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Ever visited the Parthenon in Athens?
The 2000-year-old fortress is one of the most iconic buildings on earth, once used as a church, a mosque, a treasury and an ammunition store.
But according to archaeologist Elly Symons — and a vocal international movement — it's also a "crime scene".
Centuries ago, the Parthenon featured breathtaking sculptures of gods, goddesses and the Athenian wars waged against the Trojans, all hand-etched from solid marble.
But today, they're nowhere to be seen.
Those sculptures were taken to Britain, and the superpower isn't keen on handing them back.
This week on the brand new series of Stuff the British Stole, Marc Fennell meets the Greek Australians who "lost their marbles" — and aren't giving up without a fight.
We've also been privileged to welcome the latest cohort of bright minds to RN for the Top 5 Media Residencies. These academics from the humanities disciplines will be working with RN producers to create radio and digital content, which we can't wait to share with you.
In the meantime, check out the offering from one of our Arts residents, artist and academic, James Nguyen. In this moving carousel, he shares his process of translating his mother's poetry, written in the garage on dress patterns, which has revealed to him "how women's poetry has shaped the Vietnamese language itself".
Finally, hear Claire Nichols and Sarah L'Estrange in conversation with all six nominees for this year's Booker Prize.
Until next time,
Annika Blau, RN digital editor
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The 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction will be announced on November 3, so why not explore the shortlisted authors and their work?
The Book Show hosts, Claire Nichols and Sarah L'Estrange, have interviewed all six shortlisted authors. Nominees include three American writers, Patricia Lockwood (No One Is Talking About This), Maggie Shipstead (Great Circle) and Richard Powers (Bewilderment).
Others include three-time nominee, Damon Galgut (The Promise), Anuk Arudpragasam (A Passage North), and Nadifa Mohamed (The Fortune Men). | | LISTEN |
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Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the UK and the world. They usually come with polite plaques. This is a series about the not-so-polite history behind those objects.
In each episode of this podcast, award-winning journalist and author, Marc Fennell, picks one artefact and takes you on the wild, evocative, sometimes funny, often tragic adventure of how it got to where it is today. | | LISTEN |
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