Arts & Ideas Podcast
Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives – looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fridays at 9pm on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy.
Episodes to download
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Night Waves - Melanie Phillips
Tue 25 Jun 2013
Journalist and broadcaster Melanie Phillips discusses her autobiography Guardian Angel...
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Night Waves - Lowry
Mon 24 Jun 2013
Philip Dodd and Susan Hitch review a new production of Benjamin Britten's Gloriana at...
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Night Waves - David Edgar
Thu 20 Jun 2013
Anne McElvoy talks to David Edgar about his new play 'If Only' which focuses on The...
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Night Waves - The Wasp Factory
Wed 19 Jun 2013
Philip Dodd goes to the V&A to speak to Hari Kunzru about his new work, and discusses...
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Free Thinking in the Summer
Tue 18 Jun 2013
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3's annual Free Thinking festival of ideas hits the road this summer as it...
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Night Waves - Conor McPherson
Mon 17 Jun 2013
Matthew Sweet talks to Conor McPherson about his new play The Night Alive, working his...
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Night Waves - Neil Gaiman
Thu 13 Jun 2013
Anne McElvoy talks to Neil Gaiman, prolific award-winning author of novels for adults...
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Night Waves - Joss Whedon
Wed 12 Jun 2013
Samira Ahmed talks to Joss Whedon, creator of the cult TV hit Buffy The Vampire whose...
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Night Waves - The Amen Corner
Tue 11 Jun 2013
A first night review of the National Theatre's revival of James Baldwin's drama The...
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Night Waves - Turkey
Mon 10 Jun 2013
Philip Dodd examines A Crisis of Brilliance a new exhibition at London's Dulwich with...
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Night Waves - Chagall Reviewed
Thu 6 Jun 2013
Alex Harris and Anne McElvoy review the latest Marc Chagall exhibition at the Tate...
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Night Waves - Bill Viola
Wed 5 Jun 2013
Philip Dodd talks to internationally renowned video artist Bill Viola about his latest...
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Night Waves - China Growth
Tue 4 Jun 2013
What will China's economy look like in ten years' time? Liam Byrne an MP, is also a he...
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Night Waves - Camp
Mon 3 Jun 2013
Matthew Sweet is joined by writer, Mark Ravenhill and literary critic, Sos Eltis to -...
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Night Waves - Suffrage Plays
Thu 30 May 2013
Anne McElvoy talks to Debra Craine about British choreographer Akram Khan’s new or...
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Night Waves - Race & Statistics
Wed 29 May 2013
Philip Dodd reviews the UK premiere of David Mamet's controversial play Race and its...
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Night Waves - Morality and the Law
Tue 28 May 2013
Anne McElvoy discusses ethics and the law after several politicians have complained by...
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Night Waves - Childhood
Mon 27 May 2013
Matthew Sweet examines our current and past attitudes to childhood and asks whether is...
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Night Waves - Wagner 200
Thu 23 May 2013
With Anne McElvoy. It is of course 200 years this week since the birth of the composer...
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Night Waves - Khaled Hosseini
Wed 22 May 2013
Former physician and best-selling author, Khaled Hosseini talks to Rana Mitter about -...
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Night Waves - James Salter
Tue 21 May 2013
Matthew Sweet talks to the American writer, James Salter... although writer seems an...
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Night Waves - Italian Mafia
Mon 20 May 2013
Samira Ahmed talks with Lee Smolin, a controversial and prominent figure in the field...
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Night Waves - Jesse Norman
Thu 16 May 2013
Anne McElvoy examines the political legacy of Edmund Burke with Conservative MP Jesse...
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Night Waves - Peter Brook
Wed 15 May 2013
Matthew Sweet talks to Peter Brook. The theatre director has had a lifelong with which...
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Night Waves - The Great Gatsby
Tue 14 May 2013
With Samira Ahmed. Sarah Churchwell and Kevin Jackson discuss the Great Gatsby as a by...
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Night Waves - Death
Mon 13 May 2013
Matthew Sweet visits Tate Britain’s unveiling of a comprehensive new vision of its...
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Night Waves - The Hot House
Thu 9 May 2013
Anne McElvoy applies herself to the crisis of modern banking, the plight of buildings...
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Night Waves - Rothko Returns to Latvia
Wed 8 May 2013
The Mark Rothko Arts Centre has opened its doors for the first time and some of his to...
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Night Waves - Peter Nichols
Tue 7 May 2013
Rana Mitter talks to the playwright Peter Nichols as his 1981 Passion Play opens again...
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Night Waves - Terence Stamp
Mon 6 May 2013
Matthew Sweet talks to actor, writer and international screen star Terence Stamp as a...