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The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
Lara Feigel, David Aaronovitch, Melissa Benn, Xiaolu Guo & Matthew Sweet on Doris Lessing.

Is British Culture Getting Wierder?
Gazelle Twin, Julia Bardsley, Hannah Catherine Jones, Luke Turner & William Fowler.

David Bailey, Don McCullin
Philip Dodd goes to David Bailey's studio and talks to Don McCullin about his Tate show.

The joy of sewing, poet Fatimah Asghar, Painting in miniature.
Shahidha Bari talks poetry and the web series Brown Girls, and the history of sewing.

Skeuomorphs, Design and Modern Craft
Laurence Scott & Will Self on redundant features in design + a visit to Collect Craft Show

Jack the Ripper and women as victims
Rescuing the Ripper's victims from the shadows of history

Images of Japan
Fumio Obata and Jocelyne Allen discuss graphic art and manga.

Authority in the Era of Populism
Louise Casey, Mary Kaldor, Jamie Bartlett, Heather Rabbatts & Rupert Reid w/ Anne McElvoy

The joy of sewing, poet Fatimah Asghar, Painting in miniature
Shahidha Bari talks poetry and the web series Brown Girls, plus the history of sewing.

Patti LuPone
The musicals star on politics, performing, #Me Too and her Italian-American roots.