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Documenting through photography and poetry

The Vietnam War, poetry and flash photography with Ken Burns, Sasha Dugdale and Kate Flint

• 45 mins

Russia: Totalitarianism and Punishment

Masha Gessen talks to Philip Dodd about tracing Russian history through four lives.

• 45 mins

The Joy of Bad Films

Weathermen member Jonathan Lerner on underground protest & The Disaster Artist reviewed.

• 45 mins

All About Eve: Stories of the Fall; Pregancy and Aphrodisiacs

Catherine Fletcher with Stephen Greenblatt, Islam Issa, Jennifer Evans and Sara Read.

• 45 mins

Landmark - This Sporting Life

Philip Dodd and his guests on David Storey's 1960 novel set in the world of rugby league.

• 45 mins

Should we keep pets?

Anne McElvoy leads a discussion on the history and ethics of pet ownership.

• 44 mins

A Literary Salon.

With guests Malika Booker, Neil Brand, Katherine Cooper, David Aaronovitch and Jake Arnott

• 45 mins

Rethinking Tradition

Roger Scruton, Kevin Davey, Kirsty Gunn & Haroon Mirza on tradition & experiment.

• 45 mins

The Invention of the Circus Ring

Matthew Sweet looks at the career of impresario Philip Astley and 250 years of the circus.

• 44 mins

Diving Deep

Diving as metaphor, occupation and study from Tudor times to the present.

• 45 mins

Landmark: The Odyssey

Amit Chaudhuri, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Daniel Mendelsohn and Emily Wilson join Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

The In Between

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough considers airport lounges railway stations and liminal spaces

• 45 mins

Counterculture and Protest

Matthew Sweet with Paul Hartnoll, Tony White, Tessa DeCarlo and Paul Cronin on uprisings.

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Australian novelist Peter Carey

Peter Carey talks to Rana Mitter about race and racing, on the subject of his latest novel

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French writing and politics

Leila Slimani, President Macron's champion of French culture and language, is interviewed.

• 45 mins

Frankenstein and AI now

Fiona Sampson, Daisy Hay, Christopher Frayling and David H.Guston with Matthew Sweet.

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Oscar Contenders, Movie Moguls and Silent Film Stars

Matthew Sweet looks at the films nominated for the 2018 Academy Awards.

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Royalty, art and patronage

Craig Brown, Afua Hirsch, Joe Moshenska and Philip Dodd discuss Charles I's art.

• 45 mins

Burns the Radical; Exploration

Humboldt as Ecuadorian explorer, plus the territory between Scotland and England.

• 45 mins

The Working Class in Culture

Philip Dodd and guests ask has culture forgotten the working class?

• 45 mins

Trade, Davos, Ocean travel and Mermaids.

Anne McElvoy on Davos discussions, Ocean liner style at the V&A and mermaids in fiction.

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Landmark: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

A Landmark edition in which Philip Dodd and guests examine The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

• 45 mins

Celebrating Buchi Emecheta

Shahidha Bari leads a discussion of Nigerian-born novelist Buchi Emecheta (1944-2017).

• 45 mins

Tariq Ali

Rana Mitter talks to Tariq Ali, novelist, historian and political activist.

• 45 mins

Michael Ignatieff and Central Europe

Philip Dodd talks to Michael Ignatieff about the political landscape of central Europe.

• 45 mins

Mark Dion; Colour, Insects, Virginia Woolf

Anne McElvoy meets artist Mark Dion and biologist Menno Schilthuizen.

• 45 mins

Reflecting Rural Life

Film maker Clio Barnard and novelist Amanda Craig on rural life. Matthew Sweet presents.

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Napoleon in Fact and Fiction

Anne McElvoy looks at Napoleon impersonators, ballads and what if he didn't die in exile?

• 45 mins

Steven Pinker on Progress

Steven Pinker explains to Philip Dodd why we should ignore headlines + be more optimistic.

• 45 mins

The Joy of Bureaucracy

Matthew Sweet with guests including Lord Butler, Andre Spicer and Eliane Glaser.

• 45 mins