蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 - Free Thinking

Mountaineering, Lizzie Le Blond, Sport and science

Rachel Hewitt has been researching pioneering Irish climber Mrs Aubrey Le Blond.

Historian Hetta Howes, novelists Claire Gilbert and Victoria MacKenzie join Shahidha Bari.

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the career of Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier.

Anne McElvoy looks at royalty, pomp and glory in opera, ancient Persia and Tudor England.

Matthew Sweet finds out how extreme temperatures changed Erland Cooper's music

Rana Mitter talks to Antonia Fraser about the art of writing historical biography.

With poet Majella Kelly, historian Jackie U铆 Chionna and memoirist Carmel McMahon.

Shahidha Bari and guests on a Royal Collection exhibition and the new Bridgerton spin-off.

The spiritual paintings of the Swedish artist are discussed by Matthew Sweet and guests.

Tartan at V&A Dundee, RL Stevenson's Kidnapped on stage, and the Highland Book Prize 2022.