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Mildred Pierce
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss James M Cain's classic novel and its film adaptation.
Marlene Dietrich
Tracing the sensual and radical Marlene Dietrich, from Europe to Hollywood.
Winter Light
From paintings and folk tales to Brian Cox on the stars and Susan Greaney on Stonehenge.
Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Anne McElvoy listens out for echoes of Beethoven in Hegel
Ancient Wisdom and Remote Living
From medieval science to the ingenuity of Arctic peoples and the resilience of island life
Hey Presto
From a history of Panto to magic tricks and what surgeons can learn from them.
The 1920s - Philosophy's Golden Age
Matthew Sweet on Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Adorno, Carnap and other philosophical greats.
Ways of Talking about Health
Des Fitzgerald with projects that use films and books to rethink how we approach health.
Times of Change
Can the Industrial Revolution and the end of the Aztecs help us shape a post-Covid world?
Mould-Breaking Writing
Will Harris, Max Porter and Chloe Aridjis, Christine Yao and Shahidha Bari.
