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Radio 3,22 May 2014,45 mins

Essay writing, Tim Winton

Free Thinking

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Anne McElvoy looks at the resurgence of non-fiction writing and the essay as a form hearing from Jonathan Freedland, Wayne Kostenbaum and Maia Jenkins, talks to novelist Tim Winton and explores when populism becomes extremism with political commentators Robert Ford and Peter Kellner. Producer: Harry Parker.

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