Literary hotspots
Friday 15 December 2006 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)
Why are we fascinated by writers' graves, birthplaces, homes and fictional landscapes? Matthew Sweet visits some of Britain's literary hotspots to discover the origins of this particular form of tourism and why it remains popular.
Born Equal
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Born Equal on BBC One with
Colin Firth and Pearce Quigley
Playlist
Shelter Chief Executive Adam Sampson reviews Born Equal, BBC One's Sunday night drama. It's a brutally honest drama about homelessness in modern Britain which stars Colin Firth, Anne Marie Duff and Robert Carlyle.
Night Waves also discusses the value of the cultural boycott of Israel advocated this morning by John Berger and several other high profile figures in the arts.
And we talk to the Iraniam film maker Rafi Pitts about mechanics, snow and the Tehran rhythm, plus we visit Oxford to trace the origins of a growing leisure activity: literary tourism.
You can see 'Born Equal' on Sunday 17th December at 9.00pm on BBC One
