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Teenage Life: David and Ben Aaronovitch, Viv Albertine, Simon Stephens
Matthew Sweet talks to David and Ben Aaronovitch, Viv Albertine and Simon Stephens.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Ruth Scurr on John Aubrey, Beowulf
Anne McElvoy talks to Christopher Hampton and Adjoa Andoh about Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

Cities and Safety
Philip Dodd reflects on safe cities and discusses Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.

Landmark: Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries
Matthew Sweet is joined by Colm Toibin and others to discuss Bergman's Wild Strawberries.

Must the Arts Be Relevant? A Free Thinking BASCA Debate
Mark Baldwin, Catherine Wood, Jennifer Walshe, Sarah Kent and Vayu Naidu debate the arts.

Northern Lights: Crime Fiction and Cold Settings
Margaret Atwood, Arnaldur Indriadason and MJ McGrath talk about crime fiction and cold.

Northern Lights: Joanne Harris on the Norse God Loki—2015 Festival
Joanne Harris and Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough discuss the god Loki and Norse beliefs.

Mein Kampf, Larissa MacFarquhar, Julia Margaret Cameron
Anna Fox and Chantal Joffe on Julia Margaret Cameron, plus Larissa MacFarquhar on altruism

Kenzaburo Oe; Artist and Empire at Tate Britain; Japan and Cool Now
Philip Dodd reviews the newly translated novel from Nobel Prize winner Kenzaburo Oe.

Umberto Eco
Including Italian author Umberto Eco in conversation with Matthew Sweet.