Arts & Ideas Episodes Episode guide
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Proms Interval: What's In A Name?
Sophie Coulombeau reflects on what history can tell us about Naming the Baby
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Proms Extra:Henry James and Italy
Novelist Philip Hensher and Professor Philip Horne explore Henry James in Italy.
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Proms Extra: Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark - 31 August 15
Hermione Lee on the American writer Willa Cather's 1915 novel 'The Song of the Lark'.
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Proms Extra: Unfinished Art and Literature
Ian McMillan on the appeal and arts of the Unfinished
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Proms Extra: The Politics of Shaving with Shahidah Bari,
Facial Fuzz: A short back-and-sided history with Kathryn Hughes and Alun Withey
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Proms Extra: The National Trust - 17.08.15
The history of the National Trust with Dame Helen Ghosh and Patrick Barkham.
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Proms Extra: The Great Fire of London
Historians Adrian Tinniswood and Tom Charlton look at London in ruins in September 1666.
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Proms Extra: Tagore
Novelist Tahmima Anam and Preti Taneja join Rana Mitter to explore the writing of Tagore.
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Proms Extra: Sleep and Insomnia
Sports sleep coach Nick Littlehales & novelist A. L. Kennedy discuss sleep & insomnia.
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Proms Extra: Shakespeare – Actors and Acting
Actor Michael Pennington continues our series on professions in Shakespeare's plays.
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Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Soldiers and War
Colonel Tim Collins & Professor Emma Smith consider Soldiers & War in Shakespeare's plays
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Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Shipwrecks and Sea Captains
The sea and shipwrecks in Shakespeare discussed by sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston.
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Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Sheep and Shepherds
Shakespeare's depiction of shepherds discussed by James Rebanks and Dr Emma Smith.
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Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Religion and Clerics
Religion and clerics in Shakespeare considered by Richard Chartres, the Bishop of London.
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Proms Extra: Shakespeare - Law and Lawyers
What did Shakespeare know of the law? Geoffrey Robertson QC talks to Anne McElvoy.
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Proms Extra: Sentimentality
Anne McElvoy, Dr. Seán Williams & writer Rachel Hewitt discuss sentimentality.
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Proms Extra: Sea Journeys and Voyages
Rana Mitter considers epic sea journeys in history with Barry Cunliffe & Edith Hall.
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Proms Extra: Oscar Wilde in 1895: 3 Aug 2015
Philip Hoare and Merlin Holland discuss Wilde's tumultuous year. With Shahidha Bari.
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Proms Extra: Opium and Creativity in the 19th c.
Matthew Sweet, Daisy Hay, Richard Davenport-Hines at Imperial College, London
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Proms Extra: Music and Moods
Thomas Dixon and musicologist Wiebke Thormählen discuss music, literature and emotion.
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Proms Extra: Memory in Performance – 2 Aug 15
Actress Lisa Dwan and singer Susan Bullock discuss the role of memory in performance.
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Proms Extra: Lenin
Anne McElvoy discusses Lenin with historians Helen Rappaport and Victor Sebestyen.
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Proms Extra: Holst's The Planets Suite
Oscar-winning composer Steven Price on the inspiration of Holst's Planets Suite.
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Proms Extra: HG Wells: Stephen Baxter and Dr Sarah Dillon
Author Stephen Baxter and Sarah Dillon on space and time in HG Wells, born 150 years ago.
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Proms Extra: Happiness
Literature & unhappy people with Will Abberley, Charlotte Mendelson & Claudia Hammond.
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Proms Extra: Hans Christian Andersen 20 August 15
Lars Tharp and Julia Eccleshare on the work and legacy of Hans Christian Andersen.
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Proms Extra: Germany East and West
Novelist Philip Kerr and historian Karen Leeder look at Leipzig in 1989 and Germany now.
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Proms Extra: George Eliot in Germany
Novelist Patricia Duncker and Clare Walker-Gore on George Eliot and German culture.
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Proms Extra: Fiddler on the Roof
Rana Mitter discuss the appeal of Fiddler on the Roof.
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Proms Extra: Europe in Writing
Nandini Das & novelist Lawrence Norfolk discuss European writers & the idea of ‘Europe’.
