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Proms Extra: Lenin
Anne McElvoy discusses Lenin with historians Helen Rappaport and Victor Sebestyen.
Proms Extra: Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Rana Mitter is joined by Kathleen Burk & Joanna Cohen to discuss the Gettysburg Address.
Proms Extra: Ancient Rome
Matthew Sweet talks to Natalie Haynes about the glory that was Rome.
Proms Extra: Unfinished Art and Literature
Ian McMillan on the appeal and arts of the Unfinished
Proms Extra: Djinn
Elif Shafak and Shahidha Bari tell Ian McMillan why humans need the genie
Proms Extra: Sleep and Insomnia
Sports sleep coach Nick Littlehales & novelist A. L. Kennedy discuss sleep & insomnia.
Proms Extra: Cuneiform
Irving Finkel and Shahidha Bari on Mesopotamian writing, jokes and boat building specs.
Proms Extra: Ella Fitzgerald
Kevin LeGendre and Claire Martin discuss Ella Fitzgerald
Proms Extra: Sentimentality
Anne McElvoy, Dr. Seán Williams & writer Rachel Hewitt discuss sentimentality.
Proms Extra: Happiness
Literature & unhappy people with Will Abberley, Charlotte Mendelson & Claudia Hammond.
