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Radio 4,21 May 2017,10 mins

Lesson Six: A Note on Style

The Invisible College

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Show don’t tell. Well, no, actually – show AND tell. This lesson explores different ways of presenting a scene, with tips from the Yiddish writer, Isaac Bashevis Singer, playwright Harold Pinter, and a wonderfully creepy fairy tale from Angela Carter.

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