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Shakespeare, history, pathology and dissonant sound
Shahidha Bari on a new staging of Shakespeare's Henry VI. Why is Warwick a key figure?

Preserving our heritage
From knitting patterns to greetings cards: Naomi Paxton looks at a series of UK archives

Housework
Gender, class and domestic tasks. Matthew pulls on his rubber gloves and gets stuck in.

Ships and History
Artist Hew Locke plus historians Sarah Caputo, Jake Subryan Richards and Tom Nancollas.

Grief
Matthew Sweet and guests look at the role of ritual, laments and how we express grief.

China: World Politics, Ink Art and Insomnia
Kevin Rudd talks about avoiding catastrophic conflict between China and the USA.

Bridgerton and Georgian Entertainment
Shahidha Bari with Ian Kelly, Hannah Greig, Sophie Coulombeau, Brianna Kirkland-Robertson.

New Generation Thinkers 2022
Laurence Scott introduces the ten academics chosen to share their research on radio.

Leopoldo Torre Nilsson's Hand in the Trap
Confronting the man who jilted you is the plot of this 1960s Argentine expressionist film

Enter the Dragon and Bruce Lee
Matthew Sweet watches the 1973 martial arts film made before Bruce Lee's death aged 32.