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Why we read
Shahidha Bari and guests discuss the value of reading fiction and of writing history.
Childhood and innocence
Katherine Rundell, Emily Baughan, Grace Lockrobin, Miriam Cates, Andrew Cooper
Insiders & Outsiders
Matthew Sweet and guests explore the secret languages of the internet and beyond.
Are we all American now?
Freddy Gray, Dr Katie McGettigan, Amanda Taub, Kit Davis and Rana Mitter join Anne McElvoy
Ghosts, death and ecstatic states
Shahidha Bari with Irving Finkel, Simon Critchley, Chris Harding and Hetta Howes.
Milton and our modern world
It is 350 years since the death of Milton. We discuss ideas of Puritanism and divorce.
Cosy comfort reading or Nietzsche?
Alexander McCall Smith, Susannah Clapp, Tom Shakespeare, Deborah Sugg Ryan & Hugo Drochon
Diplomacy from Ancient Greece to Trump
Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Professor Clare Jackson, Bronwen Maddox, Dr Holly Furneaux
