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    Paris-Zurich-Trieste: Joyce l'European

    The profound influence that many years spent in Europe had on the work of James Joyce.

  2. Bloody Sunday: 50 Years On

    Fifty years on, Peter Taylor assesses the legacy of 'Bloody Sunday' in Northern Ireland.

  3. The Great Wall

    Rana Mitter traces the story of US-China relations in the 50 years since Nixon's visit.

  4. Piers Plowright, Soundsmith

    Lend your ears to work by legendary 'radio man' Piers Plowright.

  5. It’s Not How You Start…

    Acclaimed novelist Kate Weinberg discovers why endings matter so much to us.

  6. Everyone is an Artist

    The untold story of community and socially-engaged art in post-war Britain.

  7. Mercury

    Freddie Mercury was born 80 years ago in 1946. What would we ask if he were a star today?

  8. Jan Morris: Writing a Life

    Horatio Clare explores the life, legacy and mythmaking of Jan Morris.

  9. Viral

    Why do some fake history stories get widely shared on social media?

  10. How America Learned to Laugh Again

    How soon is too soon to start making jokes?

  11. Plastic: The Biography

    Laura Barton outlines the dramatic rise and fall from grace of industrial titan, Plastic.

  12. Remember Oluwale

    Reassessing the importance of the 1971 trial of 2 policemen accused of a black man's death

  13. The Men in the White Coats

    Professor Andrea Sella on the shifting image of the scientist in popular culture.

  14. Nuremberg Remembered

    William Shawcross on the legacy of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal.

  15. Teen Spirit: Nevermind

    Douglas Coupland examines how Nirvana’s Nevermind changed the outlook of a generation.

  16. Escaping 9/11

    To better understand her dad, Mary Belderok listens to archive of his escape from Tower 1.

  17. The Greenham Effect

    How the women's peace camp at Greenham Common changed the world.

  18. Jonathan Miller: Lost Memories

    William Miller goes in search of answers to his famous father’s death from Alzheimer’s.

  19. Well Hello: The Release of John McCarthy

    30 years on, ex-hostage John McCarthy reflects on the day of his release.

  20. Singled Out

    A cultural history of the 'single' with Zoe Strimpel - old maids, Bridget Jones and more.

  21. China in Slogans

    How Communist Party slogans reveal the turbulent story of modern China.

  22. Thank You & Goodbye

    Jim Waterson tells the inside story of the collapse of the News of the World.

  23. Millions Like Us

    We're told Covid is our Second World War. If so, what does that mean for our politics?

  24. The Woman-Machine

    Elizabeth Alker celebrates women composers at the forefront of electronic music.

  25. Stewart Lee: Unreliable Narrator

    Comedian Stewart Lee considers the problems and possibilities of unreliable narrators.

  26. Covering Edward Said: 40 years of Islam, Media and the West

    Exploring the legacy of Edward Said's Covering Islam, published forty years ago.

  27. The Tulsa Tragedy that Shamed America

    Alvin Hall tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

  28. Bob Dylan: Verbatim

    The many variations of Bob Dylan’s life and music told in his own words.

  29. A Spy in Every Embassy

    The Swiss spy machine company secretly owned by the CIA and German BND.

  30. What’s Going On Now?

    Emeli Sande explores the impact of Marvin Gaye's classic 1971 album What's Going On.

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