BBC Radio 4 - Arts & Ideas

Proms Extra: Sea Journeys and Voyages

Rana Mitter considers epic sea journeys in history with Barry Cunliffe & Edith Hall.

Nandini Das & novelist Lawrence Norfolk discuss European writers & the idea of ‘Europe’.

Matthew Sweet, Daisy Hay, Richard Davenport-Hines at Imperial College, London.

Thomas Dixon and musicologist Wiebke Thormählen discuss music, literature and emotion.

Geologist Iain Stewart and geographer Nicholas Crane consider the concept of "Deep Time".

Judges Ian McMillan, Jackie Kay & Judith Palmer are joined on stage by the winning poets.

Anna Pavord considers the landscapes created by 'Capability' Brown - born 300 years ago

Historians Adrian Tinniswood and Tom Charlton look at London in ruins in September 1666.

Novelist Tahmima Anam and Preti Taneja join Rana Mitter to explore the writing of Tagore.

Novelist Philip Kerr and historian Karen Leeder look at Leipzig in 1989 and Germany now.