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Poet Kenneth Steven reflects on Scottish island life
Poet Kenneth Steven writes on Raasay, an island close to Skye.
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Poet Kenneth Steven reflects on Scottish island life
Kenneth Steven looks at Rum, a wild and windswept Hebridean island.
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Poet Kenneth Steven on Scottish island life
Poet Kenneth Steven writes on Hoy in the archipelago of the Orkney islands
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Poet Kenneth Steven reflects on Scottish island life
Kenneth Steven writes on the Hebridean island of Iona.
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Shakespeare 400. Joan Fitzpatrick on Wolf All? Shakespeare and food
Joan explores the symbolism of food and eating in Shakespeare's plays
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Shakespeare 400. James Loxley on Undiscovered Countries: Shakespeare and the Nation
James explores the light Shakespeare throws on national identity, then and now
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Minds at War: Sean O'Casey's "The Silver Tassie"
Playwright and academic Elizabeth Kuti explores Sean O'Casey's "The Silver Tassie"
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Minds at War: Father Browne's war photograph
Photographer John D McHugh explores one of the war photos taken by Fr Francis Browne
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Minds at War: "O' Connell Street"
Poet and academic Gerald Dawe explores Francis Ledwidge's poem "O'Connell Street".
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Minds at War: "The Last September"
Dr Heather Jones of the LSE explores Elizabeth Bowen's novel "The Last September"