Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Proms Extra: Holst's The Planets Suite
Oscar-winning composer Steven Price on the inspiration of Holst's Planets Suite.
Proms Extra: Fiddler on the Roof
Rana Mitter discuss the appeal of Fiddler on the Roof.
Proms Extra: Beethoven and German Romantic Poetry
Anne McElvoy discusses the German Romantic poetry which inspired Beethoven.
Proms Extra: 1895 The First Proms
Rana Mitter with Nicholas Kenyon and Leanne Langley
Free Thinking - Chalke Valley History Festival: 16 July 15
Anne McElvoy discusses heroic triumph and failure with a trio of eminent historians
Free Thinking - Bryan Stevenson, Slunglow Camelot, Go Set A Watchman, Utopia at the Roundhouse: 15 July 15
Philip Dodd discusses Camelot: The Shining City and reviews the new Harper Lee
Free Thinking - French Thought - The prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer - French rom-com
Anne McElvoy on French intellectual traditions & rom-com; prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer
Free Thinking - Legal Aid, Law, Language and Gore Vidal v William F Buckley Jr: 8 July 15
Philip Dodd discusses Legal Aid, Law, Language and Gore Vidal v William F Buckley Jr
Free Thinking: Landmark Jaws: 7 July 15
Matthew Sweet on Jaws 40 years on with Gareth Fraser, Ian Hunter, Will Self and Fiona Tan.
Free Thinking - Pather Panchali: Sunjeev Sahota; Neil Bartlett: 6 July 15
Tariq Ali discusses Satyajit Ray's 1955 film Pather Panchali.
