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John Halifax, Gentleman

2/5 Clare Walker Gore explores how Dinah Mulock Craik subverted Victorian expectations

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Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf: Sindhubala

Preti Taneja on the writing and politics of Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi

• 13 mins

Books to Make Space For On The Bookshelf: Closer

4/5 New Generation Thinker Diarmuid Hester on the transgressive writing of Dennis Cooper

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Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf: There's No Story There

Lisa Mullen looks at depictions of war-time factory workers in the novel by Inez Holden

• 13 mins

Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf

The Black Lizard

New Generation Thinker Christopher Harding reads the Japanese equivalent of Conan Doyle.

• 14 mins

Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf

John Halifax, Gentleman

Clare Walker Gore explains how Dinah Mulock Craik subverted Victorian expectations.

• 14 mins

Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf

Sindhubala

Preti Taneja on the writing and politics of Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi.

• 14 mins

Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf

Closer

Diarmuid Hester looks at the George Miles Cycle from punk radical Dennis Cooper.

• 14 mins

Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf

There's No Story There

Lisa Mullen looks at the depiction of war-time factory workers in a novel by Inez Holden.

• 14 mins

Blood and Bronze

A Portrait of the Artist

Professor Jerry Brotton explores the darker side of the Italian Renaissance.

• 14 mins

Blood and Bronze

Overture

Cellini鈥檚 early years are spent training as a musician.

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Blood and Bronze

Storming the Capitol

Having built a career as a goldsmith, Cellini becomes a soldier during the Sack of Rome.

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Blood and Bronze

Death in Florence

On his return to Florence, Cellini experiences the horrors of the plague.

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Blood and Bronze

The Scorpion

Cellini roams between the great Italian courts, making art and causing trouble.

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Blood and Bronze

Crime and Punishment

Cellini is imprisoned for over a year in Rome, enduring various attempts on his life.

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Blood and Bronze

Golden Years

Cellini arrives in Fontainebleau to work for Francis I.

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Blood and Bronze

Forging the Renaissance

Back in Florence, Cellini works for Cosimo de鈥� Medici and creates his greatest work.

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Blood and Bronze

Sex and Death

Cellini鈥檚 misconduct leads him back to jail, where he completes another masterpiece.

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Blood and Bronze

Rebirth

Cellini鈥檚 violent life leaves behind a controversial legacy.

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At 麻豆约拍 with Greg Russell

Greg Russell shares a Labi Siffre song with Verity Sharp that鈥檚 resonating under lockdown.

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At 麻豆约拍 with Rachel Unthank

Rachel Unthank shares warm family memories of songs she now sings to her own children.

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At 麻豆约拍 with Nathaniel Mann

Nathaniel Mann shares a song with Verity Sharp from his allotment outside Nottingham.

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At 麻豆约拍 with Owen Shiers

Owen Shiers shares a song with Verity Sharp that reminds him of his Welsh roots.

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At 麻豆约拍 with Karine Polwart

Karine Polwart shares a song about The Diggers to celebrate getting back to the land.

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At 麻豆约拍 with Fatoumata Diawara

Singer Fatoumata Diawara recalls early experiences that made her the singer she is today.

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At 麻豆约拍 with Chris Wood

Kent-based musician Chris Wood sings about solitude and sofas.

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At 麻豆约拍 with Lisa O'Neill

From her apartment in Dublin, Lisa O鈥橬eill shares songs she鈥檚 written in recent months.

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At 麻豆约拍 with Suhail Yusuf Khan

Sarangi player Suhail Yusuf Khan sings an Urdu poem that resonates for him.

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At 麻豆约拍 with Eliza Carthy

From her home in Robin Hood鈥檚 Bay in North Yorkshire, Eliza Carthy shares a timely song.

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At 麻豆约拍 with Kate Stables

Paris-based Kate Stables muses on being a twin and how starting over can bring strength.

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