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Decadent Art
New research into ideas about decadence and connections with France, England and Iran.
Debt
As Budget day approaches, Anne McElvoy looks at debt from the South Sea Bubble to Sunak.
Emigration
Laurence Scott finds out about 'Bad Bridgets', bush-ranger history and '蜜芽传媒 Children'.
Making your voice heard
Dina Nayeri, Kirsty Sedgman, Michelle Assay and Alberta Whittle join Shahidha Bari.
Anarchism and David Graeber
Matthew Sweet and guests look at the ideas of the American anthropologist (1961-2020)
Concrete poetry
Matthew Sweet and guests on the career of poet and monk Dom Sylvester Hou茅dard (1924-92).
Sesame Street and Soviet culture
Anne McElvoy on Russian punk protest and a version of US TV's Big Bird, Bert and Ernie.
Tin cans, cutlery and sewing
New research into the history of stainless steel cutlery, tinned food and sewing machines.
Climate change and empire building
The long history of climate change and empire: historians Nandini Das and Peter Frankopan
Ghosts of Caribbean history
New writing by Colin Grant and Kevin Jared Hosein; art by Michael Elliott and Mary Evans.
