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Amy Tan, Strange Blooms, Francois Mitterrand

Novelist Amy Tan talks to Anne McElvoy about her new book The Valley of Amazement.

• 45 mins

2013 Turner Prize Announcement, Candide Review, the Value of Letters, Can

Including the 2013 Turner Prize winner, Bernstein's Candide and a discussion about letters

• 45 mins

Henry V, The Sea, Black Nativity

Matthew Sweet presents a review of Henry V in the West End, plus the film Black Nativity.

• 45 mins

Big Business, Art and the Middle East, Nebraska

Samira Ahmed discusses big business. Plus art and the Middle East and the film Nebraska.

• 45 mins

Nelson Mandela

Athol Fugard and Dame Janet Suzman talk to Philip Dodd about Nelson Mandela and his legacy

• 45 mins

The Early 1960s

Matthew Sweet discusses 1963 and Profumo as Lloyd Webber's new musical Stephen Ward opens.

• 45 mins

Mind Maps, Freud, Psychotherapy, Partition

Philip Dodd with Howard Brenton, Giles Fraser and Lisa Appignanesi, Moniza Alvi.

• 45 mins

American Pyscho, Roosevelt, Medieval Christmas, British Architects

Anne McElvoy presents a first-night review of a new musical adaptation of American Psycho.

• 45 mins

Peter O'Toole Appreciation, Genetics and Education, Japan at Christmas, Dragons

Including the life of Peter O'Toole, genes in education, Christmas in Japan and dragons.

• 45 mins

Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant

Singer Neil Tennant, who grew up in North Shields, talks to Philip Dodd about his career.

• 45 mins

Feminism in 2013

Anne McElvoy discusses feminism in 2013, from Twitter trolls to identity politics.

• 45 mins