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Deep Time and Human History
Lewis Dartnell, Gaia Vince and David Farrier join Rana Mitter to talk the deepest history.
Belonging
Philip Dodd talks to actor Christopher Eccleston and historian Ruth Dudley Edwards.
Religion and ordinary lives
Tom Charlton looks for evidence of belief from samplers to children's scribbles in bibles.
Knees
Dance to prayer, servants to Kings, knees ups to being on our knees. With Matthew Sweet
Wordsworth
Professors Sally Bushell and Simon Bainbridge talk to New Generation Thinker Sarah Jackson
Future Thinking
Mark Honigsbaum, Lisa Mullen, Riel Miller, Sarah Dillon and Rupert Read with Matthew Sweet
The Declaration Of Arbroath
Anne McElvoy and guests discuss the early medieval document and Scottish politics today.
How do we build a new masculinity?
Sunil Gupta, CN Lester, Tom Shakespeare and Alona Pardo with Matthew Sweet.
Contagion & Viruses
Matthew Sweet talks to John Dupré, Mark Honigsbaum, Lisa Mullen & Matt Adams
Shoes
From Roman sandals to trainers and stilettos, Shahidha Bari looks at the shoe trade.