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Midweek

Julia Donaldson, Iain Sinclair, Gary Bell, Michael Booth

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Lively and diverse conversation with weekly guests. Libby Purves meets children's writer Julia Donaldson, author Iain Sinclair, QC Gary Bell and food writer Michael Booth. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Libby Purves
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Donaldson
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Sinclair
Interviewed Guest:
Gary Bell
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Booth

Brand

Midweek

Night Waves

Night Waves at ZSL London Zoo

Episode 2: Landmark: The Old Men at the Zoo

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

In a series from ZSL London Zoo, Matthew Sweet is joined by Margaret Drabble, Iain Sinclair and Jonathan Powell to discuss Angus Wilson's 1961 novel The Old Men at the Zoo. Show more

Front Row

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Marie Darrieussecq; Alan Ayckbourn

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Arts news. Samira Ahmed talks to author Marie Darrieussecq about her new novel, plus Iain Sinclair on new Tate Britain exhibition Ruin Lust, and The Grand Budapest Hotel reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Ayckbourn
Interviewed Guest:
Marie Darrieussecq
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Sinclair

The Film Programme

Nicole Kidman; Iain Sinclair on M; Moon buggies in Bletchley Park

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Nicole Kidman on her new thriller Before I Go to Sleep. Novelist Iain Sinclair waxes lyrical about Peter Lorre in M. A whistle-stop tour of cinemas popping up across the land. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Nicole Kidman
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Sinclair
Interviewed Guest:
Clare Binns
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Robey

Front Row

Peter Blake; Gaslight; Sarah Ruhl; Leviathan

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Peter Blake on Under Milk Wood, Sarah Ruhl discusses The Vibrator Play, Molly Dineen reviews Leviathan, and Iain Sinclair reflects on Patrick Hamilton's Gaslight. With Kirsty Lang. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Blake
Interviewed Guest:
Molly Dineen
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Sinclair
Interviewed Guest:
Jeff Richards
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Ruhl

Free Thinking

Paolozzi, Daniel Dennett

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Philip Dodd is joined by Richard Cork, Judith Collins, Barry Smith and Iain Sinclair to explore the work of Paolozzi. Plus philosopher Daniel Dennett talking about consciousness. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Cork
Interviewed Guest:
Judith Collins
Interviewed Guest:
Barry Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Sinclair
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Dennett

Free Thinking

The In Between

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough discusses the In Between and the strange passions it arouses with a philosopher, an artist, a writer, a poet and a neuroscientist. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Dean Burnett
Interviewed Guest:
Vahni Capildeo
Interviewed Guest:
Alexandra Carr
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Sinclair
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Thomas

Free Thinking

Landmark: In Parenthesis, by David Jones

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Iain Sinclair, Emma Jenkins, Paul Hills and Iain Bell join Philip Dodd to discuss the writing and art of David Jones, including In Parenthesis, his epic World War One poem. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Bell
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Sinclair
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Jenkins
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Hills
Producer:
Zahid Warley

Free Thinking

Political and Bardic Traditions in Wales

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet is in Cardiff to examine nationalism and the history of the left in Wales. He also discusses the Bardic tradition with poet Gwyneth Lewis and writer Iain Sinclair. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Deian Hopkin
Interviewed Guest:
Gwyneth Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Sinclair
Producer:
Zahid Warley

Free Thinking

Spy Fiction, Worrying, Joseph Cornell

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet is joined by AL Kennedy, Virginia Ironside and Francis O'Gorman to discuss worrying in literature and life. Plus New Generation Thinker Sam Goodman on spy fiction. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
AL Kennedy
Interviewed Guest:
Virginia Ironside
Interviewed Guest:
Francis O'Gorman
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Sinclair
Interviewed Guest:
Sam Goodman

Free Thinking

John Clare, Jimmy Wales and the Right to be Forgotten, Borowczyk Retrospective

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet talks to Iain Sinclair about poet John Clare, and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales discusses the implications of the 'right to be forgotten' legislation. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Sinclair
Interviewed Guest:
Greg Tate
Interviewed Guest:
Jimmy Wales
Interviewed Guest:
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger
Interviewed Guest:
Cherry Potter
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Bird
Producer:
Georgia Catt

Free Thinking

Aphra Behn, 1066 and the South Coast, Mark Thompson

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Anne McElvoy discusses Aphra Behn's play The Rover. Plus New York Times CEO Mark Thompson on political language and Iain Sinclair talking about the Norman Conquest. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Anne McElvoy
Interviewed Guest:
Elaine Hobby
Interviewed Guest:
Loveday Ingram
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Sinclair
Interviewed Guest:
David Bates
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Thompson