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The Cairo Book Fair

The Cairo Book Fair, which has attracted a million and a half people this year

The Cairo Book Fair, which has attracted a million and a half people this year. There are some complaints of disorganisation and censorship at the North African event. Also in the programme, William Butler Yates remembered in rock music, remembering also Bruce Chatwin, the Englishman who reinvented travel writing and walking the streets with Ian St. Clair.

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29 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project