Heather at London's Bush Theatre, 78/52, film about the shower scene in Hitchcock's Psycho, Ali Smith's new seasonal novel - Winter, Monochrome at National Gallery, Babylon Berlin. Show more

Angels In America at London's National Theatre, Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman, Japanese film Harmonium, Laurent Binet's The Seventh Function of Language, Eric Gill in Ditchling. Show more

Novelist Gillian Slovo’s letter to her mother, the anti-apartheid activist Ruth First. Writers from around the world read letters on the theme of imprisonment.
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Tate Liverpool's Mondrian and His Studios, walk around Van Gogh's London, Nicholson Baker's novel Travelling Sprinkler, Polly Stenham's play Hotel, Canadian indie film The Dirties. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural highlights, including the Morrissey autobiography, new film The Selfish Giant, and Tim Rice's musical of From Here to Eternity. Show more

Will Gompertz and guests review Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac, a new National Theatre production of A Taste of Honey, and Beautiful Science at the British Library. Show more

James Naughtie talks to Gillian Slovo about her new book Ten Days.

The aftermath of the storm requires a clean-up - not only of the London's streets but of the mess created by political schemes and broken hearts. Show more

As the heat wave persists, in the aftermath of an unfortunate death involving the Metropolitan Police, the home secretary grapples with personal and professional intrigues. Show more

Cathy and her daughter are caught up in the street protests that the Met and the government are struggling to contain. Show more

Crisis point has been reached - for London, for Peter Whiteley, for Cathy and her daughter and for Joshua Yares, struggling to stop the rioting and find an officer gone rogue. Show more

It is the hottest summer on record and, when tensions rise with the temperature both in government and on the streets of London, the results will be fatal. Show more

It is the hottest summer on record and, when tensions rise with the temperature both in government and on the streets of London, the results will be fatal. Show more

It is the hottest summer on record and, when tensions rise with the temperature both in government and on the streets of London, the results will be fatal. Show more

While the prime minister is away at a trade conference, the new police commissioner is focused on finding the Molotov Man who has become the tabloid face of the London riots. Show more

The riots and the political storm are over and order has been restored - but at what cost to careers, parents and children from all walks of London life? Show more

On a dark and stormy night, matters come to a head when the police finally discover where their missing officer is hiding - just as Cathy Mason does the same. Show more

Martha Kearney and guests including Johann Hari, Gillian Slovo, Anne McElvoy and Susan Hitch discuss a new production of The Government Inspector at London's Young Vic. Show more

Julie Walters and Jack Thorne join John Wilson to discuss their new TV drama, plus Nicole Farhi on sculpting hands, Gillian Slovo on imprisonment, and Adrian Wootton on The Clan. Show more

This edition looks at Ten Days, Gillian Slovo's new novel and Botticelli Reimagined at the V&A. Plus Tony Warren remembered and Dr Thorne reviewed. Show more