This Week, Those Books

This Week, Those Books

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Iran: More than angry ayatollahs
Crucial context from three books in just five minutes
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4:55
Who cares about Iran?
How imperial forces shaped it. As well as recent regional events. And a 1970s satire
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Blue planet and a birthday
Listen now | As This Week, Those Books turns two, here are two books in five minutes
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5:22
It's our second birthday, so you get a gift
Special access to This Week, Those Books when you invite a friend to read
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Turning the tide for our blue planet
A labour of love illustrated on 'sea lettuce'. And a novel anchored to two coastlines
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Back to the drawing board on development
Listen now | Two books in less than five minutes
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4:54
Let's not default on development
Reimagine it, says a new book. And a signature novel from Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, giant of African literature, who recently passed
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Canada's royal irony
Two books in less than five minutes
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4:33

May 2025

O Canada...can the past really protect?
Essays on the British Crown's role. And a murder mystery set in the colonial era
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Does the West even 'see' Africa?
Two new books in less than four minutes
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2
3:45
How the West views Africa
But does it really see it, asks a new book. And a superstar Nigerian–American novelist's take
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Da Pope: A blessing for Chicago, Chiclayo...
Listen now | One book and five bite-sized items flavoured with this moment
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4:19
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