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Back up to: 2008

1. Proms Literary Festival: Astronomical Ideas

   Lavinia Greenlaw and Paul Murdin discuss how writers respond to astronomical ideas.
2. Proms Literary Festival: Writing about the Sea

   Poet Jean Sprackland and novelist Julie Myserson discuss writing about the sea.
3. Proms Literary Festival: Russian Fairytales

   Robert Chandler and Zinovy Zinik discuss the power and myth of Russian fairytales.
4. Proms Literary Festival: Russian literature and current affairs

   Susan Hitch and Bridget Kendall discuss Russian literature and current affairs.
5. Proms Literary Festival: Literature inspired by birds

   Ian MacMillan and guests discuss literature inspired by birds.
6. Proms Literary Festival: Classical Music in Fiction

   Ian McMillan and his guests explore the way classical music is portrayed in fiction.
7. Proms Literary Festival: Michael Morpurgo and Julia Donaldson

   Michael Morpurgo and Julia Donaldson read from their work and discuss storytelling.
8. Proms Literary Festival: Urban Safari

   Matthew Sweet goes on urban safari with travel writers Iain Sinclair and Robert Macfarlane
9. Proms Literary Festival: The Victorians at Play

   Matthew Sweet discusses the portrayal of Victorian entertainment in fiction and on screen.
10. Proms Literary Festival: Nature, Wilderness and Gardens

    Susan Hitch discusses nature, wilderness and gardens in poetry.
11. Proms Literary Festival: AE Housman

    Ian McMillan and Christopher Ricks discuss the life and poetry of AE Housman.
12. Proms Literary Festival: Cultural Events of 1958

    Matthew Sweet revisists the cultural events of 1958, the year Vaughan Williams died.
13. Proms Literary Festival: Ian McMillan

    Ian McMillan and his orchestra explore the connections between folk music and storytelling
14. Proms Literary Festival: English Romantic Poetry

    An illustrated discussion about English Romantic poetry, from Wordsworth to Hardy.