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  1. Night Waves - Nostalgia and the NHS

    Is nostalgia for an idea of the NHS is inhibiting clear-eyed debate? Samira Ahmed is...

  2. Night Waves - Noam Chomsky

    Philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky joins Philip Dodd for an extended conversation a...

  3. Night Waves - Nicholas Hytner

    Sir Nicholas Robert Hytner looks back at his time as the head of the National Theatre...

  4. Night Waves - Nelson Mandela

    In a change to our usual programme and podcast, Philip Dodd introduces two interviews...

  5. Night Waves - Neil Tennant

    Singer and song writer Neil Tennant in conversation with Philip Dodd. He discusses the...

  6. Night Waves - Neil Gaiman

    Anne McElvoy talks to Neil Gaiman, prolific award-winning author of novels for adults...

  7. Night Waves - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the banker-turned-philosopher who predicted the 2008 financial...

  8. Night Waves - Napoleon, Turner Prize, Georgia

    As Radio 3 marks the bicentenary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s historic retreat from Anne...

  9. Night Waves - Napoleon Rising

    Critic Kevin Jackson and Andrew Biswell join Samira Ahmed to review Napoleon Rising, a...

  10. Night Waves - Nadeem Aslam

    Samira Ahmed visits the British Museum to see its new show about Ice Age art.

  11. Night Waves - Mozart's Sister

    Liberals want gentle dogs, and conservatives want obedient ones argues social and in...

  12. Night Waves - Morality and the Law

    Anne McElvoy discusses ethics and the law after several politicians have complained by...

  13. Night Waves - Mohsin Hamid

    Samira Ahmed talks to international best selling author Mohsin Hamid about his new How...

  14. Night Waves - Miliband, Slavoj Zizek, Ghosts, Melissa Benn

    Jonathan Derbyshire, the Managing Editor of Prospect magazine, and Observer columnist...

  15. Night Waves - Michael Chabon

    Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon joins Matthew Sweet to discuss his new...

  16. Night Waves - Melanie Phillips

    Journalist and broadcaster Melanie Phillips discusses her autobiography Guardian Angel...

  17. Night Waves - Masters of Sex

    Catholic theologian Hans Küng in his new work asks 'Can We Save The Catholic Church?'.

  18. Night Waves - Mars

    As NASA’s rover Curiosity conducts its mission on Mars, Samira Ahmed presents a on...

  19. Night Waves - Mark Rylance

    Philip Dodd talks to Mark Rylance, the former artistic director of the Globe.

  20. Night Waves - Margaret Atwood

    Anne McElvoy talks to celebrated Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood whose latest novel...

  21. Night Waves - Manet & Sherlock

    Matthew Sweet with a review, from Lynda Neade, of the UK's first ever retrospective to...

  22. Night Waves - Mandarin Finnegans Wake

    Samira Ahmed examines why James Joyce's experimental and 'difficult' work Finnegans a...

  23. Night Waves - Man Booker Prize

    Philip Dodd discusses the announcement of the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize...

  24. Night Waves - Maajid Nawaz

    Former radical, Maajid Nawaz, speaks of his journey from Islamist extremism to a he is...

  25. Night Waves - Luxury

    Philip Dodd explores our passion for luxury in an age of austerity. Is it a sin or the...

  26. Night Waves - Loyalty & Shunga

    In the light of recent revelations about feuding in the Labour party does it make to...

  27. Night Waves - Lowry & Kuhn

    Philip Dodd casts an irreverent eye over the reputations of two figures who loom large...

  28. Night Waves - Lowry

    Philip Dodd and Susan Hitch review a new production of Benjamin Britten's Gloriana at...

  29. Night Waves - Louvre Islamic Wing

    Matthew Sweet examines the newly opened Islamic art wing at the Paris Louvre with Karl...

  30. Night Waves - London

    In a year when all eyes are on London, Matthew Sweet explores London's place as a and...

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