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, it's 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 at some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?

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Tonight, England takes Calais.

Britannia rules the waves.

China rules the air and nightw waves rules the airwaves. And

Kippamy capsdans, we've a lot to sail through tonight. We'll be discovering if the British are people

entirely surrounded by water are not sufficiently serious about the sea or the laws that govern it.

I can promise you that by the time we're done, you'll be worrying about

the end of the Grotian consensus. We'll also make landfall upon Langston Hughes. Bonnie Greer and

Fred de Gar are here to help us navigate through the life, work and contested legacy of a great

American poet. And what's this coming up on the port side? Stuttering starfish. It's Jude Law,

and he wants us to invade France. My people are with sickness much enfeebled. My numbers lessened,

and those few I have, almost no better than so many French. Go, therefore, tell thy master,

here I am. My ransom is this frail and worthless trunk. My army,

but a weak and sickly guard, yet God before, tell him we will come on. The France himself,

and such another neighbour stand in our way.

Jude Law, planning a bit of regime change as Shakespeare's Henry V.

The play that forms the martial climax to the Michael Grandage Company's year-long season

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