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English Stitch

What is English Culture? Over ten weeks Professor Stuart Hall, the godfather of Cultural Studies, takes us on a trip through the national imagination. Hosted by critic and writer K Biswas, the series features never-before-heard archival recordings from seminars delivered in Naples during the 1980s at the height of Thatcherism. In the studio, the thinker's friends and voices inspired by his work examine his theories, unravelling the social and cultural fabric of the nation. In Episode Five, Stuart talks philosophically about representation, self-reflection and his time teaching in south London. Biz is joined by Caitlin Doherty, who is on the editorial board of New Left Review, and Professor of Cultural and Political Theory at the University of East London Jeremy Gilbert. And, we hear from feminist historian Catherine Hall, who was married to Stuart for almost fifty years, about their time living in Birmingham and experiences of the academy throughout their careers. English Stitch has been made in collaboration with the Stuart Hall Archive Project at the University of Birmingham. To learn about the project and access more of Stuart Hall’s archive, join the mailing list: https://stuarthallarchive.bham.ac.uk/mailing-list/. [Repeats Thursday 4am.]

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