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

Landmark: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Matthew Sweet, Will Self, Fiona Shaw and Merlin Holland discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray

• 45 mins

Holes in the Ground

Rana Mitter discusses underground worlds past and present.

• 45 mins

The Arab Spring, Sahar Assaf, Owen Hatherley, Social Media and Language

Anne McElvoy discusses what happened to the Arab Spring five years on.

• 45 mins

Con Men, John Dee, F for Fake

Matthew Sweet explores the art of the con with Maria Konnikova. Plus a John Dee exhibition

• 45 mins

Stefan Zweig, Howard Jacobson, Michael Sandle

Philip Dodd with Howard Jacobson and Karen Leeder. Plus sculptor Michael Sandle.

• 45 mins

Anna Pavord: Gardens in Art, University

Anna Pavord visits Painting the Modern Garden the Royal Academy and talks to Anne McElvoy.

• 45 mins

Dad's Army, Utopia in sci-fi, States of Mind at the Wellcome Collection

Marking Dad's Army on film, Matthew Sweet looks at the fifth column.

• 45 mins

John Irving

The author of The Cider House Rules on religion, Mexico and the USA. With Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Joseph Crawhall, Madame Bovary, The James Plays

Anne McElvoy profiles painter Joseph Crawhall. Plus Madame Bovary and The James Plays.

• 45 mins

Dadaism, The Invisible Present, National Treasures

Including Dadaism, an exhibition about time, and the celebrity as a 'national treasure'.

• 45 mins

Screaming Lord Sutch on Stage, Margaret MacMillan

Playwright James Graham discusses his new comedy, which puts Screaming Lord Sutch on stage

• 45 mins

Hieronymus Bosch Anniversary

Tom Shakespeare and Peter Greenaway join Matthew Sweet to discuss Hieronymus Bosch.

• 45 mins

Delacroix, Petain, de Gaulle, Jonathan Lynn

Jonathan Lynn talks about his new play exploring Petain's relationship with de Gaulle.

• 45 mins

Utopianism in Politics

Anne McElvoy chairs a debate on realism and utopianism in politics and history.

• 45 mins

Religion Without Belief: Stephen Batchelor, Kader Abdolah, Linda Woodhead

Rana Mitter discusses a translation of the Qur'an and atheism in the UK and ancient Greece

• 45 mins

Karl Ove Knausgard, Ingrid Carlberg, Dorthe Nors on Nordic Culture

Karl Ove Knausgard talks to Philip Dodd in a programme exploring Scandinavia today.

• 45 mins

Russian Culture Inwards and Outwards

Anne McElvoy discusses Russian Eurasianism, the Soviet Union and Africa, and Eisenstein.

• 45 mins

Neil Jordan, the Lonely City, Contemporary Cities

Film director Neil Jordan on writing fiction. Olivia Laing explores loneliness.

• 45 mins

Anger

Philip Dodd considers rage in the politics of the US and India.

• 45 mins

Botticelli Reimagined, A New Biography of Hitler

Anne McElvoy explores German historians' view of Hitler and reviews Botticelli at the V&A.

• 45 mins

International Women's Day

Anne McElvoy presents a special edition to mark International Women's Day.

• 45 mins

Javier Marias, Cervantes's Influence, Spanish Culture and Politics

Philips Dodd explores Spanish culture and politics and is joined by novelist Javier Marias

• 45 mins