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Medieval Manuscripts, Emma Donoghue, The Story of Boris Vian

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Matthew Sweet. With a discussion about medieval illuminated manuscripts, author Emma Donoghue talking about her new novel and Dennis Duncan on the story of Boris Vian. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Christopher de Hamel
Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Kylie Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Donoghue
Interviewed Guest:
Dennis Duncan

Free Thinking

Wolfson History Prize

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Rana Mitter is joined by the six authors shortlisted for the 2017 Wolfson History Prize and an audience at the British Academy for a discussion about the past into the present. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rana Mitter
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Beer
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Given-Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher de Hamel
Interviewed Guest:
Sasha Handley
Interviewed Guest:
Lyndal Roper
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Strickland

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Maps, Music and Medieval Manuscripts

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion show. Andrew Marr looks at medieval manuscripts at the Parker Library, Cambridge, with Christopher de Hamel, Lucie Skeaping and Edward Brooke-Hitching. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher de Hamel
Interviewed Guest:
Lucie Skeaping
Interviewed Guest:
Edward Brooke-Hitching
Producer:
Katy Hickman