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Charles Hazlewood is a world famous conductor. Following his studies at Christ’s Hospital and Oxford University, he won first prize at the European Broadcasting Union Conducting Competition in Lisbon in 1995. June 2003 saw his Carnegie Hall debut conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. He made his BBC Proms conducting debut in August 2006, with the BBC Concert Orchestra; simultaneously presenting the concert live from the stage for TV. He now guest-conducts many of the world's leading orchestras. For several years he also hosted Radio 2's The Charles Hazlewood Show, exploring his vast and catholic music tastes, in sessions recorded on his farm in Somerset. He played the first ever symphony concert on the famous Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. In August 2009, Charles unveiled his latest venture, a new breed of orchestral festival on his farm in Somerset called Orchestra in a Field (orchestrainafield.com). He also founded the first British Paraorchestra for disabled musicians.

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Leading Africa correspondent and adventurer Tim Butcher tells the fascinating and unexpected story of Graham Greene and his cousin Barbara in Sierra Leone and Liberia in the 1930s.

Greene took 26 bearers, a case of scotch, and hammocks in which he and his cousin Barbara were carried. Barabara in her bloomers was an unlikely person to make such a perilous and difficult journey but her part in the escapade went largely unrecorded and unacknowledged by Greene when he wrote his book based on the experience- Journey Without End. And this was even though Barabara had saved his life when he was struck down by illness. Their journey was retraced by Tim Butcher - as he recounts in the book Chasing the Devil.

Recorded at The Tabernacle in London in September 2010.

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The Turkish writer speaks about coffee, communism and childhood.

Elif Shafak is Turkey’s most-read woman writer and an award-winning novelist. She writes in both English and Turkish, and has published 13 books, nine of which are novels, including: The Bastard of Istanbul, The Forty Rules of Love, Honour and her nonfiction memoir Black Milk (by Penguin/Viking). Her books have been translated into more than forty languages.

Shafak blends Western and Eastern traditions of storytelling, bringing out the voices of women, minorities, subcultures, immigrants and global souls. Defying cliches and transcending boundaries her works draws on different cultures and cities, and reflects a strong interest in history, philosophy, culture, mysticism, Sufism and gender equality.

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The Turkish writer speaks about coffee, communism and childhood.

Elif Shafak is Turkey’s most-read woman writer and an award-winning novelist. She writes in both English and Turkish, and has published 13 books, nine of which are novels, including: The Bastard of Istanbul, The Forty Rules of Love, Honour and her nonfiction memoir Black Milk (by Penguin/Viking). Her books have been translated into more than forty languages.

Shafak blends Western and Eastern traditions of storytelling, bringing out the voices of women, minorities, subcultures, immigrants and global souls. Defying cliches and transcending boundaries her works draws on different cultures and cities, and reflects a strong interest in history, philosophy, culture, mysticism, Sufism and gender equality.

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each.

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Professor Amy Chua on being a Tiger Mother - a fascinating insight into the difference between Western and eastern parenting.

Yale Professor Amy Chua talks about parenting - the Chinese way- and the controversy her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, sparked on both sides of the Atlantic. Her book imparted the secret behind the stereotypical Asian child's phenomenal success: the Chinese mother. Chua's parenting memoir told how she raised her two children: no sleep overs, hours of piano practice everyday, never accepting an A- grade, insisting on instilling respect for authority. This was very different from indulgent and permissive Western parents she saw in the rest of America. Chua discusses the highs and lows of raising her two girls, what she regrets and what she learned.

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each.

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Professor Amy Chua on being a Tiger Mother - a fascinating insight into the difference between Western and eastern parenting.

Yale Professor Amy Chua talks about parenting - the Chinese way- and the controversy her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, sparked on both sides of the Atlantic. Her book imparted the secret behind the stereotypical Asian child's phenomenal success: the Chinese mother. Chua's parenting memoir told how she raised her two children: no sleep overs, hours of piano practice everyday, never accepting an A- grade, insisting on instilling respect for authority. This was very different from indulgent and permissive Western parents she saw in the rest of America. Chua discusses the highs and lows of raising her two girls, what she regrets and what she learned.

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each.

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Professor Amy Chua on being a Tiger Mother - a fascinating insight into the difference between Western and eastern parenting.

Yale Professor Amy Chua talks about parenting - the Chinese way- and the controversy her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, sparked on both sides of the Atlantic. Her book imparted the secret behind the stereotypical Asian child's phenomenal success: the Chinese mother. Chua's parenting memoir told how she raised her two children: no sleep overs, hours of piano practice everyday, never accepting an A- grade, insisting on instilling respect for authority. This was very different from indulgent and permissive Western parents she saw in the rest of America. Chua discusses the highs and lows of raising her two girls, what she regrets and what she learned.

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each.

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Andrew Solomon on Far From the Tree.

Andrew Solomon is a highly regarded academic and journalist on politics, culture and psychology. He’s lectured widely at Harvard, Yale, Cambridge and Stanford amongst others, and writes regularly for The New Yorker, Newsweek, and the Guardian. His highly acclaimed international study of depression, The Noonday Demon won the 2001 National Book Award and was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize.

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each.

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Andrew Solomon on Far From the Tree.

Andrew Solomon is a highly regarded academic and journalist on politics, culture and psychology. He’s lectured widely at Harvard, Yale, Cambridge and Stanford amongst others, and writes regularly for The New Yorker, Newsweek, and the Guardian. His highly acclaimed international study of depression, The Noonday Demon won the 2001 National Book Award and was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize.

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each.

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Andrew Solomon on Far From the Tree.

Andrew Solomon is a highly regarded academic and journalist on politics, culture and psychology. He’s lectured widely at Harvard, Yale, Cambridge and Stanford amongst others, and writes regularly for The New Yorker, Newsweek, and the Guardian. His highly acclaimed international study of depression, The Noonday Demon won the 2001 National Book Award and was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize.

5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each.

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