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Soho
Matthew Sweet is joined by Jingan Young, Benjamin Halligan and David McGillivray.

Soil
John Gallagher and guests dig deep into the significance of soil.

Mental Health
Anne McElvoy looks at ASMR, clean air, loneliness and a memoir exploring mental health.

Odessa Stories
Linda Grant and Boris Dralyuk discuss the writer Isaac Babel with Matthew Sweet.

Windows
From Rear Window to stained glass, TB to paintings at Dulwich. Shahidha Bari hosts.

Kawanabe Kyōsai and Yukio Mishima
Japanese cultural experimentation: painter Kyōsai 1831-1889 and writer Mishima 1925-1970.

May Day Rituals
Matthew Sweet and guests explore ideas about community, collective action and May revels.

Rainer Maria Rilke
Anne McElvoy discusses the visionary poet with a composer and two literature experts.

Speaking Welsh
Catherine Fletcher explores the relationship between Cymru and Cymraeg - Wales and Welsh.

Teaching and Inspiration
Novelist Julian Barnes, historian Daisy Hay and New Generation Thinker Louise Creechan.