Podcast appearances and mentions of laurence scott

Alexandra Harris has previously cast her probing critical eye over poetic and artistic responses to English weather (in Weatherland), and English art of the 1930s and 40s (in Romantic Moderns); now, in The Rising Down (Faber & Faber) she turns it on the West Sussex landscape of her childhood, revealing the layers of buried lives beneath a familiar landscape in a work which the Independent has described as ‘scholarship at its life-enhancing best'. Harris was in conversation with essayist and critic Laurence Scott, author of Picnic Comma Lightning and The Four Dimensional Human. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's nothing like a good night's sleep, but Laurence Scott discovers that our ability to enjoy one may be related to other societal inequalities, giving rise to the idea of sleep justice. His guests, researchers Sally Cloke, Jonathan White, Alice Vernon and Alice Bennett, also provide insights into sleep disorders, including night terrors, and the tyranny of the alarm clock.Producer: Torquil MacLeodJonathan White is Professor of Politics and Deputy Head of the European Institute at the London School of Economics whose books include In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea and an article for the Journal of Political Philosophy Circadian Justice Dr Sally Cloke is a designer, researcher and writer on design and care ethics based at Cardiff Metropolitan University Dr Alice Vernon, a creative writing lecturer at Aberystwyth University is the author of Night Terrors: Troubled Sleep and the Stories We Tell About It Dr Alice Bennett, who lectures at Liverpool Hope University is the author of Alarm and Contemporary Fictions of AttentionIn the Free Thinking archives and available as Arts & Ideas podcasts you can find other discussions relating to sleep hearing from Russell Foster, Sasha Handley, Diletta de Cristofaro, Kenneth Miller and Matt Berry

The Great Library of Alexandria had a mission to collect every book in the world. In attempting to do so it created the foundations for the systems and structures of public libraries that we know today. We discuss the development of libraries, our emotional attachment to them and their pupose in the digital age.Islam Issa's new book traces the development of Alexandria. He joins Andrew Pettegree, author of The Library: A Fragile History, Fflur Dafydd whose murder mystery story The Library Suicides is set in the National Library of Wales and academic Jess Cotton who is researching the history of loneliness and the role played by public libraries as hubs for communities. Laurence Scott hosts.Andrew Pettegree is a Professor at St Andrews University and the author of The Library: A Fragile History Fflur Dafydd is a novelist and screenwriter who writes in Welsh and English. She is the author of BAFTA Cymru nominated thrillers 35 awr and 35 Diwrnod and her novel The Library Suicides has also been made as a film Y Llyfrgell. Dr Jess Cotton from the University of Cambridge has been researching Lonely Subjects: Loneliness in Postwar Literature and Psychoanalysis, 1945-1975 Islam Issa is a Professor at Birmingham City University, author of Alexandria: The City that Changed the World. He is a New Generation Thinker on the scheme run by the BBC and Arts and Humanities Research Council to share academic research on radio. You can hear him discussing the Shakespeare collection at the Birmingham Library in an Arts and Ideas podcast episode called Everything to Everybody - Shakespeare for the peopleProducer: Julian Siddle

Mikey Burrows hands over to US correspondent Laurence Scott to tell the story of how an idea was formed to document the tale of the young Wolves players who flew to 1960s America to launch the game in the States. Wolves Weekly is brought to you by My Diesel Claim. If you owned or leased any diesel vehicle between 2009 and 2020, you can check your eligibility instantly and sign up at https://bit.ly/mydieselclaimpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Lyons' Corner House opera performances in the 1920s to 1980s productions staged in fish and chip shops in Scotland – Alexandra Wilson has been studying the history of opera going and presents us with a wider audience for the art form than current stereotypes might have you think. Callan Davies has looked at what went on in Elizabethan playhouses aside from plays by the likes of Shakespeare. New archaeological digs and legal documents featuring complaints are giving us evidence for a kind of leisure centre or arena which might have seen animal sports, fencing matches or spectaculars. Laurence Scott hosts the conversation. Alexandra Wilson is Professor of music and cultural history from Oxford Brookes University and the author of Opera in the Jazz Age: Cultural Politics in 1920s Britain Callan Davies is lecturer in 17th-century studies at the University of Southampton. His book is called What is a Playhouse? England at Play, 1520-1620 and he's involved in a research project called Box Office Bears which you can hear more about in another of our New Thinking episodes of the Arts and Ideas podcast and you can find more information about playhouses here: https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/shakespeares-world/playhouses/ https://www.thestageshoreditch.com/discover/history-heritage Laurence Scott is the author of two books The Four-Dimensional Human and Picnic Comma Lightning. He teaches writing and literature at New York University in London and became a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker in the first year of the scheme in 2011. This New Thinking episode of the Arts and Ideas podcast was made in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UKRI. You can find a collection of episodes focused on new research on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking programme website.

Writers Teju Cole and Noo Saro-Wiwa and Tate curator Osei Bonsu talk to Laurence Scott. The exhibition A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography at Tate Modern has a mission statement - to confront reductive representations of African peoples and cultures. All the images are from an African perspective, and explore ideas about masks, spiritual worlds, royalty, family portraits and shared dreams. The lives of African settlers in China are at the heart of the new book Black Ghosts by Noo Sara-Wiwa. Opportunities for Africans to live and work in China are precarious and tightly controlled, the book explores why many choose to live under such restrictions. And Teju Cole's new novel is entitled Tremor. His central character a teacher of photography considers the revaluation of contemporary and historical identity in both Africa and America. Producer: Julian Siddle You can find more episodes exploring Black History including episodes on Octavia Butler, the Black Atlantic, Sankofa and Afro-futurism and Zimbabwean writing on the Free Thinking programme website and available on BBC Sounds and as the Arts & Ideas podcast https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08t2qbp

Insecurity, sexuality and bliss are amongst the topics explored in the short stories of Katherine Mansfield (14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923). Having left a New Zealand suburb she came to England aged 19 and made friends with the Bloomsbury set, meeting writers like Virginia Woolf and DH Lawrence. A new biography by Claire Harman uses ten stories to tell the story of Mansfield's life and writing. One of her admirers was the Canadian author Mavis Gallant (11 August 1922 – 18 February 2014) who spent much of her writing life in France. Laurence Scott and Kirsty Gunn join Claire Harman and Shahidha Bari to explore what these authors have to tell us about the art of short story writing. Claire Harman's biography is called All Sorts of Lives: Katherine Mansfield and the art of risking everything Kirsty Gunn is the author of My Katherine Mansfield project a long essay. Her own writing includes a collection of stories Infidelities and her latest novel Caroline's Bikini Laurence Scott is the author of Picnic, Comma, Lightning. Producer: Ruth Watts On the Free Thinking programme website you can find a collection of discussions about Prose, Poetry and Drama https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p047v6vh and a collection exploring Modernism around the World https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07p3nxh

Lucy Prebble, acclaimed playwright and Succession screenwriter, talks to Tom about the return of I Hate Suzie Too, her TV collaboration with Billie Piper about a B-list celebrity making a reality TV comeback, following an intimate phone hacking scandal. Immersive and interactive exhibitions, performances and ‘experiences' are everywhere, from the Frida Kahlo exhibition at the Reel Store in Coventry to a Peaky Blinders experience in London. Tom is joined by author Laurence Scott and art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnson to ask if we've reached peak immersion. After having its funding slashed and being told it must move out of London, where does the English National Opera go from here? Manchester has been mooted, although there are reports that the Arts Council may be about to grant the ENO a reprieve. The company's chief executive Stuart Murphy will give us an update, and we'll hear from Richard Mantle, chief executive of Leeds-based Opera North, which tours to cities including Greater Manchester. And Manchester-based opera singer Soraya Mafi, who has performed with ENO, explains what the move might mean to her. Image: Billie Piper as Suzie Pickles in I Hate Suzie Too Photographer: Tom Beard Copyright: Sky UK Ltd.

Stained glass, digital photos, or a pile of rocks. Today, we join the co-hosts of the Embedded Church podcast and talk about how the church builds memories. It's a podcast inside a podcast. Memories help people establish identities and build communities, and physical places are fertile ground where memories take root. But are new digital spaces uprooting our memories, or giving them new soil to grow in?  As Christians, God consistently calls us to remember all that he has done and the ways he has been faithful. How can we root our memories in physical places and digital spaces, and cultivate the benefits of both?  We asked our friends Eric Jacobsen and Sara Joy Proppe, the co-hosts of the Embedded Church podcast, to help us sort this out. Call it a podcast playdate. What does memory look like in digital and built spaces?  How do these spaces shape the capacity, and content, of our memory? Hear stories of churches that have established creative practices that both embrace lament and celebrate God's healing. If your church wants to build memory and community through digital and physical spaces, check out this episode! LINKS Learn more about the Embedded Church podcast on their website and on Instagram. Listen on Apple, Google, Spotify, and everywhere else. Eric O. Jacobsen is the Lead Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma Washington. He is the author of numerous books and articles exploring the connections between the Christian faith, local community, and the built environment. He has a PhD in Theology and Culture from Fuller Theological Seminary and is a member of the Congress for the New Urbanism. He is married to Liz Jacobsen and has four amazing children (Kate, Peter, Emma, and Abraham). Follow him on Twitter. Sara Joy Proppe (‘Pro-pay') is a speaker and consultant who started Proximity Project as a way to integrate her faith and work. She seeks to educate and equip churches to be strategic stewards of their properties for the common good within the contexts of their neighborhoods through avenues of placemaking and real estate development. Her professional expertise includes urban planning, real estate development, and placemaking. She has a Masters in Community Planning from Iowa State University and is a member of the Congress for the New Urbanism. Follow her on Twitter. Sara Joy mentioned Biola's Advent devotionals. You can check them out here! Chris mentioned Laurence Scott a couple times. His book The Four-Dimensional Human is an acute reflection on the human experience of digital spaces. Learn more here. TALK BACK Reach out to Device & Virtue on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Talk back to Chris and Adam on Twitter. Support Device & Virtue. Learn how. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From Shakespearian writing and Tudor sound to the power of song, ideas about stupidity to sea monsters and the soil - the ten academics working at UK universities who have been chosen to share their research on radio give us insights into a range of subjects. Laurence Scott - one of the first New Generation Thinkers back in 2010 is the host. Dr Ellie Chan, University of Manchester Dr Louise Creechan, University of Durham Dr Sabina Dosani, University of East Anglia Dr Shirin Hirsch, Manchester Metropolitan University and the People's History Museum Dr Oskar Jensen, University of East Anglia Dr Jade Munslow Ong, University of Salford Dr Joan Passey, University of Bristol Dr Jim Scown, University of Cardiff and Food, Farming and Countryside Commission Dr Clare Siviter, University of Bristol Dr Emma Whipday, Newcastle University Producer: Ruth Watts New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to turn research into radio. There's a playlist featuring insights from the 120 academics over the 12 years the scheme has been running https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08zhs35

From paper bullets to Tibetan rituals, early printing presses to present day recycling: Laurence Scott explores the cultural and social history of paper, from the Chinese Han Dynasty in 105 AD to the 20th-century workplace. His guests are: Adam Smyth, a Professor of English Literature and the History of the Book at the University of Oxford. His books include Material Texts in Early Modern England; Book Destruction from the Medieval to the Contemporary (co-edited with Dennis Duncan) and Book Parts: A collection of essays on the history of parts of a book; Therese Weber, an artist who has made paintings out of pulp, paper tearing and dipping and is the author of The Language of Paper: A History of 2000 Years; Nicholas Basbanes, a writer and journalist, whose books include On Paper: The Everything of its Two Thousand Year History and Emily Cockayne, an Associate Professor in Early Modern History at the University of East Anglia and author of Rummage: A History of the Things We Have Reused, Recycled and Refused to Let Go. Laurence Scott is the author of books about digital life including The Four-Dimensional Human and Picnic Comma Lightning. How did such a mundane substance revolutionise modern warfare, enable Imperialism and transform art? Can there ever be a blank page? Is recycling the answer to waste? The conversation ranges across the relationship between paper and religious history in the printing of the Quran and Tibetan rituals for the dead; to C17 Swedish paper bullets; Dickens' Bleak House - in which a pile of paper leads to a fatal fire; the Bristol company who specialised in papier-mâché – a material used for elaborate decorations in C18 homes – and then used by artists like Jean Dubuffet in the 1940s and 50s and a scrap of paper, which survived 9/11 and told a widow, about her husband's final moments. Producer: Jayne Egerton

A "house on chicken legs” in Moscow designed by Viktor Andreyev, Virginia Woolf's novel Jacob's Room first published on 26 October 1922, Coal Cart Blues sung by Louis Armstrong drawing on his own experiences of pulling one round the streets of New Orleans where he started his teenage years living in a Home for Waifs; Duchamp's 1912 painting Nude Descending a Staircase, No 2 are picked out as novelist Will Self, art historian and literary critic Alexandra Harris, jazz and music expert Kevin Le Gendre and architecture writer Owen Hatherley try to nail down the elements that make something modernist; looking at the importance of rhythm, the depiction of everyday life and new inventions, psychology and how you describe the self and utopian ideas about communal living. The presenter is New Generation Thinker and essayist Laurence Scott. Producer: Luke Mulhall Image: Will Self in BBC Broadcasting House, London Part of the modernism season running across BBC Radio 3 and 4 with programmes marking the publication in 1922 of Ulysses by James Joyce, a reading of Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, a Words and Music playlist of readings from key works published in 1922 and a Sunday Feature on Radio 3 looking at the "all in a day" artwork.

Deciphering Dickens's shorthand, how the National Health Service uses graphic art to convey messages, creating a comic strip from Greek myths: these are some of the events taking place at the annual Being Human Festival in which universities around the UK introduce their research in a series of public talks, walks, workshops and performances. Laurence Scott meets some of those taking part and discusses different ways of recording and presenting information from comics to coded notebooks, to a scheme that projected books onto the ceilings of hospitals, which made it possible for thousands of people with disabilities to read after the Second World War. Dr Claire Wood is at the University of Leicester. Her event is called Cracking the Dickens Code Professor Anna Feigenbaum is at the University of Bournemouth. Her event is called Covid Comics and Me. Find out more at https://www.covidcomics.org/ Dr Amanda Potter is at the Open University. Her event is called Greek Mythology Comic Writing Workshop Professor Matthew Rubery is at Queen Mary University of London. His event is called Projected Books for Veterans of the Second World War The Being Human Festival runs from November 11th to 20th https://beinghumanfestival.org/ Producer: Phoebe McFarlane. This New Thinking episode of the Arts and Ideas podcast was made in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UKRI. You can find other programmes hearing insights from academics in our New Research playlist on the Free Thinking programme website https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03zws90

A concrete diving suited figure apparently swimming into the gallery floor is one of the sculptures created by Tania Kovats for her current exhibition. Margo Neale Ngawagurrawa has curated the Songlines exhibition of Aborginal art and the importance of their landscape. Huhana Smith works on the Te Waituhi a Nuku project which looks at Māori Coastal Ecosystems and Economies and climate change. Michael Falk researches the poetry of Papua New Guinea, including Reluctant Flame by John Kaisapwalova, which was written 50 years ago. Laurence Scott hosts the conversation about our relationship with water, the land and a sense of identity. Tania Kovats: Oceanic is on show at Parafin London until Sat 20 Nov 2021. She is Profess of Drawing at Bath Spa University and her drawings and sculptures are inspired by reading Rachel Carson's 1953 book The Sea Around Us https://www.drawingopen.com/tania-kovats has links to projects including Te Waituhi ā Nuku: Drawing Ecologies: Planning for Climate Change Impacts on Māori Coastal Ecosystems and Economies which Huhana Smith works on. Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters runs at the Box Plymouth until 27 February 2022 and includes the work of over 100 artists covering a landscape of 500,000 sq km. This link has more information about the poetry discussed by Michael Falk https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-kasaipwalova You can find a playlist on the Free Thinking programme website called Green Thinking which gathers together podcasts made for COP26 highlighting new research into ways of combatting climate change and a series of discussions with writers, artists and musicians interested in exploring nature in their work. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07zg0r2 Producer: Sofie Vilcins.

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, on Bayern Munich putting its power on display taking down the competition in the Bundesliga with impressive statements like scoring four goals in seven minutes. As Bayern is once again on a mission, FC Barcelona is also working to have a solid Champions League showing this week before Sunday's La Liga clash with rivals Real Madrid.Host: Laurence ScottAsk your questions about this episode or anything else on your mind by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, previews what will be the biggest week of the season for FC Barcelona. Key matches in La Liga and Champions League lead up to El Clásico as it is make-or-break before the clash ahead with Real Madrid. Also, in the Premier League the International Break might derail the steam that Arsenal was building, as they too need to capitalize in some critical matches ahead.Host: Laurence ScottAsk your questions about this episode or anything else on your mind by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, brings you up to date on FC Helsingør as they currently sit at the top of the NordicBet Liga standings and have three key matches ahead to close out October as Vover FC delivers another spotlight feature on one of the Danish club's veterans. Nikolaj Hansen, who began his pro career at FC Copenhagen and has made various stops at clubs in Denmark before arriving at FC Helsingør, is the focus of the latest edition.Host: Laurence ScottAsk your questions about this episode or anything else on your mind by downloading the Vover app here!

A novel about Matisse, hand glazed ceramic panels, red ochre to Yves Klein blue, the story of female pioneers of colour theory: Laurence Scott is joined by the artist Lubna Chowdhary, author Michèle Roberts and art historians James Fox and Kelly Grovier to celebrate colour and find out more about the history of different colours and the way we look at them. Lubna Chowdhary's exhibition at Peer in London until November will be expanded when it goes on show in Middlesborough at MIMA in 2022 https://lubnachowdhary.co.uk/ James Fox's book is called The World According to Colour: A Cultural History Michèle Roberts' novel is called Cut, Out. You can hear Michèle talking about failure and female friendship in a previous Free Thinking discussion https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jvwp Kelly Grovier is writing about female pioneers of colour theory for bbc.com You can find more of his work at https://www.kellygrovier.com/ In the Free Thinking visual arts playlist we talk to painter Sean Scully, a fashion expert and a neuro scientist about colour perception https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b046cs01 and Kelly thinks about how we look at art in this episode https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xrzd5 And if you want to experience colour on the walls of galleries at the moment – the Royal Academy Summer show is ablaze with it, the Hayward Gallery has a display of painters, Frieze London art fair is on this week, Mit Jai Inn has created a Dreamworld at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, Charleston farmhouse in Sussex – the colourfully decorated home of the Bloomsbury gang - pairs the work of Duncan Grant with contemporary art and the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge has a show focusing on gold artefacts found in Kazakhstan. Producer: Jessica Treen

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, breaks down the early odds for World Cup 2022 in Qatar as France, Brazil and England are the current favorites. Can France go back-to-back? Will Neymar help carry Brazil to glory? Can England ride tremendous talent to the finish line? It's never too early to weigh-in. Host: Laurence ScottAsk your questions about this episode or anything else on your mind by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, weighs in on France getting action speaking way louder than words from Kylian Mbappe. His motor on display against Belgium fueling both a victory for France and the UEFA Nations League itself, as a concept with things evolving past the standard International Friendly. Meanwhile, La Liga is seeing an influx of young Mexican players who are working to become stars in Europe.Host: Laurence ScottAsk your questions about this episode or anything else on your mind by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, delivers another spotlight feature on one of FC Helsingør's stars as the Danish club is battling to stay at the top of the NordicBet Liga table. Veteran goalkeeper Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard who has played in the Premier League and Bundesliga is the focus of the latest edition.Host: Laurence ScottAsk your questions about this episode or anything else on your mind by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott on how PSG's lack of interest in certain Ligue 1 contests is a trend that could lead to a much larger concern as Champions League continues past the group stage in the months ahead. No shots on target for PSG, a disturbing stat in a loss to Rennes that speaks volumes about focus. Real Madrid's defensive coordination has also become a major Achilles' heel in their battles in La Liga. Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott highlights Atletico Madrid's Luis Suarez honest advice for a former FC Barcelona teammate when it comes to a major job opportunity -- don't take it -- at least, not now. Suarez getting word to Xavi that a war is going on at Camp Nou and to steer clear for the time being if Barca comes calling to fill a potential managerial vacancy left by Ronald Koeman. Also, other notable managers named Guardiola and Klopp have nice words for each other before this weekend's Liverpool/Man City clash. Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, highlights the unbeaten FC Helsingør that remains at the top of the NordicBet Liga table as Vover FC continues with spotlight features focused on the Danish club's players. Daniel Norouzi, a key veteran presence as a defensive midfielder, is the focus of the latest edition.Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, says that Arsenal looks as if they are finally onto something with a mix of academy youth combined with a veteran presence now working better in unison. A statement North London Derby win over Tottenham at the Emirates was just part of these efforts to turn the corner. Meanwhile, FC Barcelona gets a triumphant return from a key part of their youth moment while needing continued success in their Champions League and La Liga matches ahead.Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, says that Chelsea's recent win streak over Man City is notable, especially heading into another Premier League battle, yet it's the managerial style for the Blues worth exploring. The Thomas Tuchel effect for Chelsea has been fueled by decisiveness and it's paying dividends. Meanwhile, Koeman Watch is on at FC Barcelona and another disappointing result in La Liga could well result in changes at the top.Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott continues with spotlight features focused on FC Helsingør as the club is alone at the top of the NordicBet Liga. Kasper Enghardt, now in his second stint with the club, is the focus of this latest edition.Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott says Man City's need for a striker like Chelsea and Manchester United recently secured for their clubs is a challenge with no quick fix. Watching Erling Haaland scoring improbable goals in Bundesliga and projecting his potential future with City is inevitable when thinking of the plans Pep can make for down the line. Meanwhile, other clubs competing in Champions League like Real Madrid are finding ways to forge a new identity in a rather expedited manner.Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, weighs in on Man City winning big in Champions League taking a backseat to the talk about support at home matches. Pep Guardiola's call to action in pushing for more supporters to be in attendance at the Etihad has created a stir, yet is all about planting seeds for the future. Meanwhile, FC Barcelona needs a turnaround in the weeks ahead in La Liga or it could be a long and frustrating campaign. Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, on the unbeaten start to the NordicBet Liga season for FC Helsingør that continues as Vover FC brings in a new feature focused on the Danish club's players. The journey that Liam Jordan has taken to Denmark and FC Helsingør is first up in the spotlight.Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, gives his thoughts on the nostalgia and success at Old Trafford that were fully realized in Cristiano Ronaldo's return to action for Manchester United. Yet, until they face the likes of Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea the true Ronaldo-effect won't be accurately measured. Meanwhile, Real Madrid re-opens their home in style as Atleti continues on their path of getting it done late. Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, takes a look at Arsenal who is at the bottom of the Premier League standings early in the season while needing to save face and their manager's job. They have no goals and no points on the table, yet Laurence believes that brighter days should be ahead. Meanwhile, Real Madrid celebrates a grand opening which will eventually accompany their grand plans for the future.Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, uses this International Break to take a look at the unbeaten start to the NordicBet Liga season for FC Helsingør plus two wins to open the Danish Cup competition. World Cup qualifiers for Denmark and other national teams are also in the spotlight before club competitions return around the globe in the weekend ahead. Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, takes a look at the World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina in Sao Paulo featuring Lionel Messi and Neymar that was postponed after the match started and then was stopped just minutes into play. Brazilian health officials cite falsified documents from Argentina upon arrival, yet how does it get to the point where the match even kicks off without a fim resolution in place? We go inside the events as they unfolded on this latest edition of Vover FC.Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, World Cup qualification matches continue in this International Break as FIFA rankings and England's ability to move forward after the Euro Final grabs the spotlight. With all of this on the heels of the close of the transfer window, an exploration into La Liga and how top clubs like FC Barcelona take on a new look and a new approach is also part of the conversation.Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, FC Helsingør stands alone at the top of the NordicBet Liga table as unbeaten in the first seven matches of the campaign. Some transfer news and notable contract extensions for a pair of key players, all part of the story on our latest voyage into Denmark.Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, takes a look at Kylian Mbappé taking the spotlight during Lionel Messi's debut with PSG being just one sign of the symbiosis that can exist in the pursuit of a Champions League crown. Will Real Madrid be able to up the ante to the point that PSG takes the bait and parts ways with Mbappé? The transfer window is closing soon and PSG would likely need to have a reasonable replacement waiting in the wings.Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, looks at Cristiano Ronaldo returning to play in the Premier League with former club Manchester United after a stunning turn of events where the legendary striker departs Juventus for some familiar scenery. Does this signal a return to titles won once again at Old Trafford? This, along with Pep Guardiola's future plus Champions League groupings all the talk on Vover FC.Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here!

Vover Soccer Insider, Laurence Scott, takes stock of milestones for FC Helsingør with two matches along with a Danish Cup match coming before the International Break.The club's veteran goalkeeper and a young star soon to take part with Denmark's U-18 National Team join the conversation.Host: Laurence ScottVoice your thoughts on this episode by downloading the Vover app here! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Playwright Charlotte Jones, author Laurence Scott, New Generation Thinkers Lisa Mullen and Iain Smith join Matthew Sweet.Charlotte Jones discusses her new play set in a Quaker community during the Napoleonic Wars. Matthew Sweet visits Compton Verney Art Gallery with Lisa Mullen to see the exhibition, 'Marvellous Mechanical Museum' which re-imagines the spectacular automata exhibitions of the 18th century. Laurence Scott talks about the ideas in his book, 'Picnic Comma Lightning' which explores the way digital advances are changing the way we live and what we reveal about ourselves. And, from the Indian Superman to Batman in the Philippines, film historian and New Generation Thinker Iain Smith looks at the hidden history of unlicensed superhero films produced around the world.Iain Robert Smith is a Lecturer in Film Studies at King's College, London. Laurence Scott is a New Generation Thinker Lecturer in Writing at New York University in London and the author of 'Picnic Comma Lightning' which is to be broadcast as the Radio 4 Book of the Week from July 16-20th.The Marvellous Mechanical Museum is at Compton Verney until September 20th 2018.Charlotte Jones's drama The Meeting runs at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester from 13 July – 11 AugustNew Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by the BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to select ten academics each year who can turn their research into radio.Producer Fiona McLean

Author of Fully Connected Julia Hobsbawm, Social Media director at DEMOS Jamie Bartlett, writer Laurence Scott and tech blogger Abeba Birhane switch off their phones to focus on the impact of tech on the way we behave. Social media has allowed us to express our individuality and at the same time to interact like never before. But as the forces behind our digital lives become more sophisticated and powerful, are we in danger of succumbing to mass manipulation? Presented by Anne McElvoy with an audience at Sage Gateshead. Julia Hobsbawm's most recent book Fully Connected explores how to cope in an age of data and deadline overload by proposing new ways to develop healthy connectedness with and without technology. She writes and speaks about Social Health and about how to form satisfying interpersonal relationships with each other. Jamie Bartlett is Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos with the University of Sussex. His book The Dark Net describes underground and emerging internet subcultures and his forthcoming Radicals looks at how the influence of radical groups on the political fringes is growing. Laurence Scott teaches at Arcadia University and became a Radio 3/AHRC New Generation Thinker in 2011. In his book, The Four–Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World, Laurence explores how life is being reframed in a digital age. Abeba Birhane is pursuing a PhD in cognitive science at University College Dublin. She blogs regularly about the evolution of algorithms and the ethical considerations around such technology. Producer Craig Smith.

New Generation Thinkers Shahidha Bari & Laurence Scott consider how archives come to life with events from the Being Human Festival including klezmer music, stories from conflict in Northern Ireland and voices from marginalised communities.

Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott look at images of Canada from First Nations art through Anne of Green Gables on TV to poems and art posted on Instagram and Twitter by Rupi Kaur. Their studio guests are author Alison MacLeod, Robbie Richardson and Deborah Pearson. Plus film maker Kevan Funk. Rupi Kaur has published a book called Milk and Honey and you can find images of her art via her website https://www.rupikaur.com/Robbie Richardson from the University of Kent is writing a book about the connections between representations of First Nations people in 18th-century British literature and the rise of modern British identity.Kevan Funk's film Hello Destroyer is on a tour of UK cinemas along with other films from the Canada Now Festival and it is also available from Curzon Home Cinema.Alison MacLeod has published a short story collection all the beloved ghosts.Deborah Pearson's documentary History History History is screening as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from August 5th to 10th. Anne of Green Gables, the 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, has recently been remade for TV in a CBC-Netflix adaptationPart of Canada 150: a week of programmes marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the nation. You can find links to concerts and other broadcasts on the Radio 3 website.Producer: Torquil MacLeod

Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott explore our obsession with the self. Take a look in the mirror with author and photographer Will Storr, the novelist, Olivia Sudjic, Tom Jackson, creator of Postcard from the Past and the neuroscientist, Sophie Scott. Producer: Zahid Warley Will Storr's book Selfie is published by Picador Olivia Sudjic's novel, Sympathy is published by One - the Pushkin Press imprint Tom Jackson's Postcard from the Past is published by Fourth Estate and @PastPostcard Sophie Scott is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London

We've been runnning for two million years give or take. Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott explore contemporary running as solitary inspiration and communal activity with the Geographer and 1999 Scottish Hill Running Champion, Hayden Lorimer, the artists Kai Syng Tan and Angus Farquhar, and the literary scholar and bare-foot artiste, Vybarr Cregan-Reid. Conversation ranges from feeling empowered on city streets to teaming up with the wind to the horrid history of the treadmill and explore whether Running deserves better representation in the arts. Presenters: Shahidha Bari Laurence ScottGuests: Vybarr Cregan-Reid – author of Footnotes How Running Makes Us Human Angus Farquhar, Creative Director of NVA Public Art, author of a blog 'The Grim Runner' Hayden Lorimer Running Geographer Kai Syng Tan, Artist and curator of a biennial festival Run Run Run Producer: Jacqueline Smith

New Generation Thinkers Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott present a programme looking at new research into supernatural fiction writer Vernon Lee with Francesco Ventrella. Lee used the phrase "iron curtain" and declared herself a "cosmopolitan from her birth, without any single national tie or sympathy". They also debate what it means to lie, examine the life of communist informer Harvey Matusow with Doug Haynes, and look at new scientific research into the way consistent lying can change behaviour. Plus, Jenny Kitzinger on the gulf between popular ideas of ‘coma' and the realities of such states. Part of a week of programmes on BBC Radio 3 exploring new academic research. Being Human festival of the humanities runs from 17–25 Nov 2016 at universities across the UK. It is supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) which works with Radio 3 on the New Generation Thinkers scheme to find academics who can turn their research into radio.Producer: Craig Smith

As Georgia O'Keeffe images of New Mexico go on display at Tate Matthew Sweet discusses the idea of the desert with writers Geoff Dyer and Laurence Scott and Tanya Barson, the exhibition curator. Georgia O'Keeffe runs at Tate Modern from 6 July – 30 October 2016 Geoff Dyer is the author of White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World. It was read as Radio 4's Book of the Week last week which you can find on the Radio 4 website Laurence Scott is the author of The Four-Dimensional Human

As Dad's Army inspires a new film, Matthew Sweet looks at the history of the fifth column with historians Juliet Gardiner and Steven Fielding. He also meets robot designer Lola Cañamero who, along with writer Laurence Scott, talks about modelling emotions and how interacting with AI affects us. New Generation Thinker Jonathan Healey explores utopia in sci-fi as a series of events mark the 500th anniversary of Thomas More's text Utopia. Dad's Army is directed by Oliver Parker and includes performances from Catherine Zeta Jones, Michael Gambon, Tom Courtenay, Toby Jones, Bill Nighy, Mark Gatiss and Ian Lavender amongst others. States of Mind: Tracing the edges of consciousness runs at Wellcome Collection in London from 4 February - 16 October 2016 A Friday Night Late Spectacular, Feeling Emotional, takes place on Friday 5 February 19:00-23:00 exploring the art and science of human emotions. Utopias is the theme of this year's LSE Space For Thought Literary Festival. In a discussion on Friday 26 February 2016 Toby Litt, Patrick Parrinder, Samantha Shannon explore the history of the utopian genre in literature and its present state. Radio 3's Free Thinking explores Utopia in politics past and present in a debate recorded at LSE on Wednesday February 17th at broadcast on Thursday February 18th. Getting Real about Utopia Date: Wednesday 17 February 2016 6.30pm Location: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE Speakers: Professor Justin Champion, Dr John Guy, Kwasi Kwarteng, Gisela Stuart Producer: Torquil MacLeod.

Matthew Sweet is joined by Professor Christopher Frayling to look at the revival of Westerns and Bryony Hanson and Laurence Scott consider the 2016 Oscar contenders.

Rana Mitter talks to Laurence Scott about living in a digital world Channel 4's Humans and explores the writing of Muriel Spark with Dr Sarah Dillon as Spark's novel The Driver's Seat is adapted by Laurie Sansom for The National Theatre of Scotland. 2015 New Generation Thinker Sandeep Parmar discusses diversity in contemporary British poetry and the shortlists for this year's Forward Prizes. Painter Chris Gollon is touring British cathedrals with an exhibition of religious art.