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Revenge: My Cousin Rachel, Natalie Haynes, Islam Issa
Matthew Sweet discusses the film My Cousin Rachel and explores revenge in Shakespeare.
Arundhati Roy
The Man Booker Prize-winning author and campaigner is in conversation with Philip Dodd.
Hay Festival 2017: Writing history with Sebastian Barry, Jake Arnott, Madeleine Thien
At 2017's Hay Festival, Sarah Dillon chairs a discussion about writing history.
Ecstasy, Carpe Diem, Hetta Howes on medieval ecstasy
Jules Evans and Roman Krznaric join Rana Mitter to discuss living in the moment.
Hay 2017: Women's Voices in the Classical World
Catherine Fletcher introduces a discussion recorded at 2017's Hay Festival.
Artist Tom Phillips at 80, How do we save our plants?
Artist Tom Phillips talks to Philip Dodd about his career as he marks his 80th birthday.
Japan and Korea, Hokusai
Chris Harding discusses the work of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.
Bella Bathurst, Mike Figgis, Birds in British literature, 2017 New Generation Thinker Daisy Fancourt on music and health
Matthew Sweet explores deafness, plot twists, birds in books & how music is good for you
Fiona Shaw and Mark Ravenhill on Brecht, John Knox, Joanne Paul
Philip Dodd discusses speaking truth to power and the beliefs of John Knox and Galileo.
Rachel Seiffert, James Hawes, Richard Nelson, 2017 New Generation Thinker Alistair Fraser on gangs.
Anne McElvoy and her guests discuss German-Russian history, US electioneering and crime.