Festival 2017

Politics Fast and Slow

Labour MP Harriet Harman on sustaining her career in a fast-changing political world.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

How Short is a Short Story?

George Saunders, Kirsty Logan, Jenn Ashworth and Paul McVeigh on writing short fiction.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Quick Reactions

Damon Hill,Tanni Grey-Thompson and Lincoln Jopp on pressured decision-making at top speed

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Doing Time/Confinement

Terry Waite, Erwin James and Cleo van Velsen on the experience of isolation.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

The Speed of Revolution

Bettany Hughes, Richard J Evans and John Hall join Philip Dodd and an audience at Sage.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

The Never-Ending Workday

Matthew Sweet introduces a discussion exploring the history of the workplace.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

The Time of Your Life

Edwina Currie, Miranda Sawyer and Lola Okolosie explore the different times of our lives.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Education Slow and Fast

Tony Sewell and Mike Grenier discuss the challenges of education in the 21st century.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

New Generation Thinkers 2017

The 2017 New Generation Thinkers make their first public appearance together.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

An interview with Haemin Sunim

Haemin Sunim, a Buddhist meditation teacher, on calm in a fast-paced 21st-century world.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Writing Life

Poet Simon Armitage and writer Alexandra Harris explore time and place in modern Britain.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Time, Space and Science

Carlos Frenk, Eugenia Cheng, Jim Al-Khalili and Louisa Preston debate time and space.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

My Body Clock Is Broken

Jay Griffiths, Vincent Deary, Louise Robinson and Matthew Smith discuss our mental health.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Taking the Long View with the Animal Kingdom

Tim Birkhead and Phyllis Lee on long-lived animal species and their survival strategies.

• 45 mins

Smell: Michele Roberts, A history of dentistry.

Matthew Sweet is joined by writer Michele Roberts, who talks about her latest novel.

• 45 mins

What now for environmentalism? With Paul Kingsnorth, James Thornton and Martin Goodman

Writer Paul Kingsnorth talks about his changing attitude to the environmental movement.

• 45 mins

Wellcome Book Prize, Civil Wars: Susan Buck-Morss and AC Grayling, Louisa Egbunike and Akachi Ezeigbo.

Anne McElvoy discusses nation states and war with AC Grayling and Susan Buck-Morss.

• 45 mins

Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution

Peter Stanford, Ulinka Rublack and Diarmaid MacCulloch discuss Martin Luther.

• 45 mins

Breaking Free - How the Reformation Changed British Daily Life

Rana Mitter discusses research into the way life changed in Britain after the Reformation.

• 45 mins

Breaking Free: Landmark - Paradise Lost

John Carey, Mandy Green, Islam Issa and Joe Moshenska discuss Milton's Paradise Lost.

• 45 mins

Wolfson History Prize

Rana Mitter is joined by the six authors shortlisted for the 2017 Wolfson History Prize.

• 45 mins

Angels in America, Salomé, Queer British Art.

Philip Dodd looks at desire and politics as Angels in America runs at the National Theatre

• 45 mins

Laurent Binet, France, Blockchains

With novelist Laurent Binet, a discussion about France, and blockchain technology.

• 45 mins

Artist Taryn Simon. Deglobalisation. 2017 New Generation Thinker Eleanor Lybeck on the circus.

With artist Taryn Simon, a discussion about circuses and a debate about 'deglobalisation'.

• 45 mins

Rachel Seiffert, James Hawes, Richard Nelson, 2017 New Generation Thinker Alistair Fraser on gangs.

Anne McElvoy and her guests discuss German-Russian history, US electioneering and crime.

• 45 mins

Fiona Shaw and Mark Ravenhill on Brecht, John Knox, Joanne Paul

Philip Dodd discusses speaking truth to power and the beliefs of John Knox and Galileo.

• 45 mins

Bella Bathurst, Mike Figgis, Birds in British literature, 2017 New Generation Thinker Daisy Fancourt on music and health

Matthew Sweet explores deafness, plot twists, birds in books & how music is good for you

• 45 mins

Japan and Korea, Hokusai

Chris Harding discusses the work of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.

• 45 mins

Artist Tom Phillips at 80, How do we save our plants?

Artist Tom Phillips talks to Philip Dodd about his career as he marks his 80th birthday.

• 45 mins

Hay 2017: Women's Voices in the Classical World

Catherine Fletcher introduces a discussion recorded at 2017's Hay Festival.

• 45 mins