Literature
Why is Orwell's 1984 still relevant today? World Update. Audio, 00:11:03
On the 70th anniversary of George Orwell's 1984 his son remembers the man behind the book
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- Posted7 June 2019
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- Posted7 June 2019
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- Posted6 June 2019
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- Posted5 June 2019
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- Posted2 June 2019
Sunday Feature. Literary Pursuits - Golding's Lord of the Flies. Audio, 44 minutes
Golding's classic novel was saved from being rejected by Faber by the luckiest of chances.
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The Essay. Hay Festival 2019, Daniel Hahn. Audio, 14 minutes
The Essay from Hay Festival 2019
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The Essay. Hay Festival 2019, Alys Conran. Audio, 14 minutes
Alys Conran reflects on what it's like to read Robinson Crusoe as a novelist.
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- Posted29 May 2019
The Essay. Hay Festival 2019, Alex Wheatle. Audio, 14 minutes
Alex Wheatle reflects on Robinson Crusoe's themes of imperialism and slavery.
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Mia Couto: Growing up in Beira, with Africa on the other side of the street. Newsday. Audio, 00:08:48
"All my books are about a question of plural identities"
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- Posted28 May 2019
The Essay. Hay Festival 2019, Horatio Clare. Audio, 14 minutes
Horatio Clare explores the castaway myth.
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The Essay. Hay Festival 2019, Fiona Stafford. Audio, 14 minutes
Reflections on Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel, Robinson Crusoe, from the 2019 Hay Festival.
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- Posted27 May 2019
The Radio 3 Documentary. Robinson Crusoe Road-Trip. Audio, 43 minutes
300 years since Robinson Crusoe was published, Emma Smith traces it across the centuries
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Sunday Feature. Robinson Crusoe Road Trip. Audio, 44 minutes
Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe marks its 300th anniversary, but does it have a future?
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- Posted26 May 2019
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