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David Bowie, Javier Marias, David Cannadine

Matthew Sweet talks to award-winning Spanish novelist Javier Marias about his new novel.

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Noam Chomsky, Anthony Seldon

Philip Dodd talks to the philosopher Noam Chomsky and the biographer Anthony Seldon.

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Baroque Spring

Rana Mitter presents a special edition for Radio 3's Baroque Spring season.

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The Book of Mormon, Constitutions, Press Regulation, Lina Prokofiev

Presented by Anne McElvoy. Including The Book of Mormon, constitutions, press regulation.

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James Wood, Michael Grigsby, Pompeii and Herculaneum, In the House

Including James Wood, Michael Grigsby, Margaret Mountford on Pompeii, In the House.

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27/03/2013

Author Mohsin Hamid talks to Samira Ahmed about his latest novel.

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Nicholas Hytner, Posthumanism, Penny Woolcock

Sir Nicholas Hytner, posthumanism, and the inner city gangs attempting peace negotiations.

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History in Schools

What history should children learn and be able to contextualise? And what do they know?

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Paul Nash, Nostalgia and the NHS, Adam Rutherford, John Yorke

Paul Nash, Nostalgia and the NHS, genetics with Adam Rutherford and producer John Yorke.

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Silence, Geffrye Museum, Edward Petherbridge, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Anne McElvoy talks to writer and historian Diarmaid MacCulloch.

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Landmarks: The Making of the English Working Class

A landmark edition examining EP Thompson's book The Making of the English Working Class.

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The Rijksmuseum

Matthew Sweet visits Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, home to Rembrandt's The Night Watch.

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Oliver Stone, Chimamanda Adichie, Web Harvesting

Chimamanda Adichie, Oliver Stone, AS Byatt on web harvests, and a Twitter-inspired opera.

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Margaret Thatcher

Thatcher, with Dominic Sandbrook, Will Self, Peter Hitchens and Edwina Currie.

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15/04/2013

Matthew Sweet presents a review of the new opera The Sunken Garden.

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Howard Brenton, BRICS Countries, Napoleon, Promised Land

Philip Dodd talks to Howard Brenton about his new play, The Arrest of Ai Wei Wei.

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Tanika Gupta, BC Johnson, Corin Throsby & Laurence Scott, Rick Gekoski

Tanika Gupta discusses her new play about late Victorian Indian immigrants to Britain.

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Sheryl Sandberg, Doktor Glas, Revenge, Choucair

Anne McElvoy talks to Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer.

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The New Common Reader

Matthew Sweet examines the place of reading in a digital age.

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Othello, Richard Holmes, Insects, The Middle Classes

Rana Mitter presents a first-night review of the National Theatre's production of Othello.

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Englishness

Philip Dodd and six guests discuss Englishness. What is it and is it a useful identity?

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Simon Schama, America in Primetime, Here Lies Love, Basti

Presented by Anne McElvoy. Including an interview with Simon Schama.

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The Octoroon

Matthew Sweet is joined on stage at the Royal Stratford East by playwright Mark Ravenhill.

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Steve Jones, Tony Garnett, Margaret Mead

Tony Garnett; Steve Jones on the Bible; Peter Mandler and Kit Davies on Margaret Mead.

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Billy Liar, Ellen Gallagher, Introverts & Extroverts, Michael Burleigh

Samira Ahmed looks back at John Schlesinger's film Billy Liar on its 50th anniversary.

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Future Warfare

Anne McElvoy and guests examine how the traditional rules of warfare are changing.

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Terence Stamp

Matthew Sweet talks to actor, writer and international screen star Terence Stamp.

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Peter Nichols, Darian Leader, Politics in Architecture

Rana Mitter talks to the playwright Peter Nichols about his Passion Play.

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Rothko Returns to Latvia, John Beddington

Rothko returns to Latvia; and former Government Chief Scientific Adviser John Beddington.

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Melnikov House, Anat Admati, The Hothouse, The Rest is Noise

Anne McElvoy talks to Simon Russell Beale and John Simm about Pinter's The Hothouse.

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