8 November 2013
Episode 528
01 hour
Jane Kinninmont of Chatham House sets the day’s news agenda across the Middle East, we profile the new leader of the Pakistan Taliban Mullah Fazlullah with journalist Samira Shackle, and we investigate the unknown history of the crossword with the author of “Two Girls, One on Each Knee: The Puzzling, Playful World of the Crossword”, Alan Connor.
8 November 2013
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