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Must the Arts Be Relevant? A Free Thinking BASCA Debate

Mark Baldwin, Catherine Wood, Jennifer Walshe, Sarah Kent and Vayu Naidu debate the arts.

• 45 mins

Landmark: Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries

Matthew Sweet is joined by Colm Toibin and others to discuss Bergman's Wild Strawberries.

• 45 mins

Cities and Safety

Philip Dodd reflects on safe cities and discusses Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.

• 45 mins

Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Ruth Scurr on John Aubrey, Beowulf

Anne McElvoy talks to Christopher Hampton and Adjoa Andoh about Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

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Teenage Life: David and Ben Aaronovitch, Viv Albertine, Simon Stephens

Matthew Sweet talks to David and Ben Aaronovitch, Viv Albertine and Simon Stephens.

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Lorraine Hansberry

Philip Dodd explores the writing of Lorraine Hansberry and its continuing resonance.

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Laura Cumming on Velazquez, John Bratby, The Pan Hag Project

Anne McElvoy and Laura Cumming on a 19th-century court case involving a Velazquez portrait

• 45 mins

TS Eliot Prize, Lisa Randall, New Architecture, Flooding

Anne McElvoy is joined by Sarah Howe, winner of the 2015 TS Eliot Prize.

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French Thought and Politics

Philip Dodd debates the question 'does France have to stop being French to survive?'.

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Westerns, The Oscars

Matthew Sweet discusses the revival of westerns and considers the 2016 Oscar contenders.

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Landmark: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Matthew Sweet, Will Self, Fiona Shaw and Merlin Holland discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Holes in the Ground

Rana Mitter discusses underground worlds past and present.

• 45 mins

The Arab Spring, Sahar Assaf, Owen Hatherley, Social Media and Language

Anne McElvoy discusses what happened to the Arab Spring five years on.

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Con Men, John Dee, F for Fake

Matthew Sweet explores the art of the con with Maria Konnikova. Plus a John Dee exhibition

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Stefan Zweig, Howard Jacobson, Michael Sandle

Philip Dodd with Howard Jacobson and Karen Leeder. Plus sculptor Michael Sandle.

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Anna Pavord: Gardens in Art, University

Anna Pavord visits Painting the Modern Garden the Royal Academy and talks to Anne McElvoy.

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Dad's Army, Utopia in sci-fi, States of Mind at the Wellcome Collection

Marking Dad's Army on film, Matthew Sweet looks at the fifth column.

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John Irving

The author of The Cider House Rules on religion, Mexico and the USA. With Philip Dodd.

• 45 mins

Joseph Crawhall, Madame Bovary, The James Plays

Anne McElvoy profiles painter Joseph Crawhall. Plus Madame Bovary and The James Plays.

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Dadaism, The Invisible Present, National Treasures

Including Dadaism, an exhibition about time, and the celebrity as a 'national treasure'.

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Screaming Lord Sutch on Stage, Margaret MacMillan

Playwright James Graham discusses his new comedy, which puts Screaming Lord Sutch on stage

• 45 mins

Hieronymus Bosch Anniversary

Tom Shakespeare and Peter Greenaway join Matthew Sweet to discuss Hieronymus Bosch.

• 45 mins

Delacroix, Petain, de Gaulle, Jonathan Lynn

Jonathan Lynn talks about his new play exploring Petain's relationship with de Gaulle.

• 45 mins

Utopianism in Politics

Anne McElvoy chairs a debate on realism and utopianism in politics and history.

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Religion Without Belief: Stephen Batchelor, Kader Abdolah, Linda Woodhead

Rana Mitter discusses a translation of the Qur'an and atheism in the UK and ancient Greece

• 45 mins

Karl Ove Knausgard, Ingrid Carlberg, Dorthe Nors on Nordic Culture

Karl Ove Knausgard talks to Philip Dodd in a programme exploring Scandinavia today.

• 45 mins

Russian Culture Inwards and Outwards

Anne McElvoy discusses Russian Eurasianism, the Soviet Union and Africa, and Eisenstein.

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Neil Jordan, the Lonely City, Contemporary Cities

Film director Neil Jordan on writing fiction. Olivia Laing explores loneliness.

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Anger

Philip Dodd considers rage in the politics of the US and India.

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Botticelli Reimagined, A New Biography of Hitler

Anne McElvoy explores German historians' view of Hitler and reviews Botticelli at the V&A.

• 45 mins