This week, Colin Jones explores the streets of Paris as the French Revolution grew pace; and an extract from a very special event at the British Library in celebration of Hilary Mantel.
'The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789', by Robert Darnton
'A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing', by Hilary Mantel
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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‘A very peculiar telegram’
The kangaroo curve
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Tales of a century
Passion projects
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The Mirror & the Light – an extract from Hilary Mantel's new novel
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Vanilla sex in Pompeii
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Anne Enright – a reading from Actress
Daniel Kehlmann, an interview
Bringing Tolstoy down
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Byron's oddness
Huge stars in a minor key
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