Adam Ganz, Reader in Screenwriting at Royal Holloway University of London, has written a radio play for the BBC about Dorothy Hodgkin and Margaret Thatcher which is scheduled to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 2.15pm on 20th August. The play explores their friendship in the history of science and politics.

You can read more about the play on the BBC website.

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