By the end of the 19th century a host of intellectuals, writers and artists had abandoned Christianity. Advances in science are usually blamed, but what made the spread of doubt so powerful and pervasive? Richard Coles talks to AN Wilson about his account of God's Funeral.
He'll also be discussing food, families, national identity and fridge freezers with Anita Desai , whose new novel Fasting, Feasting uses food to explore cultual difference. Plus first-night news from the UK premiere of Odessa Stories, adapted from the writings of Isaak Babel and performed in Hebrew. Producer Zahid Warley