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Proms Extra: Djinn
Elif Shafak and Shahidha Bari tell Ian McMillan why humans need the genie
Proms Extra: Sleep and Insomnia
Sports sleep coach Nick Littlehales & novelist A. L. Kennedy discuss sleep & insomnia.
Proms Extra: Cuneiform 07082017
Irving Finkel and Shahidha Bari on Mesopotamian writing, jokes and boat building specs
Proms Extra: Ella Fitzgerald
Kevin LeGendre and Claire Martin discuss Ella Fitzgerald
Proms Extra: Sentimentality
Anne McElvoy, Dr. Se谩n Williams & writer Rachel Hewitt discuss sentimentality.
Proms Extra: Happiness
Literature & unhappy people with Will Abberley, Charlotte Mendelson & Claudia Hammond.
Proms Extra: Sea Journeys and Voyages
Rana Mitter considers epic sea journeys in history with Barry Cunliffe & Edith Hall.
Proms Extra: Europe in Writing
Nandini Das & novelist Lawrence Norfolk discuss European writers & the idea of 鈥楨urope鈥�.
Proms Extra: Opium and Creativity in the 19th c.
Matthew Sweet, Daisy Hay, Richard Davenport-Hines at Imperial College, London
Proms Extra: Music and Moods
Thomas Dixon and musicologist Wiebke Thorm盲hlen discuss music, literature and emotion.
