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This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by Emer Nolan, Professor of English at Maynooth University, to discuss the letters of John McGahern, one of Ireland\u2019s most accomplished writers of fiction; How did Napoleon get his hands on Veronese\u2019s enormous masterpiece \u201cThe Wedding Feast at Cana\u201d, once safely housed in a Venetian monastery? Does it matter and should we do anything to remedy the situation? Ruth Scurr, the author of \u2018Napoleon: A Life told in gardens and shadows\u2019, considers Napoleon\u2019s thirst for art, and its legacy; plus, a quick look at some of 2021\u2019s most favourably reviewed films and plays \u2018The Letters of John McGahern\u2019, edited by Frank Shovlin\u2018Napoleon\u2019s Plunder: And the theft of Veronese\u2019s Feast\u2019 by Cynthia SaltzmanProduced by Sophia Franklin

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