2015 Festival

Putting Competition to the Test

Margaret Heffernan, Matthew Syed, Cath Bishop and Christopher Frayling explore success.

• 45 mins

2015 Festival

Old Ways, New Directions

Rana Mitter chairs a debate about new ideas and lessons of the past.

• 45 mins

2015 Festival

The Rules of Good Science

Jim al-Khalili, Carlos Frenk, Katy Price and Tom Shakespeare debate scientific discovery.

• 45 mins

2015 Festival

Stage Directions: Juliet Stevenson and Natalie Abrahami in Conversation

Matthew Sweet chairs a debate asking how easy it is to break rules in the theatre.

• 45 mins

2015 Festival

Work Available: No Humans Need Apply

Paul Mason, Lucy Armstrong and Richard and Daniel Susskind debate the future of work.

• 45 mins

2015 Festival

New Generation Thinkers: The Moor of Florence - A Medici Mystery

Catherine Fletcher on the claims that the first Medici duke of Florence was of mixed race.

• 15 mins

2015 Festival

New Generation Thinkers: Women on Their Own - Widows in Britain, Now and Then

Nadine Muller on the hidden history of widows in Britain from the 19th century to today.

• 15 mins

2015 Festival

New Generation Thinkers: Nancy Cunard - The Rebellious Heiress

Sandeep Parmar on the tragic life of Nancy Cunard, scion of the famous shipping family.

• 15 mins

2015 Festival

New Generation Thinkers: Kilts, Celts and Clearances in World War One

Peter Mackay explores how WWI soldiers in kilted regiments discussed their allegiances.

• 15 mins

2015 Festival

New Generation Thinkers: The Medieval Scottish Dream State

Kylie Murray explores visions of Scottishness in The Wallace and The Scotichronicon.

• 15 mins

2015 Festival

New Generation Thinkers: Inside a Pirate's Cookbook - A Culinary Journey through the 17th Century

Joe Moshenska explores the travels of astrologer, diplomat and gourmet Sir Kenelm Digby.

• 15 mins

2015 Festival

New Generation Thinkers: Beer and the British Empire

Sam Goodman explores the way beer was used as both beverage and medicine in colonial India

• 15 mins

2015 Festival

New Generation Thinkers: Jews in Occupied France - Co-existence with the Enemy?

Daniel Lee revisits Vichy France to uncover a different history of Jewish life there.

• 15 mins

2015 Festival

New Generation Thinkers: Sculpture and Seduction in the 18th Century

Danielle Thom explores the links between bawdy prints and classical sculpture.

• 15 mins

2015 Festival

Landmark: Angela Carter

Philip Dodd explores the writing and legacy of Angela Carter.

• 45 mins

2015 Festival

The Family Is Dead! Long Live The Family!

Writers Anne Fine and Tobias Jones and Prof Sarah Cunningham-Burley discuss family life.

• 45 mins

2015 Festival

Breathalysing Britain: Free Spirits Or a Drain on Society?

David Yelland, Shelina Zahra Janmohamed, Sally Marlow and Barry Smith discuss alcohol.

• 45 mins

2015 Festival

Rule-Making and Rule-Breaking for Women and Men

Sheila Hancock, Neil Bartlett, Bim Adewunmi and headteacher Jonny Mitchell debate rules.

• 45 mins

2015 Festival

Northern Lights: Joanne Harris on the Norse God Loki

Joanne Harris and Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough discuss the god Loki and Norse beliefs.

• 45 mins

Northern Lights: Crime Fiction and Cold Settings

Margaret Atwood, Arnaldur Indriadason and MJ McGrath talk about crime fiction and cold.

• 45 mins

Must the Arts Be Relevant? A Free Thinking BASCA Debate

Mark Baldwin, Catherine Wood, Jennifer Walshe, Sarah Kent and Vayu Naidu debate the arts.

• 45 mins

Landmark: Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries

Matthew Sweet is joined by Colm Toibin and others to discuss Bergman's Wild Strawberries.

• 45 mins

Cities and Safety

Philip Dodd reflects on safe cities and discusses Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.

• 45 mins

Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Ruth Scurr on John Aubrey, Beowulf

Anne McElvoy talks to Christopher Hampton and Adjoa Andoh about Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

• 45 mins

Teenage Life: David and Ben Aaronovitch, Viv Albertine, Simon Stephens

Matthew Sweet talks to David and Ben Aaronovitch, Viv Albertine and Simon Stephens.

• 45 mins

Lorraine Hansberry

Philip Dodd explores the writing of Lorraine Hansberry and its continuing resonance.

• 45 mins

Laura Cumming on Velazquez, John Bratby, The Pan Hag Project

Anne McElvoy and Laura Cumming on a 19th-century court case involving a Velazquez portrait

• 45 mins

TS Eliot Prize, Lisa Randall, New Architecture, Flooding

Anne McElvoy is joined by Sarah Howe, winner of the 2015 TS Eliot Prize.

• 45 mins

French Thought and Politics

Philip Dodd debates the question 'does France have to stop being French to survive?'.

• 45 mins

Westerns, The Oscars

Matthew Sweet discusses the revival of westerns and considers the 2016 Oscar contenders.

• 45 mins