The Man Booker Prize. Mike Bartlett. Is Small Beautiful?

Published: Oct. 17, 2017, 10:13 p.m.

Dr Foster writer Mike Bartlett on his new play Albion. Alex Clark reports from the Man Booker prize ceremony. And former SNP MP George Kerevan, David Goodhart and Mari\xe1n Arribas-Tom\xe9 from UEA discuss whether the 21st century is set to be a century of small nations.

The Man Booker Prize shortlist 2017 is :\n4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster \nHistory of Wolves by Emily Fridlund \nExit West by Mohsin Hamid \nElmet by Fiona Mozley \nLincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders \nAutumn by Ali Smith

Mike Bartlett's play Albion runs at the Almeida Theatre in London from October 10th to November 24th. \nDavid Goodhart is Head of Demography, Immigration & Integration at Policy Exchange and author of The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics

Producer: Torquil MacLeod.