Late Night Live Thursday 31 January 2012

Tonight on Late Night Live

* Amid fears that priceless manuscripts may have been destroyed this week during civil strife in Timbuktu, we discuss the significance of the collection.

* Tasmanian faultlines: the contradictions and conundrums of Tasmanian life, with Cassandra Pybus and Jonathan West

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Recent highlights:

* Two Syria-watchers discuss the significance of the war reaching the regime heartland of Latakia, a city which was an unobtainable target until recently. http://bit.ly/VtRy9N

* Historian Jeremy Brotton believes that if real paper maps become obsolete, we are in danger of losing something of great cultural significance. http://bit.ly/YFF4A5

* In this horse special, we follow the horse through time and around the world, from the American frontier to Phillip's memories of 'Blossom', in a fun celebration of the special relationships forged between humans and the noble equus .. http://bit.ly/XO2dKO

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