Free Thinking | Poet Fatimah Asghar

Based on If They Come For Us by Fatimah Asghar

Shahidha Bari talks to Fatimah Asghar about poetry and the web series Brown Girls, looks at the miniatures of Nicholas Hilliard and the popular history of sewing with Clare Hunter.

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  • Type: Analysis
  • Channel: BBC Radio 3
  • Duration: 43'04''
  • Broadcast date: 2019
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