Midweek: Diverse Conversation

This week Libby Purves is joined by Klaus Kruse, director of 'Cart Macabre' at the Old Vic Tunnels; Bryn Terfel on his new CD 'Carols & Christmas Songs'; Sir Patrick Stewart who stars in Macbeth on BBC Four; and Becky Unthank, of the group 'The Unthanks'.

This week Libby Purves is joined by Capt. Xander Rawlins, Mark Logue, Jane Milligan and Mary Ward OBE, and Matthew Kelly.

This week Libby Purves is joined by ventriloquist Nina Conti on her new show 'Talk to the Hand' at the Soho Theatre; Anne Downie, a Scottish actor in 'Men Should Weep' at the Lyttleton theatre; veteran photographer John Stewart on his first UK retrospective at the Lichfield Studios; and pianist Ann Martin-Davis on new work by lost composer Peter Pope.

This week Libby Purves is joined by Samantha Bond, Seckou Keita, Ryan Bingham and Brendan Cole.

This week Libby Purves is joined by Chelsea Pensioner Michael Allen; Giles Coren, the writer, critic and TV presenter; pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi; and the court artist Priscilla Coleman.

This week Libby Purves is joined by Jo Wilding, Michele Dotrice, Ronald Blythe and Jane Green.

This week Libby Purves is joined by Sheridan Smith, Sir Johnny Scott, Andrew Sharp and Alan Titchmarsh.

This week Libby Purves is joined by Simon Fisher Turner, Maggi Hambling, Sheila Steafel and Rumer.

This week Libby Purves is joined by Vicki Butler-Henderson, Derren Brown and Dave Spikey.

This week Libby Purves is joined by Segun Lee-French, Ray and Vi Donovan, Mary Coughlan and Simon Winchester.

This week Libby Purves is joined by Paul Burns, David Cohen, Kit Chapman and Jane Davis.

This week Libby Purves is joined by Philip Townsend, Alexei Sayle, Tony Fitzjohn and Harriet Mead.