Joanna Bourke
Monday 8 October 2007 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
Isabel Hilton talks to Joanna Bourke, author of critically acclaimed books on the history of killing and on the idea of fear that have challenged prevailing stereotypes, about her new book on sexual violence.
Playlist
TED HUGHES LETTERS
Isabel Hilton reassesses the life and work of the acclaimed poet Ted Hughes, whose letters are being published for the first time.
A notoriously private man, Hughes famously burned some of the papers belonging to his ex-wife, Sylvia Plath, after her death.
What, then, would he have made of the decision to release his letters? And what new light do the letters shed on his poetry?
Poets Mark Ford and David Harsent join Isabel to find out.
Letters of Ted Hughes, edited by Christopher Reid, is published by Faber and Faber on 1 Nov 2007.
JOANNA BOURKE
Isabel Hilton speaks to the eminent historian Joanna Bourke, whose latest book draws on the work of criminologists and psychiatrists in order to examine the nature of sexual violence.
Rape: A history from 1860 to the present by Joanna Bourke is published by Virago.
ISRAEL THEATRE
There'll also be a report on Israel's contemporary theatre scene, where political debate and dissent is alive.
As the National Theatre of Israel brings a season of plays to London, Night Waves investigates the ways in which Israeli theatre is challenging the country's established political narratives.
The New Israeli Political Drama season begins at the National Theatre in London from 8 October 2007.
U.S. TV COMEDY
Why was last year's most critically acclaimed American TV comedy - shortly to air on our screens - also hit by the lowest ratings?
TV critic Alkarim Jivani joins Isabel to explain why the gap between public and critical opinion in the U.S might be widening, and also to explore the impact of the internet on America's TV landscape.
30 Rock begins on Five on 11th October at 10.45pm.
