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12/01/2009

Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. His guests include Adam Phillips, author Vikas Swarup and Tom Stoppard.

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Mon 12 Jan 2009 21:30
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Chapters

  • ADAM PHILLIPS

    The psychoanalyst Adam Phillips argues that, as a species, we have become increasingly antagonistic to each other.

    Duration: 12:58

  • WENDELL STEAVENSON

    By focusing on one Iraqi general鈥檚 family, the writer Wendell Steavenson attempts to understand how rational, compassionate human beings became involved in the corrupt regime of Saddam Hussein

    Duration: 09:46

  • TOM STOPPARD

    Tom Stoppard talks about his play Every Good Boy Deserves Favour which questions our ideas of fiction and reality and what it means to speak the truth.

    Duration: 07:10

  • VIKAS SWARUP

    The film Slumdog Millionaire is based on a novel by Vikas Swarup called Q&A. He talks about his book which argues that there is a latent conceit that knowledge is the preserve of the elite.

    Duration: 10:29

Broadcasts

  • Mon 12 Jan 2009 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4
  • Mon 12 Jan 2009 21:30
    大象传媒 Radio 4

Podcast

  • Start the Week

    Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday