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Testosterone. The grey zone. Indian science.
Jahnavi Phalkey, Matt Kimberley, Richard Fortey, Adrian Owen & Cordelia Fine.
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.
Free Thinking: Russian Nationalism. Scythians. Hull and Port Talbot on stage.
Anne McElvoy talks to Anne Applebaum about Russian and Ukrainian history.
Free Thinking: Social Conservatism, Kathe Kollwitz and John Ashbery
Art and irony - Philip Dodd and Joanna Kavenna on the K盲the Kollwitz show in Birmingham
Free Thinking: Washing in public. Sir Peter Hall (1930 - 2017)
Public pools, the "steamie" and the Turkish bath are explored by Matthew Sweet and guests.
Proms Extra: Alan Hollinghurst
Booker Prize winner, Alan Hollinghurst, discusses his new book, The Sparsholt Affair.
Proms Extra: Lenin
Anne McElvoy discusses Lenin with historians Helen Rappaport and Victor Sebestyen.
Proms Extra: Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Rana Mitter is joined by Kathleen Burk & Joanna Cohen to discuss the Gettysburg Address.
Proms Extra: Ancient Rome
Matthew Sweet talks to Natalie Haynes about the glory that was Rome.
Proms Extra: Unfinished Art and Literature
Ian McMillan on the appeal and arts of the Unfinished