Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now

Rude Valentines. Neil Gaiman, Translating China's Arts
Neil Gaiman talks Norse myths with Rana Mitter. And a look at the ugly side of Valentines

Free Thinking: Professor Paul Gilroy
Philip Dodd is in extended conversation about culture & race with Professor Paul Gilroy.

Free Thinking: Robots, and an Icelandic Dracula
Matthew Sweet meets Eric the UK's first robot, built in 1928 now at the Science Museum.

Free Thinking: Russian Art and Revolution
Dolya Gavanski, Stephen Smith, Victor Sebestyen, Charlotte Hobson and Anne McElvoy.

Borders: On the ground, on the map, in the mind
From Ireland to Turkey, from soldiering to walking to photographing - with Anne McElvoy.

Free Thinking: Anger and friendships with Pankaj Mishra and Elif Shafak.
Novelist Elif Shafak, US magazine editor Julius Krein, Douglas Murray and Pankaj Mishra.

Free Thinking - Caribbean Culture.
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Colin Grant and Kei Miller discuss the Caribbean with Matthew Sweet

Free Thinking: Yaa Gyasi. Daniel Levitin. Peter Bazalgette, James Bartholomew on Clarity, Civility and Strong States.
Tooling a stronger civil society plus a novel on Slavery on both sides of the Atlantic.

Davos Discussions. Shobana Jeyasingh. New Generation Thinker Seán Williams
Anne McElvoy explores topics discussed at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum

Free Thinking: Oscar Nominations; T2 Trainspotting; Denial
Matthew Sweet and guests consider film making in 2017.