Creativity, performance, debate
New productions of two of Angela Carter's iconic radio plays from the 1970s.
A reading of the last long interview with composer Leonard Bernstein by Jonathan Cott
Exploring the grid as the great hidden idea behind modernism, art, music and urban design.
Matthew Sweet looks at the career of impresario Philip Astley and 250 years of the circus.
Twm Morys with a personal perspective on five stories centring on Welsh history.
Andrew Martin on ventriloquists' dolls, one of the social phenomena managing to survive.
Shahidha Bari and guests mark Martin Luther King's visit to Newcastle University in 1967.
Join Ian and guests at the Latitude Festival's Speakeasy stage
As nature disappears, are we losing what has inspired our creativity for generations?
Author Andrew Martin celebrates social phenomena that are just about surviving
Anne McElvoy leads a discussion on the history and ethics of pet ownership.
Biographer Sue Prideaux and others discuss Nietzsche's relevance today
Rana Mitter talks to Ben Okri about Camus and debates the 'untamed mind' of Levi-Strauss.
A comedy about the philosophy of sound. Do we all hear things the same way?
Kit de Waal, Darren McGarvey, Adelle Stripe and Michael Chaplin with Shahidha Bari.
Comedians Alexei Sayle, Jen Brister and Sanjeev Kohli join Matthew Sweet at Sage Gateshead
Poet Jacob Polley's drama tells the story of boyhood friends Wen and Jackself
Enjoy your day of rest with a literary and musical celebration of Sunday.
Sara Maitland, Lionel Shriver and John-Henry Clay explore solitude
Alexandra Wilson takes a flapper's journey back to 1920s' operatic London.
New Generation Thinker Laurence Scott asks if feelings are becoming data, do they change?
John Tusa revisits the three provincial German towns where he first discovered opera.
Sarah Churchwell describes the spell female film stars of the 1930s and 40s have over her.
Poet Kenneth Steven explores Scottish island life, responding to the landscapes in poetry.
