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Radio 3,15 Feb 2012,45 mins

Waste Not, Universities, Posthumous Pardons

Night Waves

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In Night Waves tonight Philip Dodd talks to Julia Lovell and Richard Cork about 'Waste Not', the first solo exhibition in the UK by the Chinese artist Song Dong. The artist has created an installation comprising over 10,000 items collected by his late mother, a personal meditation on family and Song Dong's own childhood during the cultural revolution. There's a discussion about Universities with Stefan Collini, Dougald Hine. Roey Sweet and Deborah Bowman. And posthumous pardons: should we alter past verdicts to reflect changes in in the law and public opinon?

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