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Syrian Art, Institutions and Abuse, David Thomson

Matthew Sweet is joined by film historian David Thomson.

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Jo Nesbo interviewed, Howard Brenton on Cromwell

Jo Nesbo discusses his novel The Bat; Howard Brenton on his play featuring Cromwell.

• 45 mins

Wagner and Myth

In a special edition, Samira Ahmed examines how myth influenced Wagner.

• 45 mins

Thomas Keneally, Barbara Hepworth Exhibition, David Byrne

Presented by Anne McElvoy. With Thomas Keneally, a Barbara Hepworth show and David Byrne.

• 45 mins

Phil Redmond, The Master

Philip Dodd talks to TV producer and writer Phil Redmond. Plus the new film The Master.

• 45 mins

Frank Auerbach, Surveillance, Die Nibelungen, Christopher Hampton.

Rana Mitter reviews Frank Auerbach and talks to Zygmunt Bauman and Christopher Hampton.

• 45 mins

Hell is Other People

Anne McElvoy chairs a debate entitled Hell is Other People at Free Thinking 2012.

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Nassim Taleb, The Old Regime and the Revolution, The Hunt

Arts and cultural debate with Rana Mitter includes writer Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

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Antony Gormley, Maria Friedman, Intelligence, Andrei Tarkovsky

Matthew Sweet talks to sculptor Antony Gormley about his new monumental work.

• 45 mins

Napoleon Rising, Great Expectations, Iran, Victoria and Albert Museum

With Samira Ahmed. Including a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum's furniture gallery

• 45 mins

Napoleon, Turner Prize, Georgia

Anne McElvoy examines how Napoleon is viewed in his homeland today.

• 45 mins

Julius Caesar, Cross-Casting, Tim Pat Coogan, Buddhism, Brazilian Writers

With A first-night review of Julius Caesar and Fiona Shaw on cross-casting in Shakespeare.

• 45 mins

Michael Grandage, Artificial Intelligence, Jonas Mekas

Presented by Matthew Sweet. With Michael Grandage and Jonas Mekas.

• 45 mins

English Landscape Painting, Ronald Harwood, David Ogilvy Legacy, Katrina van Grouw

Anne McElvoy talks to screenwriter Ronald Harwood about his new film Quartet.

• 45 mins

International Review

Matthew Sweet chairs an International Review edition of the programme.

• 45 mins

The Nation State, In the Republic of Happiness, William Paul Young

Are nation states relevant anymore? Plus best-selling evangelical US author W Paul Young.

• 45 mins

Ang Lee, The Dance of Death, Immigrant Groups and Culture, Angels

Anne McElvoy talks to Ang Lee and discusses the cultural history of angels.

• 45 mins

The Girl

Matthew discusses Hitchcock, Tarzan and Alasdair Gray.

• 45 mins

Bernard Rose, Public Inquiries, Tuberculosis, Mughal India

Philip Dodd meets Bernard Rose whose new film Boxing Day is inspired by a Tolstoy story.

• 45 mins

Michael Frayn, An English Affair

Matthew Sweet talks to Michael Frayn as a season of his drama begins on Radios 3 and 4.

• 45 mins

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Philip Dodd talks to Fiona Shaw about her performance of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

• 45 mins

Philosophical Investigations

Rana Mitter looks at Wittgenstein, soft power and the 1980s.

• 45 mins

Konstantin Stanislavski

Anne McElvoy discusses the Russian director Stanislavski, 150 years after his birth.

• 45 mins

Django Unchained, Gabriele d'Annunzio, English Manners, TS Eliot Prize for Poetry

Philip Dodd discusses Django Unchained and a new biography of poet Gabriele d'Annunzio.

• 45 mins

Jude Kelly, Diane Roberts, Nagisa Oshima Obituary

Jude Kelly on the 20th century, Obama's inauguration poet, Nagisa Oshima obituary.

• 45 mins

David Hare, The Sessions, The Last Days of Detroit, Marking Death

David Hare, The Sessions, The Last Days of Detroit, and marking death.

• 45 mins

Landmarks - Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Anne McElvoy presents a Landmark edition examining Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

• 45 mins

Abraham Lincoln

Rana Mitter discusses Abraham Lincoln and his legacy.

• 45 mins

Manet, Thinking like Sherlock Holmes, Amateurs, Norman Stone

Including Manet, thinking like Sherlock Holmes, amateurs, and Norman Stone.

• 45 mins

British Social Realism in Film

Samira Ahmed examines British social realism in film with the hindsight of half a century.

• 45 mins