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Childhood and play
The V&A has re-opened its museum of childhood as Young V&A plus how kids learn to speak.
South Asia: poverty and princes
Historians Joya Chatterji and Tripurdaman Singh, plus the novels of Kamala Markandaya.
Liverpool Biennial and art at MIF
Catherine Fletcher talks to three artists with new works at the Liverpool Biennial.
A lively Tudor world
From needlework to marriage portraits to depicting music on the page.
Dystopian thinking
As Kay Dick's They opens at MIF, Matthew Sweet and guests trace the history of dystopias.
Julian the Apostate
We examine Rome's last pagan ruler via Ibsen's drama to apostasy in contemporary politics.
Boyhood to Manhood
Chris Harding with Luke Turner, Jeffrey Boakye and Lisa Sugiura discuss growing up now.
Gut instinct
From gut feelings in your stomach to the language of disgust. Matthew Sweet hosts.
Diva
As the V&A opens an exhibition about performers, Naomi Paxton discusses what makes a diva.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The book of the Sturm und Drang generation. Anne McElvoy explores the ideas behind it.
