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Deaths from ulcers

Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a break in the inner lining of the stomach, the first part of the small intestine, or sometimes the lower esophagus. An ulcer in the stomach is called a gastric ulcer, while one in the first part of the intestines is a duodenal ulcer.

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  1. Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce's groundbreaking 1916 novel about growing up in Catholic Ireland.

    26 November 2009

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    Featuring: Roy Foster, Katherine Mullin, Jeri Johnson

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    CultureLiterary theoristsModernist writersModernismIrony theoristsTrope theoristsIrish male poetsMetaphor theoristsSurrealist writersHumor researchersIrish male novelistsEyepatch wearersDeaths from ulcers20th-century letter writersIrish satiristsIrish male dramatists and playwrights, Irish expatriates in France20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights, 20th-century Irish male writers, 20th-century Irish poetsIrish male short story writers, 20th-century Irish short story writers, 20th-century Irish novelists

  2. Rudyard Kipling

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Rudyard Kipling, a writer sometimes described as the poet of empire.

    16 October 2014

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    Featuring: Howard Booth, Daniel Karlin, Jan Montefiore

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    CultureBurials at Westminster AbbeyNobel laureates in LiteratureEnglish people of Scottish descent19th-century English poetsEnglish male novelistsVictorian novelists19th-century English novelistsEnglish male short story writers20th-century English poets20th-century English male writers19th-century English non-fiction writersEnglish Nobel laureates20th-century English novelistsFellows of the Royal Society of LiteratureBritish Nobel laureatesMythopoeic writersPeople of the Victorian era19th-century English short story writersMaritime writersEnglish-language poets from India20th-century English memoiristsDeaths from ulcersEnglish children's writersEnglish hymnwritersEnglish science fiction writersFreemasons of the United Grand Lodge of EnglandRectors of the University of St AndrewsEnglish anti-fascists