Andrew Marr discusses the life and work of the writer Vasily Grossman in a special programme recorded at an event in Oxford to celebrate his greatest novel, Life and Fate. Grossman was a Ukrainian Jew who spent most of WWII reporting on the front line with a humanity and attention to detail that defied the Soviet censors. His masterpiece, Life and Fate, pitted communism against fascism but came down on the side of human kindness. Start the Week looks at the legacy of a writer who is largely ignored in his own country, and asks how Grossman's depiction of the war compares to the authorised version in Russia today. Andrew talks to the historian Antony Beevor, the writers Andrey Kurkov and Linda Grant.
The History of Rome - 151- Bursting a Blood Vessel
Valens spent the late 360s and early 370s dealing with hostile Goths in the north and hostile Persians in the east. In 375 he would be left to face these threats alone when Valentinian suddenly died.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Government waste
In More or Less this week: Government waste, a logic puzzle, the statistics of spying, Olympic economics and the Janitor problem.
Cato Daily Podcast - Less Safe, Less Confident, Less Free
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Cato Daily Podcast - Abolish the Department of Homeland Security
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Cato Daily Podcast - The Lessons from a Decade of War
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Cato Daily Podcast - Did Big Banks Victimize Fannie and Freddie?
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The History of Rome - 150- The Perils of Mismanagement
in the late 360s and early 370s AD Roman mismanagment of three different regions in the Western Empire led to armed conflict.
Cato Daily Podcast - Card Check, ObamaCare and Federalism
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - A Euro Debt Odyssey
In this week's More or Less: a Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of social surveys.