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| Archive Hour, The | ...Author DAVID DABYDEEN uses diaries and letters to explore the relationship between black people and Britain from the 16th century to the Second World War.... |
| Art Of Laziness, The | ...Is indolence the enemy or ally of creativity? Who gets labelled lazy and why? Is idleness the refuge of the supine or is passive resistance possible? The poet and critic Patrick McGuinness traces the cultural history of idleness from the leisured Romans to the agitated indolence of the situationists in 1960s PARIS. With contributions from Andrew Motion, Mary Beard, Valentine Cunningham and DAVID DABYDEEN... |
| Centurions | ...Helen Taylor and DAVID DABYDEEN discuss the extraordinary achievements of Toni Morrison and her exceptional novel Beloved.... |
| Commonwealth Stories | ...Written by DAVID DABYDEEN.... |
| Empire And Eros | ...Professor DAVID DABYDEEN of Warwick University argues that the romantic and sexual opportunities that emerged as a by-product of Britain's colonial activities in the Caribbean and Asia became an important and underrated aspect of Empire.... |
| Fine Lines | ...Contemporary poetry with Christopher Cook, whose guests DAVID DABYDEEN and Katrina Porteous discuss the sea as inspiration for the poetry from their recent collections.... |
| Forgotten Colony, The | ...DAVID DABYDEEN explores the past and present of Guyana. Britain's involvement in Guyana began with the disastrous 16th-century expeditions of Walter Raleigh (1/2).... |
| Imperial Visitors | ...During the 19th century various kings, chiefs and maharajahs from across the expanding Empire visited Britain. Novelist DAVID DABYDEEN uses several accounts to reveal their experiences and discover the impact their visits had upon Victorian Britain.... |
| Off The Page | ...DAVID DABYDEEN, Maya Jaggi and Tim Parks discuss the disorientation and exhilaration involved in drifting between cultures, experiences and languages.... |
| Postscript | ...Five writers each choose a picture in the National Gallery and use it as a basis to develop a short imaginative narrative. 2: DAVID DABYDEEN on Pieter Bruegel the Elder's `Adoration of the Magi'.... |
| Profile | ...DAVID DABYDEEN profiles Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica.... |
| Shakespeare And Englishness | ...Catholic dissident or Protestant apologist? Voice of the commons or celebrant of Empire? Around the table are Peter Ackroyd, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Michael Dobson. With contributions from Michael Boyd, Ania Loomba, Richard Wilson, Eamon Duffy, DAVID DABYDEEN and David Crystal.... |
| Shakespeare Lecture | ...DAVID DABYDEEN explores paganism in `The Tempest' and argues that a variety of new age and environmental movements can find philosophical roots within the play.... |
| Sport In Books | ...Chris Sykes explores the links between cricket and poetry with DAVID DABYDEEN, Graham Mort, Alan Ross and Harold Pinter ... |
| Viewing The Century | ...Poet and playwright Derek Walcott, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992, talks to DAVID DABYDEEN about the events and issues that have influenced his life and work. Much of his writing is rooted in the Caribbean, and he talks particularly about the experience of living in St Lucia - where the programme was recorded - and the impact of history on islands of the Caribbean. He also introduces readings from his own and other writers' poetry and prose.... |
| With Great Pleasure | ...DAVID DABYDEEN... |