Going Dark, Disaster, Russell Banks, Bel Ami

Anne McElvoy meets author Russell Banks, who discusses his new novel Lost Memory of Skin.

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Miss Fortune, Jerry White, Lloyd Newson, Museum Narration

Samira Ahmed with the UK premiere of composer Judith Weir's new opera, Miss Fortune.

• 45 mins

Turner Inspired, Strindberg, Kony 2012, Marilynne Robinson

Matthew Sweet presents a review of the National Gallery exhibition Turner Inspired.

• 45 mins

Eli Zaretsky

Eli Zaretsky talks to Philip Dodd about his new book Why America Needs a Left.

• 45 mins

The English and Christianity, Four Horsemen, Miro Exhibition, Antarctica

Anne McElvoy discusses the new documentary Four Horsemen.

• 45 mins

Thomas Dormandy, Mad Men

Thomas Dormandy talks to Matthew Sweet about his new book, Opium: Reality's Dark Dream.

• 45 mins

Nadine Gordimer

Writer Nadine Gordimer talks to Anne McElvoy about her new novel No Time Like the Present.

• 45 mins

Life Is a Dream, The Master and Margarita, Tarkovsky's Films, Engineering

Philip Dodd reviews Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita at the Barbican in London.

• 45 mins

RSC, Filumena, Brains, Frederick the Great

Rana Mitter on the continuing influence of Frederick the Great 300 years after his death.

• 45 mins

Peter Carey, Museums, Daniel Everett

Peter Carey talks to Rana Mitter about his new novel The Chemistry of Tears.

• 45 mins

International Review Edition

Matthew Sweet presents an international review edition.

• 45 mins

David Nash, In the Shadow of the Sword

Philip Dodd goes to Kew Gardens in London to look at a new carving by David Nash.

• 45 mins

Landmarks - La Grande Illusion

Anne McElvoy presents a Landmark edition examining Jean Renoir's film La Grande Illusion.

• 45 mins

Luxury in an Age of Austerity

Philip Dodd explores our passion for luxury. Is it a sin or human nature?

• 45 mins

British Landscape

Juliet Gardiner presents a special programme focusing on the British landscape.

• 45 mins

Jonathan Haidt, Mozart's Sister, Hubris, Misterman

Matthew Sweet talks to social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.

• 45 mins

Feminism

Anne McElvoy presents a special programme in which she and guests discuss feminism.

• 45 mins

Jack Zipes

Matthew Sweet watches Kevin Macdonald's new biopic of Bob Marley.

• 45 mins

Close the Coalhouse Door, Pakistan on the Brink, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Featuring Close the Coalhouse Door, Pakistan on the Brink, and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

• 45 mins

Ron Mueck

Philip Dodd reviews a new exhibition by artist and sculptor Ron Mueck.

• 45 mins

Gold

Rana Mitter examines the allure of gold, asking if it has a role in our financial system.

• 45 mins

David Hare, Immortality, Fairy Tales, The Bridge

Matthew Sweet talks to David Hare about his new play South Downs.

• 45 mins

The Rolling Stones, Harry Shearer, Ferdinand Mount, Albert Nobbs

Samira Ahmed talks to actor Harry Shearer as he tackles the role of Richard Nixon.

• 45 mins

Jonah Lehrer, Ripley Scroll, Globe International Shakespeare Project, Koyaanisqatsi

Philip Dodd meets American author and journalist Jonah Lehrer.

• 45 mins

Mormonism, Billy Bragg on Woody Guthrie, David Starkey, The Monk

Presented by Anne McElvoy. Includes Mormonism, Woody Guthrie, David Starkey and The Monk.

• 45 mins

The Flying Dutchman

Matthew Sweet with a review of The Flying Dutchman at English National Opera.

• 45 mins

Leonardo da Vinci, Emerging Markets, Bola Agbaje, Happiness

Anne McElvoy on the influence of Leonardo da Vinci on our understanding of human anatomy.

• 45 mins

Bauhaus

Rana Mitter visits a new exhibition of Bauhaus art at the Barbican in London.

• 45 mins

Landmarks: The Tempest

Philip Dodd presents a Landmark edition devoted to Shakespeare's The Tempest.

• 45 mins

Portraits Day - Capturing a Likeness

Philip Dodd examines the nature of portraiture at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

• 45 mins