Arts & Ideas Episodes Episode guide
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Night Waves: Eli Zaretsky
Philip Dodd with an interview with cultural historian, Eli Zaretsky on his new book, a...
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Night Waves-Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Anne McElvoy talks to Susannah Clapp about The Sunshine Boys at the Savoy Theatre.
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Night Waves-International Review
Matthew Sweet chairs an "International Review" edition of the programme, with critics...
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Night Waves-Bring Up the Bodies,56 Up,Babel
Anne McElvoy talks to Hilary Mantel about her new historical novel Bring up the to the...
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Night Waves Ron Muek 18th April
We review the latest exhibition of a modern Frankenstein 鈥� one of the descriptions a...
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Night Waves Pina Bausch
Rana Mitter discusses Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch with the actress Fiona Shaw,...
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Night Waves 8th May
Victorian women cast a long shadow over our imaginations But do we do enough to the of...
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night Waves 30th April
Matthew Sweet presents a review of The English National Opera's The Flying Dutchman.
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Night Waves 16th April
Matthew Sweet is joined by Nick Harkaway and Naomi Alderman to consider our changing...
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Night Waves 鈥� William Dalrymple
Anne McElvoy talks to William Dalrymple about his new book Return of A King - an of in...
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Night Waves - ZSL London Zoo Ep.3
In the last of Matthew Sweet's visits to ZSL London Zoo we consider our relations with...
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Night Waves - ZSL London Zoo
In the first of three special programmes from ZSL London Zoo, Matthew Sweet examines...
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Night Waves - Zaha Hadid, French Cinema Music, Cynicism
Architect Zaha Hadid joins Rana Mitter to reflect on her designs for the Serpentine's...
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Night Waves - Women on stage, Wilkie Collins, A.I.
Actor Diana Quick, playwright Jessica Swale and critic Susannah Clapp join Matthew to...
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Night Waves - What is 'Enough
What is the good life? Philip is joined in the studio by the commentators Robert Owen...
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Night Waves - Weekly highlights: 7
In this edition of weekly highlights, David Benedict reviews the New Year Blockbuster...
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Night Waves - Wagner 200
With Anne McElvoy. It is of course 200 years this week since the birth of the composer...
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Night Waves - Wagner & Nietzsche
The friendship that developed between Wagner and Nietzsche is documented in a vast of...
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Night Waves - Wagner & Myth
In a special edition Samira Ahmed examines the importance of Norse and Greek mythology...
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Night Waves - Vidal Sassoon
In remembrance of Vidal Sassoon, Night Waves podcasts an interview with Philip Dodd on...
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Night Waves - Verdi 200, Dayanita Singh, 2000 years of social media
Social media, as old as Cicero and as revolutionary as Christianity? Tom Standage and...
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Night Waves - Veep
With Samira Ahmed, Kerry McCarthy (MP for Bristol East) has the verdict on Armando new...
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Night Waves - Vali Nasr
Rana Mitter talks to Washington insider Vali Nasr about his new book 'The Dispensable...
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Night Waves - Turner Prize, Candide, Letters
Art critic for The Times Rachel Campbell-Johnston profiles the work of Laure Prouvost,...
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Night Waves - Turner Inspired
Matthew Sweet discusses "Turner Inspired" at the National Gallery in London and Sue of...
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Night Waves - Turkey
Philip Dodd examines A Crisis of Brilliance a new exhibition at London's Dulwich with...
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Night Waves - Transparency
Sam West directing a new revival of Close the Coalhouse Door tells Anne McElvoy why...
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Night Waves - Tony Garnett
Philip Dodd talks to film and television producer Tony Garnett about his career his of...
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Night Waves - Tony Benn, PL Travers, Guy Debord
Veteran politician Tony Benn talks to Matthew Sweet about his final volume of diaries,...
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Night Waves - Tokyo Story
50 years ago this month director Yasujiro Ozu died after making 53 films.
