http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php en Liam@SilverChip.co.uk Copyright 2008 2008-02-24T16:10:00+00:00 http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/1707_in_the_footsteps_of_defoe_4_4/ http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/1707_in_the_footsteps_of_defoe_4_4/#When:16:10:00Z Sarfraz Manzoor retraces the footsteps of author Daniel Defoe, a prominent supporter of the Act of Union, in southern Scotland in the 1720s. The ancient town was the site of many battles in the wars of independence between England and Scotland. But what remains of those former scars today and how do Scottish people view their identity? http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/1707_in_the_footsteps_of_defoe_3_4/ http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/1707_in_the_footsteps_of_defoe_3_4/#When:16:07:00Z Sarfraz Manzoor retraces the footsteps of author Daniel Defoe, a prominent supporter of the Act of Union, in southern Scotland in the 1720s. The Act of Union brought new trade markets and an industrial boom, but these declined in the 20th century. Glasgow faced the problem of reinventing itself once more while retaining its identity. http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/1707_in_the_footsteps_of_defoe_2_4/ http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/1707_in_the_footsteps_of_defoe_2_4/#When:16:01:00Z Sarfraz Manzoor retraces the footsteps of author Daniel Defoe, a prominent supporter of the Act of Union, in southern Scotland in the 1720s. In the 18th century the city was dark and overcrowded, but the Age of Enlightenment saw its reinvention as the cultural capital of Scotland. http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/1707_in_the_footsteps_of_defoe_1_4/ http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/1707_in_the_footsteps_of_defoe_1_4/#When:15:53:00Z Sarfraz Manzoor retraces the footsteps of author Daniel Defoe, a prominent supporter of the Act of Union, in southern Scotland in the 1720s. Prestonpans, Port Seaton and Cockenzie, once major industrial centres, are now largely a commuter belt for an expanding capital. http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/outlook_an_interview_with_sarfraz_manzoor/ http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/outlook_an_interview_with_sarfraz_manzoor/#When:14:38:00Z http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/jinnah/ http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/jinnah/#When:14:27:00Z Jinnah is recognised as the architect of partition, the man who called for a separate Muslim homeland in 1940. He saw his dream achieved in the creation of Pakistan in 1947, just a year before his untimely death from tuberculosis. Sarfraz Manzoor returns to the country of his birth to find out more about the man called Quaid-i-Azam or Great Leader, and his legacy in Pakistan’s complex web of religion and politics. http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/make_yourself_at_home/ http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/make_yourself_at_home/#When:14:16:00Z In 1965, the BBC Immigration Programme Unit broadcast the first in its series Make Yourself at Home. Sarfraz Manzoor looks back at the way Asians were introduced to their new lives in the UK. Using a huge range of archive material, he finds out how Britain has changed its outlook over 40 years. With contributions from journalists and broadcasters. http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/archive_hour_debating_the_divide/ http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/archive_hour_debating_the_divide/#When:14:04:00Z Sarfraz Manzoor chairs a debate at Southampton University on new ways of understanding the legacy of Partition 60 years on. Academics, writers and intellectuals from around the world gather to discuss the latest thinking, from fresh perspectives on British withdrawal, oral testimony, the reassessment of existing archive material and the ever-present problem of Kashmir. Part of the India and Pakistan ‘07 season. http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/the_archive_hour_listen_to_britain/ http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/the_archive_hour_listen_to_britain/#When:14:00:00Z Sarfraz Manzoor eavesdrops on contemporary Britain. Plugging almost at random into hundreds of hours if interviews gathered during the past night months of the BBC’s Voices project, he overhears how we live, we love and we like to think of ourselves. http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/knocking_down_the_past_part_2/ http://www.sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/site/radio/knocking_down_the_past_part_2/#When:13:45:00Z Sarfraz Mansoor continues his examination of the state of British housing today. Having swept away the tower blocks of the 1960s, residents of the Gorbals in Glasgow and Market Estate in London are looking forward to brighter futures. But what will they make of each other’s new homes? Sarfraz joins them as they swap places for the day. 2/2. Safraz Mansoor visits the Gorbals in Glasgow and Market Estate in north London to find out why high-rises in those areas were a failure.