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Antony Sher
Philip Dodd is in extended conversation with actor Antony Sher.
Anne Enright, The Economics of Psychological Therapy, Christopher Hampton
Anne McElvoy is joined by novelist Anne Enright and playwright Christopher Hampton.
Agnes Varda, Gut Instinct, Scientific Research into the Gut
Matthew Sweet on the idea of 'gut instinct'. Plus the ballet Woolf Works and Agnes Varda.
Landmark: Dante's The Divine Comedy
Prue Shaw, Sean O'Brien, Nick Havely and Kevin Jackson discuss Dante's The Divine Comedy.
High Society, Xinran and China's One-Child Policy, Decisive UK Elections
Anne McElvoy presents a review of High Society at the Old Vic. Plus Chinese writer Xinran.
Colm Toibin on Elizabeth Bishop, Mammoth Cloning, Fareed Zakaria
Colm Toibin on the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Beth Shapiro on cloning mammoths.
Alain Mabanckou, Joseph Stiglitz
With novelist Alain Mabanckou on growing up in the Republic of Congo. Plus Joseph Stiglitz
Fulfilment, Beowulf, The Beaux' Stratagem
Including a debate about fulfilment, actor Julian Glover and the play The Beaux' Stratagem
Theodore Zeldin, Mona Eltahawy
Philip Dodd is joined by scholar Theodore Zeldin and journalist Mona Eltahawy.
Hay Festival: David Brooks, Azar Nafisi, Tom Holland
Rana Mitter and guests Azar Nafisi, David Brooks and Tom Holland discuss humility.
New Generation Thinkers 2015 Launch at the Hay Festival
Rana Mitter introduces the 2015 New Generation Thinkers.
Johanna Hamilton on 1971, Male Friendships: Steve Toltz, AD Miller, Richard Bean
Playwright Richard Bean joins Matthew Sweet to discuss male friendships.
Kate Grenville
Rana Mitter is joined by novelist Kate Grenville, who talks about her new book.
Susan Abulhawa, Napoleon, Eugenia Cheng on Maths
Dr Eugenia Cheng discusses maths and playing the piano with Anne McElvoy.
Fairgrounds and Freaks, Carsten Holler
Matthew Sweet explores Carsten Holler's art and discusses the idea of the 'freak'.
Landmark: Saul Bellow's Herzog
Martin Amis, Zachary Leader and Sarah Churchwell discuss Saul Bellow's novel Herzog.
Fighting Art, Othello at the RSC, Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Anne McElvoy on a new history painting exhibition at Tate Britain. Plus a new Othello.
John Boorman
Director John Boorman talks about his film-making career with Matthew Sweet.
Jonathan Sacks, Milan Kundera Novel, Stephen Adly Guirgis Play
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks talks to Philip Dodd about confronting religious violence.
Muriel Spark, Digital Life, Diversity in British Poetry
New Generation Thinker Laurence Scott talks to Rana Mitter about living in a digital world
Political and Bardic Traditions in Wales
Matthew Sweet examines Welsh politics and poetry with Gwyneth Lewis and Iain Sinclair.
Community, The Amber Collective, Poet Claudia Rankine
Philip Dodd discusses community with Toby Young and looks at historic images of Newcastle.
Tales of Scotland: A Nation and its Literature
Anne McElvoy talks to Janice Galloway about explorations of Scottishness.
Spy Fiction, Worrying, Joseph Cornell
AL Kennedy, Virginia Ironside and Francis O'Gorman discuss worrying in literature and life
Touch and Emotion, Siobhan Davies, Public
Philip Dodd on the links between dance, art and the brain. Plus the meaning of 'public'.
2015 Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year Debate
Anne McElvoy chairs the 2015 Museum of the Year directors' debate at Tate Modern in London
Pather Panchali, Sunjeev Sahota, Invalidism
Rana Mitter discusses Pather Panchali with Tariq Ali and talks to novelist Sunjeev Sahota.
Landmark - Jaws: Sharks and Whales
Matthew Sweet discusses the film Jaws with writer Will Self and shark expert Gareth Fraser
Law, Language and Legal Aid. Gore Vidal v William F Buckley Jr
Philip Dodd discusses law and language and reviews a new play by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
French Thought, Thomas the Rhymer
Anne McElvoy discusses French intellectual traditions with Sudhir Hazareesingh.
Slung Low's Camelot, Penny Woolcock, Bryan Stevenson, Go Set a Watchman
Philip Dodd on Camelot: The Shining City in Sheffield. Plus a review of the new Harper Lee