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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 mid-1980s, the height of Thatcherism (a term which Hall himself coined). In the Resonance studio, the thinker's friends and contemporaries, and newer voices inspired by his work, examine his theories and unravel the social and cultural fabric of the nation. Episode 2: Stuart takes us on The Long March of Liberalism, where we learn about this ideology of the modern world and the construction of English common sense. Biz is joined by critic and author Leo Robson and Red Pepper's Hilary Wainwright, along with regular guests Nick Beech and Daniel McNeil, as they unpick England's varied liberal traditions. English Stitch has been made possible with the collaboration of 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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