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Andrew Solomon
Tribute to Ronald Dworkin; Andrew Solomon; Complicit; Italian unification.
A Chorus Line, Shlomo Sand, What is Old Age
Philip Dodd discusses the West End revival of A Chorus Line. Plus historian Shlomo Sand.
Anders Lustgarten, Ray Kurzweil, the Anglosphere
Rana Mitter talks to futurist Ray Kurzweil.
Landmarks: Le Grand Meaulnes
Anne McElvoy and guests examine Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes.
Barocci, Hugo Chávez, David Blunkett on compassion
David Blunkett on compassion, a new Barocci exhibition, and Rory Carroll on Hugo Chavez.
Paul Foot Award, John Gray, Literary Stalking
With the Paul Foot award, philosopher John Gray and James Lasdun on literary stalking.
Finnegans Wake in Chinese, Sara Wheeler, Muslim Comedy, Apocalypses
Finnegans Wake in Chinese, Sara Wheeler, Muslim Comedy and Apocalypses.
Caesar Must Die, 1930s Berlin, Stage Design, Anarcho-Capitalists
Anne McElvoy presents the arts and ideas programme.
Sex in the Arab World, a New Age of Enlightenment, the Louvre as History
Philip Dodd and sex in the Arab world, a new Age of enlightenment, the Louvre as history.
The Audience, Heritage, Side Effects, The Digital Revolution
With Matthew Sweet. Including the play The Audience and the film Side Effects.
Danny Boyle, David Livingstone, Ruth Ozeki
Rana Mitter presents. With Danny Boyle, Ruth Ozeki and a discussion on David Livingstone.
David Cohen Prize, Mark Vernon, Tom Morris, Michael Axworthy
Michael Axworthy talks to Anne McElvoy about his new book Revolutionary Iran.
Julia O'Faolain, Written on Skin, The Revolt of Islam, Non-judgemental language
Matthew Sweet is joined by Irish novelist Julia O'Faolain.
Yael Farber, Kevin Fong, John Agard and Carlos Reygadas
Presented by Samira Ahmed. With Yael Farber, Kevin Fong, John Agard and Carlos Reygadas.
George Bellows, Geoff Mulgan, Psychology As Science, Ken Loach
George Bellows, Geoff Mulgan, psychology as a science, and Ken Loach's Spirit of '45.
Industrial Revolution, Yinka Shonibare, Aleksandar Hemon, Alice Rawsthorn
Anne McElvoy talks to celebrated Balkan novelist and essayist Aleksandar Hemon.
David Bowie, Javier Marias, David Cannadine
Matthew Sweet talks to award-winning Spanish novelist Javier Marias about his new novel.
Noam Chomsky, Anthony Seldon
Philip Dodd talks to the philosopher Noam Chomsky and the biographer Anthony Seldon.
Baroque Spring
Rana Mitter presents a special edition for Radio 3's Baroque Spring season.
The Book of Mormon, Constitutions, Press Regulation, Lina Prokofiev
Presented by Anne McElvoy. Including The Book of Mormon, constitutions, press regulation.
James Wood, Michael Grigsby, Pompeii and Herculaneum, In the House
Including James Wood, Michael Grigsby, Margaret Mountford on Pompeii, In the House.
27/03/2013
Author Mohsin Hamid talks to Samira Ahmed about his latest novel.
Nicholas Hytner, Posthumanism, Penny Woolcock
Sir Nicholas Hytner, posthumanism, and the inner city gangs attempting peace negotiations.
History in Schools
What history should children learn and be able to contextualise? And what do they know?
Paul Nash, Nostalgia and the NHS, Adam Rutherford, John Yorke
Paul Nash, Nostalgia and the NHS, genetics with Adam Rutherford and producer John Yorke.
Silence, Geffrye Museum, Edward Petherbridge, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Anne McElvoy talks to writer and historian Diarmaid MacCulloch.
Landmarks: The Making of the English Working Class
A landmark edition examining EP Thompson's book The Making of the English Working Class.
The Rijksmuseum
Matthew Sweet visits Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, home to Rembrandt's The Night Watch.
Oliver Stone, Chimamanda Adichie, Web Harvesting
Chimamanda Adichie, Oliver Stone, AS Byatt on web harvests, and a Twitter-inspired opera.
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher, with Dominic Sandbrook, Will Self, Peter Hitchens and Edwina Currie.
15/04/2013
Matthew Sweet presents a review of the new opera The Sunken Garden.