Programme Details

On Night Waves this evening author Richard Panek dicusses with Philip Dodd the day Freud and Einstein met, what they had in common and tells the story of how they inspired a revolution in thought that altered not only what, or how much, we see but also the nature of seeing.

"A man of undoubted genius" T.S Eliot said of him. With the opening of a major exhibition this week of the works of painter, draughtsman, novelist, satirist and critic Wyndam Lewis, art critic Richard Cork and Prof. Paul Edwards discuss his extraordinary life and work.

Professor Carol Rutter reviews the new production of Antony and Cleopatra directed by Braham Murray at The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.

And throughout the week on Night Waves, you can hear the stories behind some of the most prized artefacts in the British Museum's Africa collection. From the iron throwing knives of the Ingessana people of Sudan to the ivory salt cellars of Benin City state. The British Museum's curator for the Africa Galleries, Christopher Spring, is our guide to the story behind the throwing knives. Though what they were used for is far from obvious.

That's all on Night Waves with Philip Dodd at 9.30pm.




Presenter: Philip Dodd
Producer: Anne Marie Cole





Additional Information:
Richard Panek's The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud and the Search for Hidden Universes
is published by Fourth Estate.

Wyndham Lewis: Paintings, Drawings & Publications is on at Olympia, London between 1-6th March 2005 

Antony and Cleopatra is on a the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, from 23 February 2005 to 09 April 2005

Africa 05 is the biggest celebration of African culture ever organised in Britain, including visual arts, cinema, literature, history, music, craft, and performing arts. For more details visit www.bbc.co.uk/bbcafrica/africa05/