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The Imperial War Museum Remembrance Discussion 2022
Video game designers, a former soldier, and curator of War Games at IWM join Anne McElvoy.

John Knox
A life of great drama and religious controversy explored by Matthew Sweet and guests.

Goethe, Schiller and the first Romantics
Andrea Wulf, author of a new group biography set in 1790s Jena, joins Anne McElvoy.

Alexander the Great
Military leader, city founder, underwater explorer?! Rana Mitter on images of Alexander.

Ghostwatch
An examination of the reality–horror/pseudo-documentary TV broadcast from 1992.

Orhan Pamuk and the Ottoman Empire
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk joins academics Michael Talbot and Keya Anjaria.

Dead languages
John Gallagher says hello in Oscan, the language of ancient Pompeii

Oliver Postgate
Matthew Sweet with Daniel Postgate, Sandra Kerr, Neil Brand and Samira Ahmed.

Going Underground
Shahidha Bari and guests explore life and leisure underground.

British Academy Book Prize 2022
Rana Mitter meets six authors shortlisted for the prize for Global Cultural Understanding.