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The Essay New Generation Thinkers at 10 Episodes

    When Shakespeare Travelled with Me

    5/5 New Generation Thinker Islam Issa looks at Shakespeare in 1916 Egypt to Arabic pop songs.

    Politician and Pioneer: Writing the Life of Arthur Kavanagh

    4/5 Clare Walker Gore on what a C19th MP without hands and feet tells us about stereotypes.

    Beastly Politics

    3/5 Alasdair Cochrane re-imagines a political world that takes animal rights seriously.

    Should biographers imitate their subjects?

    1/5 Deep diving into the trail of an Indian guru: Martin Goodman's adventures in life writing

    Byron, celebrity and fan mail

    2/5 Would Byron have embraced twitter? Corin Throsby considers the letters fans sent him.