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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott discuss new research on supernatural fiction writer Vernon Lee with Francesco Ventrella. Plus what it means to lie and popular ideas of the 'coma'. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott explore our perceived obsession with the self. With journalist Will Storr, authors Olivia Sudjic and Thom Jackson, and neuroscientist Sophie Scott. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott explore images of Canada, including First Nations art, Anne of Green Gables on TV, and poems and art posted on Instagram and Twitter by Rupi Kaur. Show more
New generation thinkers Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott discuss the aesthetic and holistic aspects of running with four converts from the worlds of arts and academia. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott consider how archives come to life with klezmer music, stories from conflict in Northern Ireland and voices from marginalised communities. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Blockbusters around the world: From the Indian Superman to Batman in the Philippines, Iain Smith and Matthew Sweet look at the hidden history of unlicensed superhero films. Show more
As Georgia O'Keeffe images of New Mexico go on display at Tate Modern, Matthew Sweet discusses deserts with writers Geoff Dyer and Laurence Scott and curator Tanya Barson. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Rana Mitter is joined by New Generation Thinkers. With Laurence Scott on digital living, Sarah Dillon on Muriel Spark and Sandeep Parmar on diversity in modern British poetry. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
As Dad's Army inspires a film, Matthew Sweet looks at the fifth column, learns about a robot's emotions and looks at utopia in sci-fi. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Matthew Sweet is joined by Professor Christopher Frayling to discuss the revival of westerns and by Briony Hanson and Laurence Scott to consider the 2016 Oscar contenders. Show more
A philosophical meditation on 21st-century reality, inspired by the death of the author Laurence Scott's parents. Read by Stephen Mangan. Show more
Bereavement forces you to consider how much things matter. The second episode of Laurence Scott's philosophical memoir. Read by Stephen Mangan. Show more
Stephen Mangan reads the third episode of Laurence Scott's moving philosophical memoir. Today - we are all photographers now. Show more
Stephen Mangan reads the fourth episode of Laurence Scott's philosophical memoir. Today: how are you feeling? Show more
Stephen Mangan reads the final episode of Laurence Scott's philosophical memoir. Today - obsessive personal accounting. Show more
