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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On this edition of Nightwaves, the horrors just over the horizon and an ancient evil from under the English soil.

You are confused, sir. It is I who I'm capturing you, not the other way round.

Do you not concern yourself with bravery and I went ahead.

It is official.

You're my, Prisma.

Now you will find the treasure in this field,

and they will dig it up, and I will claim it.

A field in England, a mind-bending film set during the English Civil War. Later, we'll

ramble through the sinister green spaces of pastoral horror, with its director Ben Wheatley

and the writer Ian Sinclair.

We'll also anticipate the terror yet to come as we explore dystopia with the neuroscientist Susan

Greenfield, who's written a novel set in the worst of all possible worlds.

First, though, a kind of utopia as conjured in 20th century Mexican art.

While the eyes of Europe were

turned towards the Western Front, the Mexican Revolution was bringing socialism to the nearest

neighbour of the United States. Art became part of that project as the young state engaged

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