Arts & Ideas Podcast
Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives – looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fridays at 9pm on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy.
Episodes to download
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Night Waves - The Amen Corner
Tue 11 Jun 2013
A first night review of the National Theatre's revival of James Baldwin's drama The...
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Night Waves - Turkey
Mon 10 Jun 2013
Philip Dodd examines A Crisis of Brilliance a new exhibition at London's Dulwich with...
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Night Waves - Chagall Reviewed
Thu 6 Jun 2013
Alex Harris and Anne McElvoy review the latest Marc Chagall exhibition at the Tate...
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Night Waves - Bill Viola
Wed 5 Jun 2013
Philip Dodd talks to internationally renowned video artist Bill Viola about his latest...
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Night Waves - China Growth
Tue 4 Jun 2013
What will China's economy look like in ten years' time? Liam Byrne an MP, is also a he...
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Night Waves - Camp
Mon 3 Jun 2013
Matthew Sweet is joined by writer, Mark Ravenhill and literary critic, Sos Eltis to -...
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Night Waves - Suffrage Plays
Thu 30 May 2013
Anne McElvoy talks to Debra Craine about British choreographer Akram Khan’s new or...
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Night Waves - Race & Statistics
Wed 29 May 2013
Philip Dodd reviews the UK premiere of David Mamet's controversial play Race and its...
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Night Waves - Morality and the Law
Tue 28 May 2013
Anne McElvoy discusses ethics and the law after several politicians have complained by...
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Night Waves - Childhood
Mon 27 May 2013
Matthew Sweet examines our current and past attitudes to childhood and asks whether is...
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Night Waves - Wagner 200
Thu 23 May 2013
With Anne McElvoy. It is of course 200 years this week since the birth of the composer...
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Night Waves - Khaled Hosseini
Wed 22 May 2013
Former physician and best-selling author, Khaled Hosseini talks to Rana Mitter about -...
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Night Waves - James Salter
Tue 21 May 2013
Matthew Sweet talks to the American writer, James Salter... although writer seems an...
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Night Waves - Italian Mafia
Mon 20 May 2013
Samira Ahmed talks with Lee Smolin, a controversial and prominent figure in the field...
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Night Waves - Jesse Norman
Thu 16 May 2013
Anne McElvoy examines the political legacy of Edmund Burke with Conservative MP Jesse...
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Night Waves - Peter Brook
Wed 15 May 2013
Matthew Sweet talks to Peter Brook. The theatre director has had a lifelong with which...
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Night Waves - The Great Gatsby
Tue 14 May 2013
With Samira Ahmed. Sarah Churchwell and Kevin Jackson discuss the Great Gatsby as a by...
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Night Waves - Death
Mon 13 May 2013
Matthew Sweet visits Tate Britain’s unveiling of a comprehensive new vision of its...
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Night Waves - The Hot House
Thu 9 May 2013
Anne McElvoy applies herself to the crisis of modern banking, the plight of buildings...
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Night Waves - Rothko Returns to Latvia
Wed 8 May 2013
The Mark Rothko Arts Centre has opened its doors for the first time and some of his to...
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Night Waves - Peter Nichols
Tue 7 May 2013
Rana Mitter talks to the playwright Peter Nichols as his 1981 Passion Play opens again...
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Night Waves - Terence Stamp
Mon 6 May 2013
Matthew Sweet talks to actor, writer and international screen star Terence Stamp as a...
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Night Waves - Future Warfare
Thu 2 May 2013
Anne McElvoy hosts a special edition looking at the state of warfare in the modern world.
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Night Waves - Billy Liar
Wed 1 May 2013
50 years since 'Billy Liar' was released Samira Ahmed talks to one of the film’s and...
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Night Waves - Tony Garnett
Tue 30 Apr 2013
Philip Dodd talks to film and television producer Tony Garnett about his career his of...
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Night Waves - The Octoroon
Mon 29 Apr 2013
Matthew Sweet is on stage at the Theatre Royal Stratford East for a post-performance 5...
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Night Waves - Simon Schama
Thu 25 Apr 2013
Simon Schama joins Anne McElvoy to discuss his foray into literature, and the it...
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Night Waves - Englishness
Wed 24 Apr 2013
Philip Dodd, Jesse Norman MP, Lord Maurice Glasman, the author Paul Kingsnorth, Lisa...
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Night Waves - Othello & Insects
Tue 23 Apr 2013
Rana Mitter talks to Susannah Clapp with the first review of the National Theatre's of...
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Night Waves - The New Common Reader
Mon 22 Apr 2013
Matthew Sweet is leading an elite party of literary explorers - Linda Grant, Aminatta...
