I've seen Mao in his 'slumber' in Beijing back in 1993. A Chinese intellectual friend told me at the time that the 'taxidermists' did a rush job and now they have to do running repairs.

No interest to hear of another Pol pot or stalin who thought it was a good idea to kill off the poets and the teachers. As a man of literature, I have no desire to even visit his mausoleum, to me he should be dead and buried in the past, not revered...

As for the Beeb radio 4 I agree the articles and programmes are interesting.