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 is some level of genius. It also helps

that it's a long time ago, right? It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream

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Hello and welcome to the program where we're in the mood for love.

You wait patiently, looking into my intoxicated eyes.

You accept my passion with the serenity of love.

You are the master of existence.

One day, I shall be a lover like you.

Caught in the Fire of Love, a poem by Rumi, read there by Martin Sheen.

We'll be asking whether our fixation on romance gets in the way of true love.

From the team that brought us War Horse, I'll be discussing a new production of a

midsummer night's dream with the director Tom Morris.

Revolutionary Iran, 30 years on, how has the Islamic Republic that shocked the world

back in 1979 survived?

But first, the winner of the David Cohen Prize for Literature was announced this evening.

It's an unusual award because it embraces all forms of literature, including drama, novels, poetry, history and biography.

And it's also intended to celebrate an entire body of work. Well, this year,

the winner was someone who's got rather used to saying thank you to judging panels recently,

Hillary Mantell. And she spoke to me just after she won the latest trophy for a crowded

mantelpiece. I know, or I believe myself, that the Tudor books are my best books.

They are the project that's called Out of Me, everything I can do and everything I've learned.

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