Nigel Lawson
Tuesday 8 April 2008 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
With Isabel Hilton.
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson discusses his new book, which argues that humans will have to adapt to climate change rather than try to combat it. He debates this with Professor Mike Hulme, former director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
As Granta, the literary magazine, relaunches itself with a glossy new image, Isabel and her guests look at several new ideas magazines that have been launched or are about to be launched, asking how interesting they really are and if demand for them exists.
There's a review of George Clooney's new film Leatherheads and poet Aurian Haller gives a personal glimpse into his home city of Quebec on its 400th anniversary.
Intelligent Magazines
Isabel Hilton and guests review the new look Granta, recently launched Drawbridge and Intelligent Life and other magazines on the intelligent magazine market Night Waves.
Playlist
Lord Lawson on Climate Change
Lord Nigel Lawson will be on the programme arguing that adaptation to a changing climate rather than cutbacks in carbon emissions are our best bet in responding to what is at best an uncertain science.
He'll be debating with Professor Mike Hulme, founding director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, who believes that active intervention is not only necessary but will also prove to be the wisest choice economically.
An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming by Nigel Lawson is published by Duckworth Overlook.
Intelligent magazines
As Granta, the literary magazine, relaunches itself with a glossy new image, Isabel Hilton and guests Bidisha and Peter Preston look at a bunch of new ideas magazines that have launched or are about to launch, evaluate how interesting they are and ask whether there's really the demand to support them.
The Drawbridge, Granta and Intelligent Life are available in selected newsagents.
Standpoint is launched in May.
Leatherheads
We'll also be reviewing Leatherheads, George Clooney's new film: a romantic comedy set in the world of 1920s American football, which seeks to emulate the Hollywood "screwball comedies." These were subversive for their promotion of quick-witted, confident female leads and Clooney has developed a reputation for relishing the subversive in his films.
Now, in the post-feminist world, Isabel Hilton and will be asking if this film has anything fresh to say.
Leatherheads is released on Friday 11th certificate PG.
A Letter to Quebec
And as Quebec City gears up to celebrate the 400th anniversary of its founding, the local poet Aurian Haller gives us a personal glimpse of his relationship to one of the city's most famous public spaces: the Plains of Abraham, where General James Wolfe ambushed the French to take the city in 1759.
