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Slow Burn
A reconstruction of what it was like to live through the political upheaval of the Clinton-Lewinsky affair.
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Flash Forward
From teleportation to fertility in space, each episode explores the possibility of a different future.
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The Lonely Palette
A documentary series aiming to return art history to the masses,
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This article appears in the 08 Dec 2020 issue of the New Statesman, Christmas special