Synopsis
An introduction to Chinua Achebe, his important novel 'Things Fall Apart' and it's origins as a response to Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'.
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Novels That Shaped Our World | Chinua Achebe
A discussion of Chinua Achebe's use of language in the important novel 'Things Fall Apart'.
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Alan Johnson MP (and former postman) takes a ride on a Travelling Post Office - one of the mail-sorting trains that used to criss-cross the nation through the night and that were immortalised in the film Night Mail.