Arts & Ideas Episodes Episode guide
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Night Waves - Portraits Day
In a special edition from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Philip Dodd is by at...
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Night Waves - Photographers' Gallery
Samira Ahmed and guests discuss the opening and relaunch of The Photographer's Gallery...
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Night Waves - Philosophical Investigations
To mark the 60th anniversary of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations,...
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Night Waves - Phil Redmond
Phil Redmond, the creator of ground-breaking series such as Grange Hill, Brookside and...
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Night Waves - Peter O'Toole
To pay tribute to the actor Peter O’Toole, Matthew Sweet is joined by director Roger...
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Night Waves - Peter Nichols
Rana Mitter talks to the playwright Peter Nichols as his 1981 Passion Play opens again...
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Night Waves - Paul Preston, The Stuff That Really Matters, Mark Pagel, Chung Kuo China
Rana Mitter meets Paul Preston, whose new account of the Spanish Civil War is called -...
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Night Waves - Paul Foot Award
As the winner of the Paul Foot award for investigative and campaigning journalism is a...
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Night Waves - Paul Auster
Novelist and film director Paul Auster joins Anne McElvoy to discuss his new memoir,...
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Night Waves - Othello & Insects
Rana Mitter talks to Susannah Clapp with the first review of the National Theatre's of...
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Night Waves - Orwell & Stoicism
As Scotland and England consider the future of the United Kingdom, Philip Dodd what of...
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Night Waves - Opium & TV Dramas
Matthew Sweet on 'Opium: Reality's Dark Dream. ' Corruption and pain relief, war and in...
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Night Waves - Open Access
Education minister David Willetts and research chief Dame Janet Finch are in the to of...
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Night Waves - Oliver Stone
Samira Ahmed talks to American film director Oliver Stone about his documentary which...
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Night Waves - Nostalgia and the NHS
Is nostalgia for an idea of the NHS is inhibiting clear-eyed debate? Samira Ahmed is...
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Night Waves - Noam Chomsky
Philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky joins Philip Dodd for an extended conversation a...
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Night Waves - Nicholas Hytner
Sir Nicholas Robert Hytner looks back at his time as the head of the National Theatre...
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Night Waves - Nelson Mandela
In a change to our usual programme and podcast, Philip Dodd introduces two interviews...
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Night Waves - Neil Tennant
Singer and song writer Neil Tennant in conversation with Philip Dodd. He discusses the...
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Night Waves - Neil Gaiman
Anne McElvoy talks to Neil Gaiman, prolific award-winning author of novels for adults...
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Night Waves - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the banker-turned-philosopher who predicted the 2008 financial...
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Night Waves - Napoleon, Turner Prize, Georgia
As Radio 3 marks the bicentenary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s historic retreat from Anne...
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Night Waves - Napoleon Rising
Critic Kevin Jackson and Andrew Biswell join Samira Ahmed to review Napoleon Rising, a...
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Night Waves - Nadeem Aslam
Samira Ahmed visits the British Museum to see its new show about Ice Age art.
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Night Waves - Mozart's Sister
Liberals want gentle dogs, and conservatives want obedient ones argues social and in...
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Night Waves - Morality and the Law
Anne McElvoy discusses ethics and the law after several politicians have complained by...
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Night Waves - Mohsin Hamid
Samira Ahmed talks to international best selling author Mohsin Hamid about his new How...
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Night Waves - Miliband, Slavoj Zizek, Ghosts, Melissa Benn
Jonathan Derbyshire, the Managing Editor of Prospect magazine, and Observer columnist...
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Night Waves - Michael Chabon
Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon joins Matthew Sweet to discuss his new...
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Night Waves - Melanie Phillips
Journalist and broadcaster Melanie Phillips discusses her autobiography Guardian Angel...
