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Cover of 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows

1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows

by Ai Weiwei
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Nov 1, 2021
Cover of Land Renewed

Land Renewed

by Peter Hetherington
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 24, 2021
Cover of The Young H.G. Wells: Changing the World

The Young H.G. Wells: Changing the World

by Claire Tomalin
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 24, 2021
Cover of Orwell's Roses

Orwell's Roses

by Rebecca Solnit
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 24, 2021
Cover of The First Ghosts: Most Ancient of Legacies

The First Ghosts: Most Ancient of Legacies

by Irving Finkel
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 17, 2021
Cover of The Right to Sex

The Right to Sex

by Amia Srinivasan
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 17, 2021
Cover of Rationality

Rationality

by Steven Pinker
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 17, 2021
Cover of We Don't Know Ourselves

We Don't Know Ourselves

by Fintan O'Toole
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 10, 2021
Cover of Devil-Land

Devil-Land

by Clare Jackson
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 10, 2021
Cover of Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern

Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern

by Mary Beard
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 3, 2021