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Poet Alyson Hallett is drawn to chalk landscapes and the large horse at Westbury in Wilts
Daisy Black conjures up images of breaking bread and cannibalism in mystery plays
Sabina Dosani looks at the ritual of Mizuko Kuyo and modern ceremonies marking miscarriage
How the shape of words for mother helps babies eat their food. Rebecca Woods explains
Stephen Johnson considers how Byrd's Mass for 4 voices was received by its first audience
Lisa Mullen looks at depictions of war-time factory workers in the novel by Inez Holden
Preti Taneja on the writing and politics of Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi
4/5 New Generation Thinker Diarmuid Hester on the transgressive writing of Dennis Cooper
Xiaolu Guo re lessons learned from her father growing up in China.
Writer Glyn Maxwell on whether we have become too black and white, and too binary.
Farrah Jarral talks about what it means to be fluent in something one doesn't understand
Lindsay Johns explains the inspiration he draws from a black and white photo on his desk.
Bettany Hughes on her favourite fictional female. Recorded at the Hay Festival 2018.
Stephen Johnson considers how Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 thrilled the first audience
Scholar of the Anglo Saxons Lilian Groves explores the life and times of St Bede.
Michael Wood discusses Alfred the Great, King of Wessex and king of the Anglo-Saxons.
Simon Keynes discusses the life of the Anglo-Saxon monarch Aethelred.
Emma Whipday explores the demonisation of single mothers in English witch trials.
Des Fitzgerald is a sociologist at Cardiff Uni. researching health, illness & cities
Writers reflect on various organs of the human body.
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