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1985: How the World Sounded the Year You Were Born
From a walk across the Isle of Arran to the story of musician Clara Schumann
Review of the Year 1985—Outlook
Highlights from Outlook items over the past year
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The Isle of Arran—Keep to the Path
Patrick White walks across the Isle of Arran and up into the hills
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The British Museum—Meridian
Audio tour through the world famous British Museum
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The Cuban Missile Crisis—Not so Long Ago
How close did the Cuban Missile Crisis take the world to a nuclear war?
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Thatcherism—The Thatcher Phenomenon
Thatcherism is unique because it's the only '"ism" attached to a British Prime Minister
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The Leakey Family—Omnibus
Interview with the paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey about his family's work in Africa
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Mrs Schumann—Wives of the Great Composers
Why are there so few woman classical composers? Clara Schumann's story helps explains why
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The Bombing of Hiroshima—Not so Long Ago
The human side effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by America in 1945
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Italy and Ethiopia—Omnibus
Marking the 50th anniversary of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935
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