Arts & Ideas Episodes Episode guide
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The Joy of Bad Films
Weathermen member Jonathan Lerner on underground protest & The Disaster Artist reviewed.
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The Invention of the Circus Ring
Matthew Sweet looks at the career of impresario Philip Astley and 250 years of circus
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The Insurrectionists' Guide to the Movies
Stephen Bush, Dr Sarah Jilani , Kate Maltby and Keith Shiri join Matthew Sweet
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The Insurrectionists' Guide to the Movies
Stephen Bush, Dr Sarah Jilani , Kate Maltby and Keith Shiri join Matthew Sweet
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The In Between
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough considers airport lounges railway stations and liminal spaces
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The Imperial War Museum Remembrance discussion 2023
As the IWM unveils its new art galleries, Anne McElvoy & guests discuss photographing war
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The Imperial War Museum Remembrance Discussion 2022
How video games interpret stories about war and conflict and help to train troops.
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The Imperial War Museum Remembrance Discussion 2021
How do we define a war? Anne McElvoy and guests look at how language changes attitudes.
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The Imperial War Museum 麻豆社 Radio 3 Remembrance Debate 2020
What is the role of artists in shaping our understanding of history by commemorating war?
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The impact of a future energy crisis on our way of life
How will our world change as traditional energy supplies shrink and climate change us...
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The illusion of time, the summer solstice & the philosophy of comedy
Mark Miodownik, Emily Herring, Rob Newman & Fay Dowker consider Time with Matthew Sweet
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The History of Sex
Fern Riddell, Kate Lister and Robin Mitchell discuss their research with Matthew
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The Heir of Redclyffe
Clare Walker-Gore revisits Charlotte M. Yonge's best-selling novel from 1853.
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The Hard Man in the Call-Centre
Alistair Fraser on the fates and fortunes of Glaswegian tough guys
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The Greenwich Outrage
The attempt by an anarchist to blow up the Royal Observatory in 1894 and its consequences
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The Goodies
Matthew Sweet meets the trio behind the '70s and early '80s TV comedy show
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The Good Life
Michael Rosen,Fergus Butler-Gallie Sophie Scott-Brown, Rachel Wiseman, Sudhir Hazareesingh
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The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
Lara Feigel, David Aaronovitch, Melissa Benn, Xiaolu Guo & Matthew Sweet on Doris Lessing.
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The Golden Notebook
Lara Feigel, Xiaolu Guo, Melissa Benn + David Aaronovitch on Doris Lessing's 1962 novel.
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The Generation Gap
Writer Howard Jacobson, photographer Ruth Sutoy茅 talk family histories with Matthew Sweet
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The future of universities
Harvard's Larry Summers & OU's Josie Fraser on the impact of technology & globalisation
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The future of theatre debate
Bertie Carvel, Amit Lahav, Eleanor Loyd, Roy Alexander Weise, Caroline Dinenage MP & more
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The Frieze/Radio 3 Museum Directors Debate 2023
The art museum as community space, immersive art experiences & other hot topics.
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The Frieze/Radio 3 Museum Directors Debate 2022
Anne McElvoy is joined by the directors of three institutions from around the world.
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The Frieze Masters Free Thinking Conversation about Art
Michael Govan Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art talks art with Philip Dodd
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The Frieze Debate: Museums in the 21st Century
Michael Govan, Sabine Haag & Hartwig Fischer at the Royal Institution, London.
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The Frieze 麻豆社 Radio 3 Debate: Museums in the 21st Century
Gallery directors from Russia, USA and Singapore compare notes, hosted by Anne McElvoy
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The Free Thinking Lecture: Linda Yueh on Globalisation
Economist Linda Yueh delivers her vision for restoring faith in the free market.
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The Free Thinking Festival Lecture: Claudia Rankine
Prize-winning poet Claudia Rankine explores language and racism past and present.
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The Free Thinking Festival Essay: The Medieval Scottish Dream State
Kylie Murray explores visions of Scottishness in The Wallace and The Scotichronicon.
