElvoy investigates the UK's apparent language learning crisis. Show more
