Culture Wars: Cosmopolitanism v the Nation State

Philip Dodd investigates the tension between cosmopolitanism and the nation state.

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New Media Culture and Blade Runner

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss new media culture and the film Blade Runner.

• 45 mins

Public v Private Art

Philip Dodd considers the idea of public and private art.

• 45 mins

Patricia Duncker, Adrienne Mayor on the Amazons, Harriet Walter and Guy Paul

Patricia Duncker talks about George Eliot, and Adrienne Mayor discusses Amazonian women.

• 45 mins

Sex and Numbers, Nick Broomfield, The History of the Audiobook

Including a new sex survey, a Nick Broomfield documentary and the history of the audiobook

• 45 mins

Landmark: Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now

Philip Dodd with a special edition devoted to Anthony Trollope's novel The Way We Live Now

• 45 mins

Developments in Neuroscience, Krzysztof Zanussi, Peaceful Resistance

Rana Mitter discusses new developments in neuroscience.

• 45 mins

Process: Mexico in Words, Carmen Disruption, Christopher Doyle

Matthew Sweet with Francisco Goldman, Valeria Luiselli, Simon Stephens, Christopher Doyle.

• 45 mins

Violence in Culture

Frances Fyfield, Richard Bessel, Peter Stanford and Mayura Deshpande join Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Landmark: The Tin Drum

Anne McElvoy and guests discuss Gunter Grass's 1959 novel The Tin Drum.

• 45 mins

What does Global Shakespeare Mean?

Philip Dodd asks what we understand Shakespeare to mean around the world.

• 45 mins

Caryl Phillips, Stanley Wells, Ah, Wilderness!

Including Caryl Phillips, Shakespearean actors, South African protests and Ah, Wilderness!

• 45 mins

English Civil War, Indigenous Australia

Anne McElvoy hears how a mid-1970s play might cast light on today's political landscape.

• 45 mins

Alberto Manguel, Alice in Wonderland, Fashionable Victorian Writers

Alberto Manguel talks to Matthew Sweet about curiosity and a lifetime of reading.

• 45 mins

Carol Ann Duffy's Everyman, Clive James

Philip Dodd reports on the first night of Carol Ann Duffy's new adaptation of Everyman.

• 45 mins

Julian Barnes, Bapsi Sidhwa, light-inspired poetry

With Booker Prize-winning writer Julian Barnes and Pakistani novelist Bapsi Sidhwa.

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Sir Thomas Browne and Adventures in Human Beings

Matthew Sweet and guests talk about the doctors in the 17th and the 21st centuries.

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Antony Sher

Philip Dodd is in extended conversation with actor Antony Sher.

• 45 mins

Anne Enright, The Economics of Psychological Therapy, Christopher Hampton

Anne McElvoy is joined by novelist Anne Enright and playwright Christopher Hampton.

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Agnes Varda, Gut Instinct, Scientific Research into the Gut

Matthew Sweet on the idea of 'gut instinct'. Plus the ballet Woolf Works and Agnes Varda.

• 45 mins

Landmark: Dante's The Divine Comedy

Prue Shaw, Sean O'Brien, Nick Havely and Kevin Jackson discuss Dante's The Divine Comedy.

• 45 mins

High Society, Xinran and China's One-Child Policy, Decisive UK Elections

Anne McElvoy presents a review of High Society at the Old Vic. Plus Chinese writer Xinran.

• 45 mins

Colm Toibin on Elizabeth Bishop, Mammoth Cloning, Fareed Zakaria

Colm Toibin on the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Beth Shapiro on cloning mammoths.

• 45 mins

Alain Mabanckou, Joseph Stiglitz

With novelist Alain Mabanckou on growing up in the Republic of Congo. Plus Joseph Stiglitz

• 45 mins

Fulfilment, Beowulf, The Beaux' Stratagem

Including a debate about fulfilment, actor Julian Glover and the play The Beaux' Stratagem

• 45 mins

Theodore Zeldin, Mona Eltahawy

Philip Dodd is joined by scholar Theodore Zeldin and journalist Mona Eltahawy.

• 45 mins

Hay Festival: David Brooks, Azar Nafisi, Tom Holland

Rana Mitter and guests Azar Nafisi, David Brooks and Tom Holland discuss humility.

• 45 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2015 Launch at the Hay Festival

Rana Mitter introduces the 2015 New Generation Thinkers.

• 45 mins

Johanna Hamilton on 1971, Male Friendships: Steve Toltz, AD Miller, Richard Bean

Playwright Richard Bean joins Matthew Sweet to discuss male friendships.

• 45 mins

Kate Grenville

Rana Mitter is joined by novelist Kate Grenville, who talks about her new book.

• 45 mins