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Peter Singer
Moral philosopher Peter Singer is in conversation with Philip Dodd.
Archaelogy: Alexandra Sofroniew, Damian Robinson, Raimund Karl, Susan Greaney
Rana Mitter on underwater archaeology at home and abroad, discussing two new exhibitions.
Mystics and Reality
Matthew Sweet discusses mysticism with Dorothy Cross, Joanna Kavenna and Jo Dunkley.
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.
Nottingham Contemporary Art Debate
Anne McElvoy is joined by curators, artists and an audience at Nottingham Contemporary.
Hands, Physiology and Art, the History of Science
Matthew Sweet discuses hands with psychoanalyst Darian Leader.
Universities: Therapy or Learning?
Philip Dodd and New Generation Thinker Sean Williams debate universities.
Walter Benjamin, the Soviet Superwoman, Munch
Anne McElvoy discusses the fiction of Walter Benjamin and the Soviet superwoman.
Tony Garnett
British TV and film producer Tony Garnett is in conversation with Matthew Sweet.
Post-referendum reflections, New Generation Thinker Chris Kissane on citizenship
With Chris Kissane discussing citizenship, plus Matthew Wall on betting patterns.
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.
Deserts
Matthew Sweet discusses deserts with writers Geoff Dyer and Laurence Scott.
Scotland, Wales and the Ukraine, Lidudumalingani
Anne McElvoy discusses Welsh links to Ukraine, plus Welsh fiction since devolution.
Liverpool Art Biennial
Matthew Sweet and critic Natalie Haynes report from the Liverpool Biennial.
War and Modern Memory
Philip Dodd discusses war and modern memory.
Brazilian Culture, Saying the Unsayable, Addiction, Raqib Shaw
Anne McElvoy looks ahead to the Rio Olympics, discussing Brazilian culture.
Aphra Behn, 1066 and the South Coast, Mark Thompson
Anne McElvoy discusses Aphra Behn at the RSC and a festival marking 1066.
Thames Estuary Festival, Jatinder Verma, Arne Næss
From Dickens & wartime defences to Doctor Who, Matthew Sweet explores the Thames estuary
Energy and Landscape: Edward Burtynsky, Ella Hickson
Philip Dodd is joined by artist Edward Burtynsky and playwright Ella Hickson.
Shelina Janmohamed, Edward Ardizzone's Art, Jewish identity in fiction
With Anne McElvoy. Including Shelina Janmohamed and a discussion on Edward Ardizzone's art
American Power? Suzan-Lori Parks, Gary Younge, Abstract Expressionism
With dramatist Suzan-Lori Parks, plus gun culture and abstract expressionism at the RA.
Medieval Manuscripts, Emma Donoghue, The Story of Boris Vian
With a discussion about medieval illuminated manuscripts, plus author Emma Donoghue.
Sound Frontiers: People Power - John Bew, Alison Light, Kwasi Kwarteng, Helen Lewis
Philip Dodd and guests discuss Clement Attlee's legacy, people power and cultural tastes.
Sound Frontiers: Success debated by Peter Frankopan, Edith Hall, Kwame Kwei-Armah
Anne McElvoy debates success, the subject for a Third Programme debate in 1967.
Sound Frontiers: Fiction in 1946
Benjamin Markovits, Lara Feigel and Kevin Jackson discuss the best fiction of 1946.
Sound Frontiers: Kamila Shamsie, Nikesh Shukla, Drugs in the German Reich, Board Games
Rana Mitter discusses drugs and the Nazis, migration, and the metamorphosis of gaming.
Sound Frontiers: HG Wells
As the 2016 London Literature Festival opens, Matthew Sweet chairs an HG Wells discussion.
Sound Frontiers: Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman
Authors Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman are in conversation with Philip Dodd.
Outsiders and Colin Wilson, The Vulgar, Norse Sagas
Including Colin Wilson's ideas about alienation, fashion at the Barbican and Norse gods.
Sound Frontiers: Teju Cole
Writer Teju Cole talks to Philip Dodd about Baldwin, Boko Haram and Black Lives Matter.
Caravaggio, Bob Dylan, Dario Fo, Lenin's Train Journey
Including the Nobel Prize in Literature, Dario Fo's plays and Caravaggio's art.