Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that is some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?

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On tonight's program, judges have handed down wonderfully written judgments,

and barristers wielded words with the precision with which surgeons handle scalples.

Tonight on free-thinking, words and justice, and language and the law,

as a new play about cuts to legal aid, provocatively claims that children ought to be taught legal language as much as foreign ones,

and on the day that the Court of Appeal considers whether to hear a case against cuts in aid for prisoners.

Soon we'll be talking with the playwright Rebecca Lenkovich, as well as two barristers about law, justice and language now.

And later, the Liberal Gorvidal and the conservative thinker William Buckley in adversarial talk as a new film revisits their television jousts of 1968.

I just quoted when you said these things and where.

Now, are you saying you didn't say?

I am saying that I didn't say that your

misquotations. Tune in this time tomorrow night and we will have further evidence of Bill Buckley

cold warrior turned hot. That's right. And about the human greed of everybody in the world except

yourself. And then now tomorrow I'll quote what Mr. Vidal thinks about the Kennedy's.

Good night and let me tell you. More from Gaw Vidal and William Buckley later.

But first, The Invisible.

A new play about the law by the much award of Rebecca Lankovic,

the first woman to have a play on the main stage at the National Theatre

and the co-writer of the Oscar-winning film Ida.

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