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    Organising the Mind

    Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss creativity and the organised mind.

  2. Surveillance and Self-censorship

    Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss surveillance and self-censorship.

  3. The Tudors

    Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the Tudors.

  4. Sense of Place

    Andrew Marr and guests discuss why some places mean so much more to us than others.

  5. Hedonism

    Tom Sutcliffe discusses hedonism with Greg Doran, Julia Twigg, Zoe Cormier and Kurt Lampe.

  6. Reinventing Inventions

    Tom Sutcliffe with Danielle George, Armand Leroi, John Barrow and Misbah Arif on invention

  7. Arabian Nights

    Anne McElvoy and guests discuss literature and art in the Arabic world.

  8. Evolution and Extinction

    Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the secrets of evolution and threats of extinction.

  9. Science Fiction

    Tom Sutcliffe with William Gibson, Michel Faber, Judy Wajcman and Dominic Sandbrook.

  10. Self-Portrayal

    Tom Sutcliffe with James Hall, Betsy Wieseman, John Burnside and Richard Tognetti.

  11. A Good Death

    Andrew Marr on mortality with Atul Gawande, Diana Athill, Deborah Bowman and Carl Watkins.

  12. The Language of Money

    Anne McElvoy talks to John Lanchester, Martin Wolf, Naomi Alderman and John Kampfner.

  13. Revolution

    Tom Sutcliffe with Russell Brand, Susan Neiman, Juliet Barker and David Babbs.

  14. Napoleon

    Tom Sutcliffe with Andrew Roberts, Jenny Uglow, Sudhir Hazareesingh and Gavin Plumley.

  15. Crime Stories and Ghost Stories

    Anne McElvoy with Val McDermid, Susan Hill, Alex Werner and David Clarke.

  16. Naomi Klein on climate change and growth

    Anne McElvoy with Naomi Klein, Tahmima Anam, Jeremy Oppenheim and Dieter Helm.

  17. Karen Armstrong on War and Religion

    Tom Sutcliffe with Karen Armstrong, Justin Marozzi and Christopher Coker.

  18. Hilary Mantel

    Tom Sutcliffe with Hilary Mantel, Neil MacGregor, Jeremy Deller and Kei Miller.

  19. Tom Sutcliffe discusses family secrets and Scottish royalty

    Tom Sutcliffe with Michael Holroyd, Rona Munro, Herman Koch and Hugo Blick.

  20. The Science of the Mind

    Andrew Marr with Mark Williams, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Charles Fernyhough and Ben Shephard.

  21. Joyce DiDonato and Julie Bindel on Women Behaving Badly

    Tom Sutcliffe talks with Julie Bindel, Helen Castor, Joyce DiDonato and Erica Whyman.

  22. Pain and Prejudice

    Tom Sutcliffe talks pain and suffering with Joanna Bourke, Norman Fowler and Jeremy Farrar

  23. What Is the State For?

    Tom Sutcliffe with Adrian Wooldridge, Tristram Hunt, Anjan Sundaram and Charu Lata Hogg.

  24. Rod Liddle on the selfish generation

    Tom Sutcliffe with Rod Liddle, Neil Jameson, Xiaolu Guo and Ramin Gray.

  25. Charleston Festival

    Tom Sutcliffe with Tim Winton, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Nicola Barker and Michael Schmidt.

  26. Alien Invaders

    Anne McElvoy and Ken Thompson, Monique Simmonds, Victoria Herridge and John Lewis-Stempel.

  27. The Myth of the Strong Leader?

    Tom Sutcliffe with Richard Hytner, Heather Rabbatts, Jonathan Powell and Archie Brown.

  28. Simon Armitage on Greek Tragedy

    Anne McElvoy with Simon Armitage, Frank McGuinness, Natalie Haynes and Kenan Malik.

  29. The Future of Capitalism

    Anne McElvoy with Jeremy Rifkin, Saskia Sassen and Kwasi Kwarteng.

  30. James Lovelock

    Anne McElvoy looks to the future with James Lovelock, Joanna Haigh and George Monbiot.

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