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Cassandras of the Crash RADIO 4, 8.00PM

In one of several programmes marking the 10th anniversary of the 2008 global financial crisis, Aditya Chakrabortty chairs a discussion with four people who claim that they saw it coming. Raghuram Rajan, a former governor of the Reserve Bank of India; Steve Keen, professor of economics at Kingston University in London; Ann Pettifor of the Progressive Economy Forum; and stockbroker Peter Schiff all wrote books warning the world that financial meltdown was imminent. So what did they see that others missed?

The Essay: A Bard’s Eye View of Wales

RADIO 3, 10.45PM

In an age when much discourse about national identity focuses on Englishness, this is a week-long exploration of the history of Welshness, and the ancient Welshspeaking tranche of Britain that stretched through Cumbria and into Scotland. Poet and musician Twm Morys, with wry warmth and a compelling way with storytelling, chooses five evocative elements of Welsh history and culture to explore. Tonight, it’s the story of how a black man overcame racial prejudice in 18th-century Criccieth.