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Novelist Amy Tan talks to Anne McElvoy about her new book The Valley of Amazement.
Philip Dodd discusses Orwell, artists working in glass, and Stoicism Week.
Including Tony Benn's diaries, political traditions, PL Travers and the work of Guy Debord
s Spalding and Alexandra Harris discuss Myfanwy Piper's libretti for Britten.
Doctor Who with Dominic Sandbrook and Ray Monk. The Gettysburg Address. William Tillyer.
David Tennant in Richard II, Eric Schlosser, Basil Bunting reevaluated. With Anne McElvoy.
Samira Ahmed and guests discuss Joan Littlewood's musical Oh What a Lovely War.
Philip Dodd's guests historian include Catherine Merridale.
Matthew Sweet on the new Paul Greengrass film, Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks.
Matthew Sweet discusses the ways we can think about our close association with primates