Arts & Ideas Episodes Episode guide
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Proms Extra: Music and Moods
Thomas Dixon and musicologist Wiebke Thorm盲hlen discuss music, literature and emotion.
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Proms Extra: Memory in Performance 鈥� 2 Aug 15
Actress Lisa Dwan and singer Susan Bullock discuss the role of memory in performance.
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Proms Extra: Lenin
Anne McElvoy discusses Lenin with historians Helen Rappaport and Victor Sebestyen.
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Proms Extra: Holst's The Planets Suite
Oscar-winning composer Steven Price on the inspiration of Holst's Planets Suite.
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Proms Extra: HG Wells: Stephen Baxter and Dr Sarah Dillon
Author Stephen Baxter and Sarah Dillon on space and time in HG Wells, born 150 years ago.
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Proms Extra: Happiness
Literature & unhappy people with Will Abberley, Charlotte Mendelson & Claudia Hammond.
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Proms Extra: Hans Christian Andersen 20 August 15
Lars Tharp and Julia Eccleshare on the work and legacy of Hans Christian Andersen.
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Proms Extra: Germany East and West
Novelist Philip Kerr and historian Karen Leeder look at Leipzig in 1989 and Germany now.
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Proms Extra: George Eliot in Germany
Novelist Patricia Duncker and Clare Walker-Gore on George Eliot and German culture.
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Proms Extra: Fiddler on the Roof
Rana Mitter discuss the appeal of Fiddler on the Roof.
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Proms Extra: Europe in Writing
Nandini Das & novelist Lawrence Norfolk discuss European writers & the idea of 鈥楨urope鈥�.
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Proms Extra: Ella Fitzgerald
Kevin LeGendre and Claire Martin discuss Ella Fitzgerald
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Proms Extra: Djinn
Elif Shafak and Shahidha Bari tell Ian McMillan why humans need the genie
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Proms Extra: DH Lawrence's The Rainbow 09 August 15
Novelists Helen Dunmore and Louise Welsh on DH Lawrence's 1915 novel, 'The Rainbow'.
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Proms Extra: Devils and Paganini
Rev Richard Coles and poet Imtiaz Dharker on the Devil in Christian and Islamic cultures.
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Proms Extra: David Hare's memoir 'The Blue Touch Paper' - 04 Sep 15
The playwright David Hare discusses his new memoir, 'The Blue Touch Paper'.
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Proms Extra: Cuneiform 07082017
Irving Finkel and Shahidha Bari on Mesopotamian writing, jokes and boat building specs
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Proms Extra: Charlotte Bront毛: Gregory Tate talks to Joanne Harris & Claire Harman
Hear Charlotte Bront毛's biographer Claire Harman & Yorkshire-born novelist Joanne Harris
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Proms Extra: Capability Brown: Anna Pavord
Anna Pavord considers the landscapes created by 'Capability' Brown - born 300 years ago
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Proms Extra: Beethoven and German Romantic Poetry
Anne McElvoy discusses the German Romantic poetry which inspired Beethoven.
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Proms Extra: Ancient Rome
Matthew Sweet talks to Natalie Haynes about the glory that was Rome.
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Proms Extra: Alice in Wonderland 30 July 15
Anne McElvoy discussses the enduring appeal of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.
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Proms Extra: Alan Hollinghurst
Booker Prize winner, Alan Hollinghurst, discusses his new book, The Sparsholt Affair.
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Proms Extra: Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Rana Mitter is joined by Kathleen Burk & Joanna Cohen to discuss the Gettysburg Address.
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Proms Extra: 1895 The First Proms
Rana Mitter with Nicholas Kenyon and Leanne Langley
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Proms Extra: The Lumiere Brothers in 1895 - 22.08.15
Ian Christie on the Lumiere brothers' invention of the world's first film camera in 1895.
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Proms Extra - Deep Time
Geologist Iain Stewart and geographer Nicholas Crane consider the concept of "Deep Time"
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PROMS EXTRA - Arabian Nights - 7 Sep 15
Shahidha Bari and Houda Echouafni on this powerful islamic folk-cycle - Arabian Nights
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PROMS EXTRA - 120 years of London School of Economics: 2 Sep 15
Michael Cox explores the history of the London School of Economics with Stephanie Flanders
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Proms Extra: Ezra Pound's 'Cathay - 29 July 15
Poets Jo Shapcott and Sean O'Brien discuss Ezra Pound's poetry collection, 'Cathay'.
