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Wittgenstein's Tractatus at 100
Can you solve all the problems of philosophy in one book? Shahidha Bari and guests debate.
Fashion, Art and the Body
Olivia Laing, Charlie Porter and Ekow Eshun join Shahidha Bari.
Novelist Tahmima Anam, plus was Nero a ruthless tyrant?
Was Nero really a victim of plots? Bulgaria's hidden past. And a novel about startups.
Who Needs Critics?
Matthew Sweet questions the critic's role while Vid Simoniti looks at algorithms and art.
Ghosts of the Spanish Civil War
Rana Mitter talks to documentary makers, a novelist and historian about breaking silences.
The Wolfson History Prize 2021
Rana Mitter meets the six authors shortlisted for the UK's most prestigious history prize.
Lost cities, 20s divas and 2011 uprisings
Anne McElvoy explores the past and present of the transcontinental nation of Egypt.
Archiving, curating and digging for data
Behind the scenes at the Hepworth Wakefield, the Barbican and the Alan Turing Institute.
Marlon James and Neil Gaiman
Two weavers of fantastical fiction sift through myths with Matthew Sweet.
Alison Bechdel
American graphic novelist Alison Bechdel talks mushrooms, therapy and Adrienne Rich.
