Before an audience at Sage Gateshead, Rana Mitter explores east and west, and calm in a fast-paced world with author Haemin Sunim and New Generation Thinker Christopher Harding. Show more
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Enoch Powell, US Supreme Court, War and Art
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With Chris Hannan on his new Birmingham Rep play about Enoch Powell, plus James Zirin on the Supreme Court in America and two artists on how they see war. Chris Harding presents. Show more
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Japan and Korea, Hokusai
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Chris Harding discusses the work of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai with Tim Clark, curator of a new exhibition at the British Museum. Plus a focus on images of Korea. Show more
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Japan Now Festival at the British Library
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Christopher Harding is joined by novelist Yoko Tawada, film-maker Momoko Ando, chapbook editor Elmer Luke and Japanologist Alex Kerr. Show more
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Kenzaburo Oe; Artist and Empire at Tate Britain; Japan and Cool Now
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Philip Dodd and Christopher Harding review Nobel Prize winner Kenzaburo Oe's Death by Water. Mizuki Takahashi and Naoko Shimazu discuss the history and politics of Cool Japan. Show more
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The Tale of Genji, Algorithms
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Rana Mitter discusses The Tale of Genji, sometimes called the world's first novel. Plus Brian Christian on algorithms and Rasjid Skinner on Islamic approaches to psychology. Show more
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Godzilla and Hayao Miyazaki, Simon Armitage's version of The Iliad
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MJ Hyland reviews Simon Armitage's The Last Days of Troy at the Royal Exchange Manchester starring Lily Cole, plus Chris Harding on Japanese fears in Godzilla and The Wind Rises. Show more
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Buddhism, Therapy, Violence and Rationality
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Rana Mitter discusses Buddhism in therapy and politics, with New Generation Thinker Chris Harding. Show more
Night Waves
Peter O'Toole Appreciation, Genetics and Education, Japan at Christmas, Dragons
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To coincide with the opening of the second part of film director Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, Matthew Sweet explores 'slaying the dragon', from Beowulf to Smaug. Show more