Arts and Ideas

Arts and Ideas

The Arts and Ideas podcast brings you a selection of the best from BBC Radio 3's daily programme Night Waves. You'll find in-depth interviews with leading writers, directors, film-makers, and architects; vociferous debates on the key cultural and philosophical questions of our time; and the critics' judgement on the latest releases. Night Waves is on air Monday to Thursday at 9.15 - 10pm.

  • Updated:
    Weekly
  • Average duration:
    47 minutes

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  • technology & democracy, historical drama, Islamic art, and the 1969 moonlanding

    Mon, 6 Jul 09

    Duration:
    44 mins

    Historical drama: fact or fiction? TV drama scriptwriter Michael Hirst defends himself against the charge of betraying history in his work. Plus, following events in Iran, technology critic Bill Thompson on the internet as a tool for democratic change; the scope and the limit of contemporary Islamic art; and the Summer of '69 - American writer Michael Goldfarb recalls his personal memories of the 1969 moonlanding.

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