Arts & Ideas Episodes Episode guide
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Night Waves - Stanislavski
Anne McElvoy and guests discuss the life and work of the Russian director Konstantin...
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Night Waves - Sir John Major
Sir John Major talks to Matthew Sweet and is joined by comedian Roy Hudd to discuss of...
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Night Waves - Simon Schama, Beeban Kidron, End of Human Rights
Historian Simon Schama joins Philip Dodd to discuss his book and TV series The Story...
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Night Waves - Simon Schama
Simon Schama joins Anne McElvoy to discuss his foray into literature, and the it...
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Night Waves - Sicilian Culture
As a new book about warring philosophical frenemies Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre...
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Night Waves - Shlomo Sand
Adam Mars-Jones reviews the first West End revival of the nine Tony award winning; A...
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Night Waves - Sheryl Sandberg
Anne McElvoy and Susannah Clapp review the west-end play Doktor Glas, starring Krister...
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Night Waves - Shame
Philip Dodd along with Dr Tim Stanley and Paul Glastris review the American version of...
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Night Waves - Sex and the Arab World
Shereen El Feki, author of Sex and the Citadel, joins Philip Dodd to explore how the a...
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Night Waves - Sebastian Faulks
Award-winning author Sebastian Faulks speaks to Rana Mitter about his new novel, A the...
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Night Waves - Sculptured Carving
Philip Dodd goes to Kew Gardens in London to watch David Nash carving sculpture from...
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Night Waves - Ryszard Kapuscinski
As a new biography of Ryszard Kapuscinski is released, the author Artur Domoslawski 4...
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Night Waves - Rousseau
To mark the 300th anniversary of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's birth and discuss why still...
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Night Waves - Rothko Returns to Latvia
The Mark Rothko Arts Centre has opened its doors for the first time and some of his to...
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Night Waves - Rory Kinnear
Actor Rory Kinnear, currently playing Iago at the National Theatre, discusses the of...
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Night Waves - Robert Caro
Samira Ahmed talks to the writer Robert Caro about The Passage of Power, the latest of...
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Night Waves - Rick Gekoski
Rana Mitter discusses the allure of the missing work of art with the writer Rick Gekoski.
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Night Waves - Richard III's Bones
The King in the car park: what is the significance of the University of Leicester鈥檚...
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Night Waves - Richard Holloway, Jonathan Safran Foer and Howard Jacobson
Philip Dodd explores the boundaries between faith and doubt. His expert guides in this...
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Night Waves - Richard Dawkins & Tacita Dean
Philip Dodd is joined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins speaking about his new...
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Night Waves - Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil, renowned American inventor, thinker and futurist, joins Rana Mitter to a...
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Night Waves - Race & Statistics
Philip Dodd reviews the UK premiere of David Mamet's controversial play Race and its...
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Night Waves - Psychotherapy
The Science Museum in London is staging Mind Maps, an exhibition on the history of and...
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night Waves - Prometheus
Director Ridley Scott returns to the big screen this week with his new film Prometheus.
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Night Waves - Procrastination
Actor Samuel West speaks to Samira Ahmed about the art of delay, whilst former banker...
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Night Waves - Portraits Day
In a special edition from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Philip Dodd is by at...
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Night Waves - Photographers' Gallery
Samira Ahmed and guests discuss the opening and relaunch of The Photographer's Gallery...
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Night Waves - Philosophical Investigations
To mark the 60th anniversary of Ludwig Wittgenstein鈥檚 Philosophical Investigations,...
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Night Waves - Phil Redmond
Phil Redmond, the creator of ground-breaking series such as Grange Hill, Brookside and...
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Night Waves - Peter O'Toole
To pay tribute to the actor Peter O鈥橳oole, Matthew Sweet is joined by director Roger...
