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Paris and the Look of Rain

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Australia and the Smell of Rain

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Japan and the Taste of Rain

304

India and the Sound of Rain

305

Wind

306

Ivories

307

Impression

308

Romance

309

Enlighten

310

The acting coach

311

How reality TV has changed acting

312

On stage and on screen

313

How to become an actor?

314

What is good acting?

315

The Essex Way

316

Brightening from the East

317

The Refusal of Place

318

Washed Up in Essex

319

Metropolitan Essex

320

Jess Gillam on Bach

321

Jumoké Fashola on Nina Simone

322

Ian Skelly on Jean Mouton

323

Elizabeth Alker on Sofia Gubaidulina

324

Hannah French on Barbara Strozzi

325

Sonny Rollins

326

Stan Tracey

327

Americans in Britain

328

The British Audience

329

On Not Being a Jazzer

330

Cape Town

331

Fort-de-France

332

Kingston

333

Philadelphia

334

Marseille

335

The woman with the spoon

336

The man with the pipe

337

The man with the French horn

338

The boy with the monkey on his back

339

The man with the ship on his head

340

Metacom

341

Susanna White-Winslow

342

John Alden

343

Squanto

344

400 years on

345

Egyptian Satire

346

Pogroms and Prejudice

347

Prison Break

348

Facing Facts

349

Dam Fever and the Diaspora

350

Not Quite Jean Muir

351

Digging Deep

352

Tudor Virtual Reality

353

Coming out Crip and Acts of Care

354

Berlin, Detroit, Race and Techno Music

355

The Holy Island

356

Barra

357

Staffa

358

Jura

359

Mingulay

360

Ian Sansom: Mince on Toast with Christopher Isherwood

361

Ian Sansom: Cheese Dreams with Graham Greene

362

Helen Mort: More Than Enough

363

AL Kennedy: Hope On, Hope Ever

364

AL Kennedy: The Towers We Founded and the Lamps We Lit

365

The Essay - Let Me Take You There - 10.Aida Edemariam

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The Essay - Let Me Take You There - 9.David Constatine

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The Essay - Let Me Take You There - 8.Michael Morpurgo

368

The Essay - Let Me Take You There - 7. Evie Wyld

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The Essay - Let Me Take You There - 6.David Almond

370

The Essay - Let Me Take You There - 5. Alice Oswald

371

The Essay - Let Me Take You There - 4.Tessa Hadley

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The Essay - Let Me Take You There - 3. Tahmima Anam

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The Essay - Let Me Take You There - 2.Inua Ellams

374

They Essay - Let Me Take You There 1

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Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 5. Joe Hill

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Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 4. Zog Nit Keynmol

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Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 3. The Canoe Song

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Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 2. Ol' Man River

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Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 1. No More Auction Block

380

The Preseli Mountains

381

Epynt

382

The Brecon Beacons

383

The Black Mountains

384

Snowdonia

385

Margaret Oliphant

386

Lady Mary Wroth

387

Charlotte Turner Smith

388

Storm Jameson

389

Yolande Mukagasana

390

Sophie Coulombeau - Walking Matilda

391

Nat Segnit - The Other Ibiza

392

Stephanie Victoire - Dark Hollow Falls

393

Michael Donkor - On Wandsworth Bridge

394

Jenn Ashworth - The Abiding Mental Riches of Preston

395

10: The Resurrection

396

9: The Missing

397

8: The Echo

398

7: The Love Story

399

6: The Persona

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5: The Deserter