Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Free Thinking - Everything That You Never Knew About Indian History
Rana Mitter explores new research into India in the second world war and the British Raj
Free Thinking - Emotion in Art - Frederick Forsyth: 15 September 15
Frederick Forsyth discusses spy fiction and fact and Matthew Sweet explores our emotions.
William Kentridge and William Boyd
South African artist William Kentridge and novelist William Boyd talk to Philip Dodd
Proms Poetry Competition - 08 September 15
The winning entries in this year's Proms Poetry Competition
PROMS EXTRA - Arabian Nights - 7 Sep 15
Shahidha Bari and Houda Echouafni on this powerful islamic folk-cycle - Arabian Nights
Proms Extra: David Hare's memoir 'The Blue Touch Paper' - 04 Sep 15
The playwright David Hare discusses his new memoir, 'The Blue Touch Paper'.
PROMS EXTRA - 120 years of London School of Economics: 2 Sep 15
Michael Cox explores the history of the London School of Economics with Stephanie Flanders
Proms Extra: Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark - 31 August 15
Hermione Lee on the American writer Willa Cather's 1915 novel 'The Song of the Lark'.
Proms Extra: The Lumiere Brothers in 1895 - 22.08.15
Ian Christie on the Lumiere brothers' invention of the world's first film camera in 1895.
Proms Extra: Hans Christian Andersen 20 August 15
Lars Tharp and Julia Eccleshare on the work and legacy of Hans Christian Andersen.
