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From trains to treaties

This week, an interview with the inspirational Michael Morpurgo; and David Horspool discusses the Second World War with Tim Bouverie, the winner of this year's Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize.'The Line to Legend Land', with an introduction by Michael Morpurgo'Black Beauty: A retellin ...  Show more

 . 53min 32sec
Revolutionary Roads

This week, the extraordinary stories of two pioneering women: Francesca Wade on Rhoda Power, and Sarah Lonsdale on Clemence Dane.'In the Storm: Caught in the chaos of the Russian revolution 1917-18', by Rhoda Power'Clemence Dane and Good Housekeeping: Modernity and common reading ...  Show more

 . 44min 14sec

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