蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 - Arts & Ideas

Free Thinking: Social Conservatism, Kathe Kollwitz and John Ashbery

Art and irony - Philip Dodd and Joanna Kavenna on the K盲the Kollwitz show in Birmingham

Public pools, the "steamie" and the Turkish bath are explored by Matthew Sweet and guests.

Booker Prize winner, Alan Hollinghurst, discusses his new book, The Sparsholt Affair.

Anne McElvoy discusses Lenin with historians Helen Rappaport and Victor Sebestyen.

Rana Mitter is joined by Kathleen Burk & Joanna Cohen to discuss the Gettysburg Address.

Matthew Sweet talks to Natalie Haynes about the glory that was Rome.

Ian McMillan on the appeal and arts of the Unfinished

Elif Shafak and Shahidha Bari tell Ian McMillan why humans need the genie

Sports sleep coach Nick Littlehales & novelist A. L. Kennedy discuss sleep & insomnia.

Irving Finkel and Shahidha Bari on Mesopotamian writing, jokes and boat building specs