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05/05/2018 GMT

Mary Beard and her guests Afua Hirsch, Kenan Malik and Iain Dale discuss the issue of taking offence and debate freedom of speech in art.

Mary Beard and her guests Afua Hirsch, Kenan Malik and Iain Dale discuss the issue of taking offence. They debate freedom of speech in art and look at a controversial mural by American artist Mear One, preparations for a provocatively titled play The Assassination of Katie Hopkins and discuss the unsettling South African film The Wound.

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