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    Mildred Pierce

    James M Cain's classic novel and its film adaptation discussed by Matthew Sweet & guests

  2. Mike Leigh

    The film director talks to Matthew Sweet as his historical epic Peterloo opens in cinemas

  3. Mike Hodges; Dark Sweden.

    The director of Get Carter talks to Matthew Sweet about writing his own crime stories.

  4. Mid Century Modern

    Shahidha Bari look at labour saving devices and ideas of home

  5. Michel Sheen, Cameron Mackintosh & Wim Wenders

    Michael Sheen talks about his role in the Passion Play in his home town of Port Talbot.

  6. Michel Piccoli

    Matthew Sweet on the French actor who worked with Buñuel, Varda, Ferreri and Godard.

  7. Michael Rakowitz, Archaeology Now, Epic Journeys and Facial Disfigurement

    Artist, archaeologists, a writer and a historian of the face make the invisible visible

  8. Michael Rakowitz, Archaeology Now, Epic Journeys and Facial Disfigurement

    Artist, archaeologists, a writer and a historian of the face make the invisible visible

  9. Michael Ignatieff and Central Europe

    Philip Dodd talks to Michael Ignatieff about the political landscape of central Europe.

  10. Mermaids, Caribbean tales and copyright

    Shahidha Bari looks at sea creatures and a Caribbean re-telling of The Little Mermaid.

  11. Mental Health

    Anne McElvoy looks at ASMR, clean air, loneliness and a memoir exploring mental health.

  12. Mélusine

    The mermaid-like figure from medieval folklore is discussed by Shahidha Bari and guests.

  13. May Day rituals

    Matthew Sweet and guests explore ideas about community, collective action and May revels.

  14. Maths: Alex Bellos, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Serafina Cuomo, Vicky Neale

    As a newly designed Maths gallery opens at the Science Museum,why we need better numeracy

  15. Mass Hysterics

    Comedians Alexei Sayle, Jen Brister & Sanjeev Kohli join Matthew Sweet at Sage Gateshead

  16. Masks

    The role of masks in African traditions, Greek tragedy and Covid conspiracies

  17. Maryse Condé's writing plus Suzanne O'Sullivan

    Shahida Bari reads I Tituba, the story of the West Indian slave accused in Salem.

  18. Marxism

    Anne Applebaum, Gregory Claeys, Jane Humphries and Richard Seymour discuss Marxism now.

  19. Marvin Gaye's What's Going On

    Ahead of a performance at the London Jazz Festival, what history underpins the album?

  20. Marriage

    Shahidha Bari joined by guests including Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch and Zoe Strimpel

  21. Marlon James and Neil Gaiman

    The two weavers of fantastical fiction sift through myths with Matthew Sweet.

  22. Marlene Dietrich

    Tracing the sensual and radical Marlene Dietrich from Europe to Hollywood.

  23. Mark Lilla. Owen Hatherley. Gulzaar Barn.

    Why Mark Lilla thinks the American Left needs to rethink + Gulzaar Barn on medical trials

  24. Marilynne Robinson

    The American novelist and essayist talks religion, fiction & US politics with Rana Mitter

  25. Margaret Oliphant - women writers to put back on the bookshelf

    The Scottish writers whose comic heroine Miss Marjoribanks bucks 19th century conventions

  26. Margaret Oliphant - women writers to put back on the bookshelf

    The Scottish writer whose comic heroine Miss Marjoribanks bucks 19th-century conventions

  27. Margaret Drabble, Emma Rothschild ,Stanley Spencer exhibition and Authenticity and the In

    Nightwaves looks at the subject of internet anonymity, visits a new exhibition of work...

  28. Margaret Cavendish

    Nandini Das and guests discuss the Duchess of Newcastle - philosopher, poet and scientist

  29. Marble, Muscle and Manly Bodies in the 18th Century

    Sarah Goldsmith explores the C18th aristocratic craze for pumping iron

  30. Many faces of Eve?

    Catherine Fletcher with Stephen Greenblatt, Islam Issa, Jennifer Evans and Sara Read.

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