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Robin Askwith
The actor talks to Matthew Sweet about a childhood affected by polio and his career.
Revisit: Tokyo Story
Actor Richard Wilson & Prof Naoko Shimazu discuss Yasujiro Ozu's 1953 film of family life
Revisit: Rowan Williams and Simon Armitage
Landscape in poetry discussed by Rowan Williams and Simon Armitage at Hay.
Sarah Perry
In a conversation with Mathew Sweet, the gothic author explores writing past and present.
Revisit: My Body Clock is Broken
Jay Griffiths, Vincent Deary, Louise Robinson and Matthew Smith discuss our mental health
Anne Fine and Romesh Gunesekera. Jarman's Garden
Shahidha Bari talks to a pair of writers about routines & knowing how to start and stop.
Kindness
Rutger Bregman tells Anne McElvoy why survival of the fittest needs rethinking as an idea
The 2020 Wolfson History Prize: David Abulafia, Hallie Rubenhold, Prashant Kidambi
From Indian cricket, a survey of the oceans to Jack the Ripper: 3 shortlisted historians.
Revisit: 2019 Wolfson History Prize Discussion
Rana Mitter with the 6 shortlisted historians and an audience at the British Academy
The 2020 Wolfson History Prize: Toby Green, Marion Turner, John Barton
New takes on Chaucer, the Bible and African trading from 3 of the historians shortlisted.
