Book Parts and Difficulty

Matthew Sweet looks at frontispieces, titles and marginalia, and hard texts.

• 44 mins

James Ellroy

Philip Dodd is in conversation with American author James Ellroy.

• 44 mins

Tolerance, censorship and free speech

Susan Neiman, Ursula Owen and Christopher Hampton join Anne McElvoy.

• 44 mins

Landmark: Susan Sontag's Against Interpretation.

Lauren Elkin, Lisa Appignanesi and Ben Moser debate Susan Sontag's life and ideas.

• 44 mins

Back to the '80s

From Stranger Things to Stephen King's It - Matthew Sweet and guests revisit '80s culture.

• 44 mins

Surveillance and Secrets from the Archives

Matthew Sweet on surveillance capitalism, The Third Man and Stieg Larsson's archive.

• 44 mins

Anxiety

Comedian Sofie Hagen, Colombian novelist Héctor Abad & Isabel Hardman join Shahidha Bari.

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Myth making, satire and Caryl Churchill

Interviews w/ illustrator Gerald Scarfe & artist Kiki Smith+ Caryl Churchill's new plays.

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Mark Haddon

Anne McElvoy talks to Mark Haddon about his career and latest novel The Porpoise.

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From the Spains to Latinx, including Iain Sinclair's Peruvian Journey

Rana Mitter talks to Jason Webster, Ed Morales, Iain Sinclair and Iwona Blazwick.

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Rebecca Solnit, Truth, National Poetry Day

Who holds the power? US activist and author Rebecca Solnit talks to Shahidha Bari.

• 44 mins

The Frieze Masters Free Thinking Conversation about Art

Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Michael Govan talks art with Philip Dodd.

• 44 mins

Modern Dutch Writing

Laurence Scott looks at the way Dutch writers are addressing history and contemporary life

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East Meets West

Historian Tom Holland, critic Fatima Bhutto, Ziauddin Sardar, and artist Inci Eviner.

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2019 Booker Prize, The Power of Ancient Artefacts

Anne McElvoy talks prehistory with archaeologist Mike Pitts and artist Renee So.

• 44 mins

The Woolly episode.

From Sean the Sheep & Damien Hirst to clothiers & a knitted bikini. Shahida Bari presents.

• 44 mins

Dictators

Matthew Sweet and guests on Chaplin's 1941 film, The Great Dictator, and rising populism.

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The 2019 Frieze Free Thinking Museums Debate

Museum directors from Asia and France join Anne McElvoy and an audience at RIBA.

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What to Believe

Rana Mitter and guests look at the history of atheism and morality.

• 44 mins

Landmark: The Yorkshire Feminist Winifred Holtby

Matthew Sweet is joined by Rachel Reeves MP, Jane Thomas and Katie Cooper in Hull.

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Writing Real Life from Brexit to Grenfell

Ali Smith, Jay Bernard and James Graham join Matthew Sweet at the British Library.

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Cars, Parking and Motorways.

A discussion reflecting on automobiles, AI and the 60th anniversary of the M1 motorway.

• 44 mins

Halloween. Ghost Stories

Haunting stories with Kirsty Logan, Jeremy Dyson and host Shahidha Bari.

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Quatermass

Matthew Sweet celebrates the classic TV sci-fi series with Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat.

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The changing image of masculinity

Writers Ben Lerner, JJ Bola and Derek Owusu on images of masculinity in fiction and life.

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The 2019 Free Thinking Imperial War Museum Remembrance Debate

Carrie Reichardt, Peter Bazalgette, Zahed Tajeddin and Rebecca Newell with Anne McElvoy.

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Weimar and the Subversion of Cabaret Culture

Le Gateau Chocolat, Lucy McCormick and Gaylene Gould with Matthew Sweet at the Barbican.

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Why We Need New News: Being Human Festival Research

Shahidha Bari looks at news past and present from hangings to updating TV news bulletins.

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Being Human: Love Stories

New research taking love stories out of the vaults and into the gay bar.

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Are the arts saving Margate?

Philip Dodd finds out about the Turner Contemporary’s impact. Plus writer Maggie Gee.

• 44 mins