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Another Northern Ireland

Chalk on the Wall

Writer Claire Mitchell peels back the layers of her hometown to find a radical history.

• 14 mins

Another Northern Ireland

Euphoria

Novelist Glenn Patterson on Belfast's hairdressers and clothes shops during the Troubles.

• 14 mins

Another Northern Ireland

1. Susannah Dickey: Two Pills

Poet and novelist Susannah Dickey assumes a new identity at a local pharmacy.

• 14 mins

Another Northern Ireland

2. Nandi Jola: Neither Here Nor There

Nandi Jola finds some surprising connections between Africa and Northern Ireland.

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Another Northern Ireland

3. Nick Laird: Animal Life

Nick Laird wonders if his children are missing out on the rural upbringing he enjoyed.

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Another Northern Ireland

4. Darran Anderson: Map Making

Darran Anderson draws an alternative map of Ulster for his young son.

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Another Northern Ireland

5. Bernie McGill: Our Art

During the Troubles, Bernie McGill was often told to be careful about what she said.

• 14 mins

Another Northern Ireland

Chalk on the Wall

Writer Claire Mitchell peels back the layers of her hometown to find a radical history.

• 14 mins

Another Northern Ireland

Euphoria

Novelist Glenn Patterson on Belfast's hairdressers and clothes shops during the Troubles.

• 14 mins

Another Northern Ireland

1. Susannah Dickey: Two Pills

Poet and novelist Susannah Dickey assumes a new identity at a local pharmacy.

• 14 mins

Another Northern Ireland

2. Nandi Jola: Neither Here Nor There

Nandi Jola finds some surprising connections between Africa and Northern Ireland.

• 14 mins

Another Northern Ireland

3. Nick Laird: Animal Life

Nick Laird wonders if his children are missing out on the rural upbringing he enjoyed.

• 14 mins

Another Northern Ireland

4. Darran Anderson: Map Making

Darran Anderson draws an alternative map of Ulster for his young son.

• 14 mins

Another Northern Ireland

5. Bernie McGill: Our Art

During the Troubles, Bernie McGill was often told to be careful about what she said.

• 14 mins

Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s

William Styron

Should a white man write about a black revolutionary?

• 14 mins

Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s

Amiri Baraka

How poet and playwright Amiri Baraka cancelled himself in a single public appearance.

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Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s

Norman Mailer

Michael Goldfarb looks at how Norman Mailer's misogyny eventually caught up with him.

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Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s

Philip Roth

How Philip Roth's writing alienated him from the Jewish community in America.

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Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s

Joan Williams

Novelist Joan Williams, after a promising start, just disappeared. Why?

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EarthWorks

Wold

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby discovers the human past in the chalk of the Yorkshire Wolds.

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EarthWorks

Fen

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby digs into the peat of the Fens to unearth tales of change.

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EarthWorks

Mountain

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby goes in search of a Neolithic axe quarry in the Lake District.

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EarthWorks

Island

Rose Ferraby finds signs that Scotland’s Western Isles were once far from remote.

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EarthWorks

Moor

High on Exmoor, archaeologist Rose Ferraby reflects on past change and the future.

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EarthWorks

Town

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby unearths a Roman town in Yorkshire, and considers communities.

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EarthWorks

Grave

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores how archaeology invites us to be with death.

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EarthWorks

Quarry

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby descends underground to visit Devon’s Beer Quarry Caves.

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EarthWorks

Field

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby teases out a North Yorkshire field’s place in changing times

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EarthWorks

Monument

Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores a Neolithic henge in the Peak District

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The Little Secrets of Great Works

You've Got Mail

Children's novelist Elle McNicoll discusses one line from Nora Ephron's romantic comedy.

• 14 mins