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Cover of Screen Deep

Screen Deep

by Ellen E. Jones
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Feb 19, 2024
Cover of The Light of Asia

The Light of Asia

by Christopher Harding
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Feb 12, 2024
Cover of How the World Made the West

How the World Made the West

by Josephine Quinn
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Feb 12, 2024
Cover of Not the End of the World

Not the End of the World

by Hannah Ritchie
Book of the Day · NPR · Feb 7, 2024
Cover of Smoke And Ashes

Smoke And Ashes

by Amitav Ghosh
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Feb 5, 2024
Cover of The Future of War Crimes Justice

The Future of War Crimes Justice

by Chris Stephen
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Jan 22, 2024
Cover of We Are Free to Change the World

We Are Free to Change the World

by Lyndsey Stonebridge
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Jan 22, 2024
Cover of Judgement at Tokyo

Judgement at Tokyo

by Gary J. Bass
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Jan 22, 2024
Cover of In the Long Run

In the Long Run

by Jonathan White
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Jan 8, 2024
Cover of A Century of Labour

A Century of Labour

by Jon Cruddas
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Jan 8, 2024