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Steven Pinker on Progress
Steven Pinker explains to Philip Dodd why we should ignore headlines + be more optimistic.
Napoleon in Fact and Fiction
Anne McElvoy looks at Napoleon impersonators, ballads and what if he didn't die in exile?
Reflecting Rural Life
Film maker Clio Barnard and novelist Amanda Craig on rural life. Matthew Sweet presents.
Mark Dion; Colour, Insects, Virginia Woolf
Anne McElvoy meets artist Mark Dion and biologist Menno Schilthuizen.
Michael Ignatieff and Central Europe
Philip Dodd talks to Michael Ignatieff about the political landscape of central Europe.
Tariq Ali
Rana Mitter talks to Tariq Ali, novelist, historian and political activist.
Celebrating Buchi Emecheta
Shahidha Bari leads a discussion of Nigerian-born novelist Buchi Emecheta (1944-2017).
Landmark: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
A Landmark edition in which Philip Dodd and guests examine The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Trade, Davos, Ocean travel and Mermaids.
Anne McElvoy on Davos discussions, Ocean liner style at the V&A and mermaids in fiction.
The Working Class in Culture
Philip Dodd and guests ask has culture forgotten the working class?
