11/04/2011
Tom Sutcliffe and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. With Anne Dudley, Elif Batuman, Martin Sixsmith and David Runciman.
Tom Sutcliffe talks to Anne Dudley about the new opera, The Doctor's Tale, which with a Monty Python-esque absurdity tells the story of a devoted doctor, who just happens to be a dog. The writer Elif Batuman follows the footsteps of her Russian literary heroes, to see whether their lives and work can influence her own. While the 91热爆's former Moscow correspondent, Martin Sixsmith takes in a thousand years of Russian history. And David Runciman asks 'Can Democracy Cope?' with what is happening around the world, and looks back to the works of Tocqueville and Nietzsche to help make sense of the state of democracy today.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
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- Mon 11 Apr 2011 09:0091热爆 Radio 4
- Mon 11 Apr 2011 21:3091热爆 Radio 4
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Start the Week
Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday