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Apr 2016
52m 23s

Student life and working class culture

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Our own Ellie Cawthorne talks about her new BBC Radio 4 series that focuses on 900 years of higher education. Meanwhile, author and broadcaster Stuart Maconie discusses his documentary about the decline of working class representation in the arts and media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po ... Show More
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