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First broadcast: on BBC One Yorks & LincsLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel
David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Dover. The panel includes Margaret Beckett, Jeremy Hunt, Shirley Williams, Brian Moore and Simon Heffer. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Simon Heffer, New Generation Thinker Will Abberley, director of Fun Palaces Stella Duffy and Tiffany Jenkins join Matthew Sweet to debate the ideas of poet Matthew Arnold. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Rana Mitter and guests look back to Edwardian England and at conservative thinking now. Plus New Generation Thinkers share their research into touring opera and Sibelius's music. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Writer Bea Campbell, artist Scottee, historian Emma Griffin, journalist Simon Jenkins and economist Guy Standing join Philip Dodd to consider the working class in culture. Show more
Philip Dodd hosts a debate about our relationship with rule-breaking in the company of writer Simon Heffer, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and former MP Joyce Quin. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Matthew Sweet, Simon Heffer and Corin Throsby discuss Charles Kingsley. Plus a former Radio 3 New Generation Thinker and Edward St Aubyn on literary satire. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
David Reynolds, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Simon Heffer and David Edgar join Philip Dodd to discuss Winston Churchill through the lens of Englishness. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Philip Dodd presents a special edition devoted to Anthony Trollope's novel The Way We Live Now. With Jerry White, Simon Heffer, Kathryn Hughes and Jonathan Myerson. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Petroc Trelawny visits Streetwise Opera as it stages Bach's St Matthew Passion. Plus a book on Bach's vocal works, the story behind Parry's Jerusalem and composer Errollyn Wallen. Show more
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC News ChannelLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel
Jim Naughtie talks to journalist and author Simon Heffer about his new book The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914.
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament
Jo Coburn is joined by Simon Heffer, Lucy Fisher and Miatta Fahnbulleh. Plus interviews with James Cleverly and Andy McDonald. Show more
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament
Jo Coburn is joined by Ann Pettifor, Matt Chorley and Simon Heffer to discuss the election debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn and the latest from the campaign trail. Show more
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Matthew Bannister on Tory fundraiser Lord McAlpine, broadcasting campaigner Jocelyn Hay, poet Amiri Baraka, runner and MP Sir Christopher Chataway, and conductor Claudio Abbado. Show more
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC ParliamentLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament
Mark D'Arcy talks to historian Simon Heffer about his book Staring at God: Britain in the Great War.
Simon Heffer looks at war films such as The Dam Busters, The Cruel Sea and The Colditz Story and argues that they have real cinematic merit and a genuine cultural importance. Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Anne McElvoy talks to journalist Simon Heffer, curator Sonia Solicari, novelist DJ Taylor and Prof Anthony King. Show more
