Mark Haddon
chooses The Uffington White Horse
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Books include The Red House and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Its National Theatre stage adaptation won 7 Olivier Awards.
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The Uffington White Horse
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Mark Haddon chooses The Uffington White Horse, a 110 metre long bronze age chalk figure carved into the hillside near Faringdon in Oxfordshire.
From the Archive
Equine Myths
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Folklorist Jennifer Westwood and geographer Ian Mercer on the myths surrounding the Uffington White Horse.聽
The Horse
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Brett Westwood talks to The National Trust's Dawn Cunningham Clayton about maintaining the Uffington White Horse
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Symbolism
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Joanna Pinnock talks to archaeologist David Miles about the prehistoric symbolism of the horse.
From The Ancient Ark 21 Sep 2000 on Radio 4
Mark Haddon
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Mark Haddon聽on his best-selling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and its protagonist, Christopher.
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