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1956 Hungary Uprising influences Hungarian politics today [audio 30min]

James Maw visits Budapest to see how the Hungarian Uprising is remembered. 50 years on, today's political demonstrators continue to draw on the symbolism of 1956. Maw is an author, journalist and travel writer whose published novels include Year of the Jaguar and Nothing but Trouble (Sceptre).
Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Hungary's Unfinished Business"