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Caesar, Hogarth and images of power
Rana Mitter talks to Professor Mary Beard, artist Ali Cherri and looks at Hogarth's art.
Oceans, art and pacific poetry
Tania Kovats describes her sculptures from bleached coral and concrete moulded wetsuits.
Time
As the clocks go back, Matthew Sweet and guests host a party for time travellers.
Twilight
Poet Pascale Petit, photographer Jasper Goodall, Alexandra Harris, composer Sally Beamish.
The Language of Flowers
Rebecca Solnit's new book on George Orwell explores his interest in gardening and the land
Rationality and Tradition
Tim Stanley on tradition and Steven Pinker on rationality. Anne McElvoy hosts.
Black British theatre archives and an Afro-Cuban star
From an 18th-century Black Juliet to Ira Aldridge’s daughter Amanda. Plus, Rita Montaner.
Sugar
Matthew Sweet examines how sugar built the modern world.
Colour
Artist Lubna Chowdhary, author Michèle Roberts, art historians James Fox and Kelly Grovier
Frieze: Museums in the 21st century
Anne McElvoy talks to the directors at London's National Gallery, Yale and New York's Met.
