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TUESDAY 4 NOVEMBER
Presented by Francine Stock
IS IDS THE NEW JEFFREY ARCHER?
The ex-leader of the opposition will shortly publish his debut novel, The Devil's Tune, a thriller set in the international art world.
Political journalist Steve Richards joins Francine Stock to review this first attempt.
The Devils Tune, Iain Duncan Smith, Hardcover published by Robson's on the 28th November 2003
 Listen to the review
THE MOTHER
Francine Stock talks to writer Hanif Kureishi about aging, parenthood and his new film The Mother, in which a 65 yr old woman feels a burden to her kids and that her life is over - until she falls madly in love with a man half her age!
Related website:
The Mother is released nationwide this Friday, certificate 15
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RECLAIMING HUMAN REMAINS
The remains of 15,000 foreign individuals are lying unburied in British
museums. They may be thousands of years old, and in many cases the country from which they were taken would like them returned. Professor Norman Palmer who chaired the Human Remains Working Group talks about its recommendations, and Sir Neil Chalmers, director of the Natural History Museum explains his why he is not in favour of an independent advisory panel to resolve claims.
The report by the Human Remains Working Group will be published on Wednesday 5 November
Listen to the discussion
GRAHAM ROBB
Francine speaks to novelist Graham Robb about homosexuality in the 19th
century which he tackles in his book Strangers.
Strangers: Homosexuality in the 19th Century, by Graham Robb, published on Friday by Picador.
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UNDER MILK WOOD
This story by Dylan Thomas featured the original voice recording by Richard Burton in 1954, which has now been digitally re-mastered and re-mixed with new performances by Sian Phillips, Matthew Rhys, and guest John Humphrys. Menna Elfyn compares Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins in the old and new versions of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood.
Related website:
Under Milk Wood is on Radio 4 on Saturday November 15 at 2.30pm.
An EMI Classics double CD produced by George Martin in 198 is available now, starring Anthony Hopkins, Sian Phillips and Jonathan Pryce. Cat.no:5851572
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