The Holy Roman Empire, Christianity Today, Iranian Art

Rana Mitter discusses a new book on the Holy Roman Empire and debates Christianity today.

• 45 mins

Identity in Britain: Martin Parr

Philip Dodd discusses British identity with photographer Martin Parr.

• 45 mins

Philosophy: Bryan Magee

Matthew Sweet considers the state of philosophy today.

• 45 mins

Russia and the Arts: Julian Barnes, Roxana Silbert and Suhayla El-Bushra

Anne McElvoy discusses Russian cultural figures on show at the National Portrait Gallery.

• 45 mins

Alan Clarke's TV Career

Phil Davis, Clio Barnard and Molly Clarke on the TV career of director Alan Clarke.

• 45 mins

The Green Man, George Monbiot

Rana Mitter considers the myth of the Green Man and our relationship with the land.

• 45 mins

Suits; Neil LaBute

Shahidha Bari explores the history of suits with Anne McElvoy. Plus dramatist Neil LaBute.

• 45 mins

Jerry Brotton on Elizabethan England and the Islamic World

Jerry Brotton talks to Rana Mitter about Elizabethan England and the Islamic world.

• 45 mins

Light: Anne Wroe, Dan Flavin at the Ikon, Blackpool Illuminations, The Sun

Ann Wroe joins Anne McElvoy for an exploration of light from Blackpool to the South Downs.

• 45 mins

Evelyn Waugh

Bryony Lavery, Alexander Waugh, Philip Eade and Adam Mars-Jones celebrate Evelyn Waugh.

• 45 mins

Anders Lustgarten, Saki Stories, Riad Sattouf, Guy Longworth

With Rana Mitter. Including playwright Anders Lustgarten and Saki's satirical stories.

• 45 mins

Economics: Liam Byrne, John Redwood, Luke Johnson, Juliet Michaelson and Matt Wolf

Anne McElvoy considers new books from Thomas Piketty and Yanis Varoufakis.

• 45 mins

Jonathan Coe and Richard Cameron on Stage at Birmingham Rep

Author Jonathan Coe and playwright Richard Cameron join Matthew Sweet at Birmingham Rep.

• 45 mins

British Conceptual Art, Smart Thinking

Philip Dodd and artist Bruce McLean on the history and politics of British conceptual art.

• 45 mins

Syrian buildings, Judging Book Prizes, Georgian Literature

Architect Marwa Al-Sabouni talks to Anne McElvoy about Syria's built environment.

• 45 mins

Landmark: Tarkovsky's Stalker

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film Stalker.

• 45 mins

Slavoj Zizek

Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek offers Philip Dodd his solution to the migrant crisis.

• 45 mins

Sicily, The London Library, John Hardyng's Chronicle

Anne McElvoy discusses Sicily. Plus 175 years of the London Library, with Tom Stoppard.

• 45 mins

Sounds of Shakespeare: Landmark - The Winter's Tale

Sam West, Carol Rutter and Michael Dobson join Matthew Sweet to discuss The Winter's Tale.

• 45 mins

TE Lawrence on stage, Jeremy Thorpe, Privacy

Playwright Howard Brenton and director Adrian Noble discuss dramas depicting TE Lawrence.

• 45 mins

Concrete: Marina Lewycka, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Lynsey Hanley

Matthew Sweet discusses home with Marina Lewycka. Plus art at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

• 45 mins

Olafur Eliasson, Andrey Kurkov, Mary Dejevsky and Zinovy Zinik on Soviet Culture

Philip Dodd talks to artist Olafur Eliasson and novelist Andrey Kurkov.

• 45 mins

Writers Writing about Love

Alain de Botton, Tahmima Anam and AL Kennedy join Anne McElvoy to talk about love in prose

• 45 mins

Revolutionary thinking: Paul Mason, Bryan and Mary Talbot, Dacher Keltner

Paul Mason and Bryan and Mary Talbot discuss Louise Michel with Matthew Sweet.

• 45 mins

The Cultural Revolution

Frank Dikotter, Xiaolu Guo and Xinran discuss the Cultural Revolution with Rana Mitter.

• 45 mins

Germany: Neil MacGregor, Volker Kutscher, Threepenny Opera

Anne McElvoy explores Germany with Neil MacGregor, Volker Kutscher and Haydn Gwynne.

• 45 mins

Transformations: Becoming a Goat, Neil Bartlett

Neil Bartlett on Victorian performer Ernest Boulton and Thomas Thwaites on becoming a goat

• 45 mins

Landmark: In Parenthesis, by David Jones

Iain Sinclair, Emma Jenkins, Paul Hills and Iain Bell discuss the writing of David Jones.

• 45 mins

Beauty: Dame Fiona Reynolds, The Bowes Museum, David Willetts on the State

Dame Fiona Reynolds talks to Anne McElvoy about preserving beauty in the countryside.

• 45 mins

Photographers Dorothy Bohm, Wolfgang Suschitzky and Neil Libbert, Carry On Films

With the Carry On film as social history and a photography show charting the 20th century.

• 45 mins