BBC at Hay Festival 2016
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The Art of Storytelling: Emma Smith—The Essay, The Art of Storytelling
Professor Emma Smith considers William Shakespeare's skills as a storyteller.
BBC Radio 3The Art of Storytelling: David Crystal—The Essay, The Art of Storytelling
Professor David Crystal asks how we can preserve for the future the story of language.
BBC Radio 3Fixing the Future—BBC Inside Science
From the Hay Festival, Adam Rutherford and guests ask how science can fix the future.
BBC Radio 4The Art of Storytelling: Clemency Burton Hill—The Essay, The Art of Storytelling
Broadcaster Clemency Burton-Hill considers the relationship between storytelling and music
BBC Radio 3Hay Festival: Inheritance - Steve Jones, Lionel Shriver, Marlon James—Free Thinking
Lionel Shriver, Marlon James and Steve Jones join Rana Mitter to debate inheritance.
BBC Radio 3The Art of Storytelling: Jon Gower—The Essay, The Art of Storytelling
Writer Jon Gower recalls lessons learned from a master storyteller: his grandfather.
BBC Radio 3Hay Festival: New Generation Thinkers 2016—Free Thinking
Rana Mitter introduces the ten academics named as the New Generation Thinkers for 2016.
BBC Radio 3The Art of Storytelling: Edmund de Waal—The Essay, The Art of Storytelling
Artist and writer Edmund de Waal considers the idea of storytelling through objects.
BBC Radio 3Hay Festival: Spooks, war and genocide—Start the Week
Tom Sutcliffe with Michael Hayden, Philippe Sands, Janine di Giovanni and Harry Parker.
BBC Radio 4From Hay: Charlotte Church, Tracy Chevalier and Lionel Shriver, YA Fiction, Welsh-Appalachian Music Mashup—Front Row
Charlotte Church discusses her 'musical fairy tale' which tackles contemporary issues.
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