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Pacific Rim politics; Ronan Bennett; Sjon
Rana Mitter hosts a debate on relations between Japan, US and China.
Blade Runner. Ghost Stories.
Matthew Sweet watches a vision of Los Angeles 2049 and visits haunted places in Portsmouth
Alan Hollinghurst
Alan Hollinghurst talks to Anne McElvoy about his new novel The Sparsholt Affair.
The importance of networks; the art of dance
Niall Ferguson argues for a less hierarchical history. Degas' images of the human body.
Landmark: Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress
Michael Symmons Roberts, Helen Mort and Stewart Mottram join Matthew Sweet in Hull.
Simon Heffer. Social Conservatism. Sibelius. D'Oyly Carte.
Rana Mitter and guests look back to Edwardian England and at conservative thinking now.
Kamila Shamsie: John Kasmin. Dido
Philip Dodd looks at postcards of beggars, the love and scorn of Dido and radicalisation.
Bernard MacLaverty. Immigration. Christian destruction of Classical World
Author Bernard MacLaverty talks to Anne McElvoy about his new novel Midwinter Break.
Royal Society Science Book Prize. Adrian Owen. Science in India.
Matthew Sweet looks at the writing of science and the Royal Society Science Book Prize.
Diplomacy: Sir John Jenkins, Gabrielle Rifkind, Michael Burleigh, Dr Beyza Unal.
Philip Dodd and guests explore the art of negotiation and discuss JT Rogers' play Oslo.
