The power of song: Laurie Taylor talks to James Walvin, Professor of History Emeritus at the University of York and author of a new study which explores the cultural history of "Amazing Grace," one of the transatlantic world's most popular hymns and a powerful anthem for humanity. How did a simple Christian hymn, written in a remote English vicarage in 1772, come to hold such sway over millions in all corners of the modern world? Also, Angela Impey Professor of Enthomusicology at SOAS, argues that songs in South Sudan can be key platform for truth-telling, often invested with greater moral force than other forms of communication in the context of 50 years of civil war. What role can songs play in the struggle for peace and justice?
Producer: Jayne Egerton
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The English Defence League; 'Real' immigrants
Political women and language, The morality of sleep medication
Good neighbours, The connection between sport and domestic abuse
Secrecy at Work, Drugs and Employment
Ale drinkers, Northern accents
'Queer' wars, Nigerian beauty pageants
Glasgow gangs - Russian gangs
Migrant women, Wedding paradoxes
The Flaneur - Walking in the City
Happiness and government, Good parenting
Ethnography Award winner, Transcultural football
The BSA and Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award Shortlist
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Eviction, Self-build
Philanthropy - Charity
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Museums and nationalism, Imagining utopias
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