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  1. Night Waves - Jesse Norman

    Anne McElvoy examines the political legacy of Edmund Burke with Conservative MP Jesse...

  2. Night Waves - Jenny Saville

    Matthew Sweet talks to Jenny Saville about her work on display at The Museum of Modern...

  3. Night Waves - Javier Marias

    Matthew Sweet talks to the Spanish novelist Javier Marias about his new book 'The...

  4. Night Waves - James Wood

    Matthew Sweet talks to acclaimed literary critic James Wood, visits an exhibition on &...

  5. Night Waves - James Salter

    Matthew Sweet talks to the American writer, James Salter... although writer seems an...

  6. Night Waves - James Robinson, Peter Gill, Claude Lanzmann

    Matthew Sweet meets James Robinson who offers a new way of understanding wealth and...

  7. Night Waves - James Fenton

    James Fenton joins Rana Mitter to talk about his latest poetry collection, Yellow and...

  8. Night Waves - Jackie Kay

    Samira Ahmed talks to Jackie Kay and the former Reith lecturer, Michael Sandel about a...

  9. Night Waves - Jack Straw

    Jack Straw joins Anne McElvoy for a candid interview in which the former Labour the of...

  10. Night Waves - Italian Mafia

    Samira Ahmed talks with Lee Smolin, a controversial and prominent figure in the field...

  11. Night Waves - International Review

    Matthew Sweet chairs an "International Review" edition of the programme, with critics...

  12. Night Waves - International Review

    For this International Review Edition Matthew Sweet is joined by Moscow based and born...

  13. Night Waves - International Review

    Matthew Sweet chairs an "International Review" edition of the programme and is joined...

  14. Night Waves - Imagination

    Philip Dodd talks to the writer Jonah Lehrer whose new book sets out to unravel and...

  15. Night Waves - Ideology

    Matthew Sweet presents Night Waves with a first night review of a new production of in...

  16. Night Waves - Howard Jacobson

    Philip Dodd talks to Howard Jacobson and discusses Zoo Time, his first novel since the...

  17. Night Waves - Howard Brenton

    Howard Brenton discusses his new play The Arrest of Ai Wei Wei with Philip Dodd.

  18. Night Waves - History at school

    What history should children learn and be able to contextualise? And what do they Rana...

  19. Night Waves - Hilary Mantel defends her comments on the Duchess 07 Mar

    Anne McElvoy meets Hilary Mantel, the winner of the David Cohen Prize for literature.

  20. Night Waves - Heritage

    With Matthew Sweet. A first night review, by Susannah Clapp, of Peter Morgan's new The...

  21. Night Waves - Harry Belafonte

    Matthew Sweet talks to the singer, actor and civil rights campaigner Harry Belafonte.

  22. Night Waves - Hanna Rosin

    Philip Dodd discusses The End of Men: And the Rise of Women with author Hanna Rosin.

  23. Night Waves - Gold

    The price of gold is on a high. Rana Mitter examines its incredible allure and asks if...

  24. Night Waves - Germany's Power

    With Germany’s economic dominance in Europe increasing, Philip discusses the country...

  25. Night Waves - Gandhi

    Rana Mitter looks forward to an Age of the Happy City with innovative urban scholar,...

  26. Night Waves - Future Warfare

    Anne McElvoy hosts a special edition looking at the state of warfare in the modern world.

  27. Night Waves - Frank Auerbach

    Rana Mitter discusses two new shows of the painter, Frank Auerbach's work with the and...

  28. Night Waves - Feminism in 2013

    Anne McElvoy discusses the state of Feminism in 2013. From women in the boardroom to...

  29. Night Waves - Feminism

    Anne McElvoy and guests with a special programme on feminism: writing, philosophy and...

  30. Night Waves - Europe & Gatz

    Philip Dodd hosts a concert on Europe, with political thinker Slavoj Zizek who has the...

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