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

Latin America: Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Claudia Pineiro, Eric Hobsbawm

Philip Dodd explores Latin America with writers Juan Gabriel Vasquez and Claudia Pineiro.

• 45 mins

The Tale of Genji, Algorithms

Rana Mitter discusses The Tale of Genji, sometimes called the world's first novel.

• 45 mins

Hay Festival: New Generation Thinkers 2016

Rana Mitter introduces the ten academics named as the New Generation Thinkers for 2016.

• 45 mins

Hay Festival: Inheritance - Steve Jones, Lionel Shriver, Marlon James

Lionel Shriver, Marlon James and Steve Jones join Rana Mitter to debate inheritance.

• 45 mins

Bhupen Khakhar, The City State of London?

Philip Dodd explores the art of Bhupen Khakhar as a retrospective opens at Tate Modern.

• 45 mins

Sjon, Winifred Knights, Katie Roiphe, New Generation Thinker Sarah Jackson

With Icelandic writer Sjón, the career of Winifred Knights and an exploration of touch.

• 45 mins

Peter Singer

Moral philosopher Peter Singer is in conversation with Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Archaelogy: Alexandra Sofroniew, Damian Robinson, Raimund Karl, Susan Greaney

Rana Mitter on underwater archaeology at home and abroad, discussing two new exhibitions.

• 45 mins

Mystics and Reality

Matthew Sweet discusses mysticism with Dorothy Cross, Joanna Kavenna and Jo Dunkley.

• 45 mins

Emma Cline, Jane Mayer, Louisa Egbunike on Flora Nwapa's book Efuru

With Emma Cline on cults and teenage girls, and a discussion about the novel Efuru.

• 45 mins

Nottingham Contemporary Art Debate

Anne McElvoy is joined by curators, artists and an audience at Nottingham Contemporary.

• 45 mins

Hands, Physiology and Art, the History of Science

Matthew Sweet discuses hands with psychoanalyst Darian Leader.

• 45 mins

Universities: Therapy or Learning?

Philip Dodd and New Generation Thinker Sean Williams debate universities.

• 45 mins

Walter Benjamin, the Soviet Superwoman, Munch

Anne McElvoy discusses the fiction of Walter Benjamin and the Soviet superwoman.

• 45 mins

Tony Garnett

British TV and film producer Tony Garnett is in conversation with Matthew Sweet.

• 45 mins

Post-referendum reflections, New Generation Thinker Chris Kissane on citizenship

With Chris Kissane discussing citizenship, plus Matthew Wall on betting patterns.

• 45 mins

Hisham Matar, Street Furniture, Easternisation, Katherine Cooper on Storm Jameson

With Hisham Matar on the search for his father, street furniture and Storm Jameson's work.

• 45 mins

Deserts

Matthew Sweet discusses deserts with writers Geoff Dyer and Laurence Scott.

• 45 mins

Scotland, Wales and the Ukraine, Lidudumalingani

Anne McElvoy discusses Welsh links to Ukraine, plus Welsh fiction since devolution.

• 45 mins

Liverpool Art Biennial

Matthew Sweet and critic Natalie Haynes report from the Liverpool Biennial.

• 45 mins

War and Modern Memory

Philip Dodd discusses war and modern memory.

• 45 mins

Brazilian Culture, Saying the Unsayable, Addiction, Raqib Shaw

Anne McElvoy looks ahead to the Rio Olympics, discussing Brazilian culture.

• 45 mins

Aphra Behn, 1066 and the South Coast, Mark Thompson

Anne McElvoy discusses Aphra Behn at the RSC and a festival marking 1066.

• 45 mins

Thames Estuary Festival, Jatinder Verma, Arne Næss

From Dickens & wartime defences to Doctor Who, Matthew Sweet explores the Thames estuary

• 45 mins