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Class and Social Mobility
Selina Todd, David Goodhart, Timandra Harkness and Sadie Ryan talk with Matthew Sweet.

Patricia Lockwood and André Aciman
Two American authors talk to Laurence Scott about their sense of time, place and self.

Eco-Criticism
Who are the best writers past and present who give us an insight into the natural world?

What Makes a Good Lecture?
Ted talks, zoom and lectures :Mary Beard, Homi Bhabha and Seán Williams join Shahidha Bari

Yiddish and Rotwelsch Languages, Nazi France
Michael Rosen and Martin Puchner talk to Matthew Sweet about languages, codes and secrecy.

Food, the Environment and Richard Flanagan
Bush fires in novelist Richard Flanagan's new book, and Anne McElvoy looks at veganism.

John Rawls's A Theory of Justice
Anne McElvoy and guests re-read this 1971 work of political philosophy about inequality.

James Baldwin and Race in the USA
Rana Mitter and guests re-read James Baldwin as a new US president is inaugurated.

Harlots and 18th-century working women
Hallie Rubenhold, Moira Buffini and Laura Lammasniemi discuss the TV series Harlots.

Witchcraft, Werewolves and Writing the Devil
New novels from Jenni Fagan and Salena Godden depict Mrs Death and the devil's daughter.