BBC Radio 3 ‘Free Thinking’: The Wolfson History Prize
BBC Radio 3 ‘Free Thinking’: The Wolfson History Prize
May 2017
Listen again to BBC Radio 3's 'Free Thinking' programme, featuring Professor Rana Mitter in conversation with the six authors shortlisted for this year's prestigious Wolfson History Prize in front of a live audience at the British Academy. Broadcast on 9 May 2017, this fascinating discussion is also available to download as a Radio 3 'Arts and Ideas' podcast - one not to be missed!
The winner of the Wolfson History Prize will be announced on 15 May. For all the latest news, join the conversation at #WolfsonHistoryPrize.
The authors shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2017 are:
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Daniel Beer |
Chris Given-Wilson |
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Christopher de Hamel for Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts (Allen Lane) |
Sasha Handley for Sleep in Early Modern England (Yale University Press) |
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Lyndal Roper |
Matthew Strickland |