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    Partition, colonial power and the voices of C16th women

    Artist Hew Locke and historians Suzannah Lipscomb, Aanchal Malhotra & Anindya Raychaudhuri

  2. Paper

    From the Chinese Han Dynasty in 105 AD to the 20th-century workplace, art and rubbish.

  3. Panpsychism - Is matter conscious?

    Matthew Sweet lifts the lid on panpsychism, a radical movement in philosophy

  4. Pankaj Mishra, research into Indian history

    Pankaj Mishra discusses his new novel about friends in an age of upheaval

  5. Pan-Africanism

    Shahidha Bari discusses pan-Africanism in plays, films, literature and politics.

  6. Pakistan, Politics and Water Supplies

    Samira Shackle , Ejaz Haider and Majed Akhter talk about Karachi, power, crime and energy

  7. Pacific Rim politics; Ronan Bennett; Sjon

    Rana Mitter hosts a debate on relations between Japan, US and China.

  8. Oxford Philosophy

    The influence of J.L. Austin, Gilbert Ryle, Elizabeth Anscombe and later Derek Parfit

  9. Out of Control?

    Anne McElvoy looks at why we fight with former army officer Dr Mike Martin.

  10. Our Relationship with Animals: Will Abberley, Chris Packham, Helen Pilcher, Alan Hook

    Shahidha Bari looks at computing for cats, de-extinction and an animal symphony.

  11. Oscars 2019

    Matthew Sweet & guests look at films making waves as the Academy announces its shortlists

  12. Oscar Contenders, Movie Moguls and Silent Film Stars

    Lucy Porter & Steve Massa on women of the silent era, Vanda Krefft on William Fox's life

  13. Orwell's 1984. A Landmark of Culture.

    Matthew Sweet explores what fed into Orwell's future vision & how our own is shaping up.

  14. Orhan Pamuk and the Ottoman Empire

    The Nobel Prize winning novelist is joined by academics Michael Talbot and Keya Anjaria

  15. Order & Chaos

    Clutter, indexes, and jazz improvisation. Ruth Ozeki and others join Shahidha Bari

  16. Oral tradition and oracy

    Anne McElvoy and guests discuss look at fluently in politics, the classroom & society

  17. On The Silver Globe

    Take a mind-bending trip to a distant planet with Andrzej Zulawski's cult 1987 SF film

  18. Oliver Rackham and Wildwood Ideas

    The man who loved our trees and woods and new ideas of what they were and might become

  19. Oliver Postgate

    Matthew Sweet & Daniel Postgate, musicians Sandra Kerr & Neil Brand, critic Samira Ahmed

  20. Oliver Postgate

    Matthew Sweet and guests on the creator of children's TV classics including The Clangers.

  21. Odessa Stories

    Matthew Sweet explores the work of Soviet Ukrainian writer Isaac Babel

  22. Octavia Butler's Kindred

    A novel from 1979 which uses time travel to explore race, slavery and trauma

  23. Octavia Butler's Kindred

    A novel from 1979 that uses time travel to explore race, slavery and trauma

  24. Oceans, art and pacific poetry

    From coral reef sculptures to creation sagas of Australia and attitudes to land and sea.

  25. Oceans and the Sea

    Abdulrazak Gurnah, Emily Shuckburgh and Joan Passey join Rana Mitter at Hay Festival

  26. Novelist Tahmima Anam plus was Nero a ruthless tyrant?

    Was Nero really a victim of plots? Bulgaria's hidden past. Plus a novel about startups.

  27. Notebooks and new technology

    Authors Jonathan Coe, Roland Allen, Lesley Smith and art book maker Gill Partington

  28. Northern Ireland

    Anne McElvoy marks the 1921 creation of Northern Ireland with historians and writers

  29. Night Waves - Peter Brook

    Matthew Sweet talks to Peter Brook. The theatre director has had a lifelong with which...

  30. New Thinking:The Innovative Shape of Poems

    Sandeep Parmar talks to poets Kayo Chingonyi, Paisley Rekdal and Nasser Hussain

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