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Free Thinking

American Power? Suzan-Lori Parks, Gary Younge, Abstract Expressionism

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Philip Dodd. With playwright Suzan-Lori Parks on her play exploring slavery and the American Civil War, Gary Younge on gun culture, and abstract expressionism. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Suzan-Lori Parks
Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Gary Younge
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Stonor Saunders
Interviewed Guest:
William Boyd
Producer:
Craig Smith

Free Thinking

William Kentridge, William Boyd, Photography

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Philip Dodd. With artist William Kentridge, William Boyd discussing his new novel, and New Generation Thinker Zoe Norridge and documentary photographer Anna Fox. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
William Kentridge
Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
William Boyd
Interviewed Guest:
Zoe Norridge
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Fox
Producer:
Jack Soper
Editor:
Robyn Read

Free Thinking

Breaking Free: Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

William Boyd, Margaret Drabble and Philipp Blom join Matthew Sweet to discuss one of the masterpieces of 20th-century European fiction, Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Drabble
Interviewed Guest:
William Boyd
Interviewed Guest:
Philipp Blom
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Webber
Producer:
Zahid Warley

Front Row

BBC National Short Story Award

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

John Wilson hosts the BBC National Short Story Award live from the BBC Radio Theatre. With special guests William Boyd and Ian Rankin. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
William Boyd
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Rankin

Open Book

A celebration of Muriel Spark

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

A celebration of Muriel Spark who was born in 1918. Alan Taylor who has written a memoir about his friendship with the novelist and writer William Boyd join Mariella Frostrup. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Alan Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
William Boyd
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Llewellyn
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Foulds
Interviewed Guest:
Khurrum Rahman

Front Row

Johnny Vegas, William Boyd, BBC Short Story Award

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news with Mark Lawson. Johnny Vegas looks behind his now infamous persona, William Boyd is set to publish a new James Bond novel, and the BBC National Short Story Award. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
William Boyd
Interviewed Guest:
Johnny Vegas
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Wood