Walls
Walls: Laurie Taylor explores the social history and symbolism of human-made barriers.
Thinking Allowed · BBC Radio 4
February 13, 201928m 42s
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Show Notes
Walls: A social history of the human made barrier which has divided people into those who should be kept safe and those who should be excluded. From Hadrian’s Wall and the Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall. Laurie Taylor talks to David Frye, Professor of History at Eastern Connecticut University and Wendy Pullan, Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies at the University of Cambridge.