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Newshour Extra: Does Democracy Work For Africa?

Bonus podcast episode: this week's Newhour Extra podcast. Given the troubles that Kenya and many...

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A V-Sign In The House of Lords

The 95-year old baroness retiring from the House of Lords tells us why she gave a rude V-sign to...

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Where Wales and West Africa Meet in Music

On her new album, the singer Gywneth Glyn explores the links between the Welsh harp and the...

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Love, Language and Landscape

Why the people of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic are so in love with their language and...

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Major new project launched to collect and preserve poems in endangered languages

A major new project has been launched in London to collect and preserve poems in endangered...

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The Secret Life of Cows

British farmer Rosamund Young speaks up about her herd and the impact of Brexit on farming; and...

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Songs On The Brain

A leading neuroscientist explains why some songs stay in our minds and hearts for life. Also, a...

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400 years of opera history

Opera: Passion, Power and Politics - a new exhibition in London goes through 400 years of opera...

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Poppies for Iraq

An illustrated story for children from Mosul; and after the lifting of the driving ban what next...

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Enoch Powell revisited

A new play looks at the life of the controversial British politician Enoch Powell; and Swedish...

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The Tale of the Monkey Hung for Spying

The new play about the shipwrecked monkey accused of being a French spy, and Soviet espionage in...

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Chillaxed Hillary

Psychologist Dr Jim Taylor on Hillary Clinton's new-found ease in front of the cameras. Presenter...

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Is there too much spin in science?

Research suggests a large proportion of scientific papers spin their findings to get attention;...

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Khaled Hosseini on his new virtual reality film about Syrian refugees

An interview with the celebrated novelist, Khaled Hosseini, about his new work, an animated film,...

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Toronto Film Festival

Why Toronto Film Festival has become the launch pad for Oscar hopefuls, and an interview with...

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Life under blockade in Gaza

As the UN chief calls for lifting of Gaza blockade, a resident tells us how people's lives have...

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Rock Bottom: A Music Writer's Journey into Madness

Rock music journalist Michael Odell has spent the past 25 years covering the royalty of rock and...

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Rubbish Art

London-based artist Babak Ganjei explains how his photographs of thrown-out objects became a hit...

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Chineke! Orchestra

Chineke! is Britain's first majority black and ethnic minority orchestra and it's making its...

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Partition Museum

A museum on the partition of India and Pakistan; and the Secrets of the Silicon Valley. Presenter...

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