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If Walls Could Talk

Neil Cowley

Composer Neil Cowley revisits his year as musician-in-residence for Derry-Londonderry.

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If Walls Could Talk

Brian McGilloway

Crime novelist Brian McGilloway explores how a city can shape a writer.

• 15 mins

If Walls Could Talk

Nuala Hayes

Actress Nuala Hayes explores shirt-making and storytelling in Derry, UK City of Culture.

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If Walls Could Talk

Glenn Patterson

Novelist Glenn Patterson with a uniquely Belfast view of Derry, UK City of Culture 2013.

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Autumn 1973

The Chilean Coup

Michael Goldfarb reflects on the coup in Chile 1973 that overthrew Salvador Allende.

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Autumn 1973

The October War

Michael Goldfarb explores the meaning of the October War between Israel and its neighbours

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Autumn 1973

The Saturday Night Massacre

Michael Goldfarb on the moment when the Watergate scandal became a constitutional crisis.

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Autumn 1973

The Opec Oil Embargo

Michael Goldfarb on the personal and political disruption the 1973 Opec oil embargo caused

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Autumn 1973

The Inflation Crisis

How rising inflation in 1973 challenged the progressive ideals of the 1968 generation.

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The Existential Me

Naomi Alderman

Naomi Alderman on how existentialism affects the novels and computer games she creates.

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The Existential Me

Paul Hart

Theatre director Paul Hart considers the power and veracity of existentialist ideas.

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The Existential Me

Michele Roberts

Michele Roberts on existentialist women writers and how these have influenced her own work

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The Existential Me

Gary Walkow

Film-maker Gary Walkow reflects on how existential thinking has influenced his work.

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The Existential Me

Emmy van Deurzen

Psychotherapist Emmy van Deurzen on how existentialism has shaped her life and work.

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Let There Be Dark

Rupert Goodwins on what going blind suddenly taught him about science, culture and life.

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Let There Be Dark

Behind the Eyes

Writer Rupert Goodwins describes unexpected insights he gained as he lost his sight.

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Let There Be Dark

Doctoring the Evidence

Rupert Goodwins reflects on the medical experience of losing his sight.

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Let There Be Dark

Long, Slow Journey through the Night

Rupert Goodwins tries to find if technology can limit his isolation from blindness.

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Let There Be Dark

Seeing the Future

Rupert Goodwins on the potential of the internet to improve the future for blind people.

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Cities on the Brink

Vienna

Bethany Bell evokes the elegance and dark tensions of 1914 Vienna - and their echoes now.

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Cities on the Brink

Paris

Hugh Schofield on the storm in Paris over the murder of pacifist Jean Jaures before WWI.

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Cities on the Brink

Berlin

Stephen Evans focuses on life in Berlin in 1914, seen as the Silicon Valley of its time.

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Cities on the Brink

St Petersburg

Steve Rosenberg revisits 1914 St Petersburg and an event that would define modern Russia.

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Cities on the Brink

London

麻豆社 news correspondent Emma Jane Kirby discusses London in 1914.

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Letters to a Young Poet

Michael Symmons Roberts

Inspired by Rilke's classic text, Michael Symmons Roberts writes to a young poet of today.

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Letters to a Young Poet

Vicki Feaver

A letter to a young woman poet by 2014 TS Eliot Prize judge Vicki Feaver.

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Letters to a Young Poet

Michael Longley

A letter to a young poet from Belfast writer Michael Longley.

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Letters to a Young Poet

Moniza Alvi

A letter by TS Eliot Prize-shortlisted poet Moniza Alvi.

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Letters to a Young Poet

Don Paterson

Inspired by Rilke's classic text, Don Paterson writes a letter to a young poet of today.

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The Book that Changed Me

Alan Johnson on David Copperfield

Politician Alan Johnson on how Dickens's David Copperfield affected the course of his life

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