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Whose Book Is it Anyway?
Anne McElvoy and her panel of guests explore the rise of reading in Britain.
Enoch Powell, US Supreme Court, War and Art
With a play about Enoch Powell, the US Supreme Court and the visual language of war.
South African Art: William Kentridge, Vivienne Koorland, Gavin Jantjes.
William Kentridge, Vivienne Koorland and Gavin Jantjes discuss South Africa and art.
Richard Hakluyt, Man Booker Prize, Chickens in the Anthropocene, Shirley Jackson
Includes Richard Hakluyt's legacy, chickens and the 2016 Man Booker Prize.
Artes Mundi Prize, Harriet Walter, Amitav Ghosh, Edmund Richardson
With a review of the 2016 Artes Mundi show, actress Harriet Walter and author Amitav Ghosh
Paul Nash, George Szirtes, Hungary 1956 and now
With a graphic novel based on Paul Nash's dreams, plus religion and revolution in Hungary.
Kevin Brownlow
Kevin Brownlow talks to Matthew Sweet about documenting and restoring silent film classics
Caravaggio, Bob Dylan, Dario Fo, Lenin's Train Journey
Including the Nobel Prize in Literature, Dario Fo's plays and Caravaggio's art.
Sound Frontiers: Teju Cole
Writer Teju Cole talks to Philip Dodd about Baldwin, Boko Haram and Black Lives Matter.
Outsiders and Colin Wilson, The Vulgar, Norse Sagas
Including Colin Wilson's ideas about alienation, fashion at the Barbican and Norse gods.