Melanie Phillips, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Jonathan Dee

With Matthew Sweet. Including Melanie Phillips on her autobiography Guardian Angel.

• 45 mins

Claire Messud, Progress, Phil Spector, Joshua Oppenheimer

Anne McElvoy interviews Claire Messud and reviews a biopic with Al Pacino as Phil Spector.

• 45 mins

Vali Nasr, Alfred Russel Wallace, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Mount Fuji

Rana Mitter debates a book on US foreign policy; Alfred Russel Wallace; the Art of Sudan.

• 45 mins

Mexico Art Revolution, Ben Wheatley, Dystopia

Ben Wheatley talks to Matthew Sweet about his new film A Field in England.

• 45 mins

Jane Campion, Clive James

Arts and cultural debate with Matthew Sweet.

• 45 mins

Egypt's democracy, Diana Quick, Laura Knight, Technology & Cities

Tom Holland on Egypt, Diana Quick on her career, Laura Knight, Richard Sennett on cities.

• 45 mins

Boris Johnson, The Masque of Anarchy, John Gallagher, Happy Holidays?

Anne McElvoy talks to Boris Johnson at the Chalke Valley History festival.

• 45 mins

Francis Bacon and Henry Moore, women on stage, Wilkie Collins, Artificial Intelligence

Francis Bacon and Henry Moore, women on stage, Wilkie Collins, Artificial Intelligence.

• 45 mins

Rana Mitter - Jhumpa Lahiri

Rana Mitter is joined by novelist Jhumpa Lahiri.

• 45 mins

Richard Dawkins, Tacita Dean, The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas

Philip Dodd talks to biologist Richard Dawkins and artist Tacita Dean. Plus theatre review

• 45 mins

John le Carré

John le Carre talks to Anne McElvoy to mark 50 years of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

• 45 mins

Simon Schama, Beeban Kidron, End of Human Rights

Philip Dodd talks to Simon Schama about his History of the Jews. Plus Beeban Kidron.

• 45 mins

Margaret Atwood

Anne McElvoy is joined by celebrated Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood.

• 45 mins

Australian Art at the RA, Rory Kinnear

Samira Ahmed on a new exhibition of Australian art at the Royal Academy in London.

• 45 mins

Sound of Cinema: Landmarks - The Innocents

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the celebrated horror film The Innocents.

• 45 mins

Loyalty, Herodotus, Shunga, Martin Parr

Philip Dodd discusses loyalty in public life and talks to Tom Holland about Herodotus.

• 45 mins

Zaha Hadid, French Cinema Music, Cynicism

Including architect Zaha Hadid, French cinema music and a debate on cynicism.

• 45 mins

The Ugly Renaissance, Cate Blanchett, Mira Schendel, Maxim Leo

With Cate Blanchett, the art of Mira Schendel, Maxim Leo and debating the Renaissance.

• 45 mins

Clash of Civilizations, Simon Heffer, George Grosz

Philip Dodd discusses the Clash of Civilizations, George Grosz and talks to Simon Heffer.

• 45 mins

Jung Chang, Sarah Lucas, Allende, Everest Music

Presented by Rana Mitter. With Jung Chang on her book about Empress Dowager Cixi of China.

• 45 mins

Ghosts, Slavoj Žižek, Miliband, Melissa Benn

Richard Eyre and Stephen Unwin discuss Ibsen's Ghosts with Anne McElvoy.

• 45 mins

Hans Kung, Masters of Sex, Roots, Wendy Lower

Anne McElvoy discusses the Donmar Warehouse's new production of Roots.

• 45 mins

Verdi 200

Dayanita Singh, Social Media, Verdi and Shakespeare. Cultural debate with Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Night Waves at ZSL London Zoo

Matthew Sweet examines the zoo as a cultural institution

Matthew Sweet examines the zoo as a cultural institution

• 45 mins

Night Waves at ZSL London Zoo

Landmark: The Old Men at the Zoo

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Angus Wilson's 1961 novel The Old Men at the Zoo.

• 45 mins

Night Waves at ZSL London Zoo

Matthew Sweet discusses the ways we can think about our close association with primates

Matthew Sweet discusses the ways we can think about our close association with primates

• 45 mins

Captain Phillips, David Thomson, David Greig's The Events

Matthew Sweet on the new Paul Greengrass film, Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks.

• 45 mins

Paul Klee, US Shutdown, Catherine Merridale, Man Booker Prize, National Theatre

Philip Dodd's guests historian include Catherine Merridale.

• 45 mins

Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War

Samira Ahmed and guests discuss Joan Littlewood's musical Oh What a Lovely War.

• 45 mins

Eric Schlosser, Richard II, Basil Bunting, Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough

David Tennant in Richard II, Eric Schlosser, Basil Bunting reevaluated. With Anne McElvoy.

• 45 mins