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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.
Morgan 鈥� A Suitable Case for Treatment
Stephen Frears, Matthew Reisz, Lucy Bolton and Matthew Sweet look at this 1966 film.
Arabian queens, Bangladeshi mothers and women's tales
From the Arabian nights to refugee stories - female voices fictional and real.
St Teresa/Vivekananda/Nietzsche
Rana Mitter discusses three major philosophers of religion and self-development
George Bernard Shaw
Anne McElvoy and guests look at the arguments explored in the plays of Shaw (1856-1950).
Experimentation in the arts
Shahidha Bari talks to the winner of the Goldsmiths Prize, awarded for creative daring.
Breakthroughs at Being Human 2022
New research on Benjamin Franklin in Cumbria, the Kenwood, lightbulbs and ganzflicker.
Plastic and Clay
Lisa Mullen and guests compare the extraordinary uses of two contrasting materials.
