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Katherine Mansfield and Mavis Gallant
Claire Harman, Kirsty Gunn, Laurence Scott and Shahidha Bari discuss short story writing.
Landladies
Historical accounts and fictional depictions of the women who ran boarding houses.
Beasts and animals
Shahidha Bari investigates the human invention of animals.
Lists
Are lists a good way of organising chaos? Lisa Mullen and guests discuss
Depicting AIDS in Drama
Russell T Davies, Jill Nalder, Sabina Dosani and Matthew Sweet, recorded with an audience.
Trapeze acts and circus celebrities
Shahidha Bari hears about aerialists Lillian Leitzel and Pablo Fanque.
Language, the Victorians, and Us
From Lancashire dialect protest poetry to Hardy's Dorset vowels. John Gallagher hosts.
Star Trek
Matthew Sweet with George Takei, Naomi Alderman, Una McCormack and Jos茅-Antonio Orosco.
How do we look at art?
Turner Prize shortlist, the vogue for surround-sound projections, and shows about sight.
Soil, Chickens and City Farms
Ahead of world soil day, Anne McElvoy looks at changes to both rural and urban farming.
