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When Augusto Pinochet arrived in London for medical treatment in 1998, he was surprised to find himself arrested while in hospital.
Richard Vinen examines why Pinochet was eventually released and what the episode reveals about Britain’s legal system.
Richard Vinen - Dictator in the Dock
Richard Vinen: Dictator in the Dock - 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia by Philippe Sands
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What connections are there between William Blake and whales?
Seamus Perry delves deep for answers.
Seamus Perry - And Did Those Fins
Seamus Perry: And Did Those Fins - William Blake and The Sea Monsters of Love by Philip Hoare
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By the end of Josephine Baker’s life, she had become the first black woman to appear in a film, a civil rights leader and a chevalier of the Legion d’honneur.
Lucy Moore explores how Baker became the most celebrated American in Paris.
Lucy Moore - An American in Paris
Lucy Moore: An American in Paris - Fearless and Free: A Memoir by Josephine Baker (Translated from French by Ana...
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