Arts & Ideas Podcast
Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives 鈥� looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fridays at 9pm on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy.
Episodes to download
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Green Thinking: Festivals
Fri 9 Jul 2021
Des Fitzgerald hears how festivals can reduce their ecological footprint
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Mining, Coal and DH Lawrence
Thu 8 Jul 2021
Matthew Sweet looks at the connections between mining, the arts, and culture
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Epic Iran, lost cities and Proust
Wed 7 Jul 2021
Rana Mitter and guests explore the art and culture of Iran + why people abandon cities.
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The English country house party
Tue 6 Jul 2021
Why does the grand country house party hold such power over the English imagination?
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Filming Sunday Bloody Sunday
Thu 1 Jul 2021
Glenda Jackson talks to Matthew Sweet about John Schlesinger's 1971 love triangle drama
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New Thinking:The Innovative Shape of Poems
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Sandeep Parmar talks to poets Kayo Chingonyi, Paisley Rekdal and Nasser Hussain
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Green Thinking: Sustainable Cities
Tue 29 Jun 2021
Earthscrapers and subterranean transport - do greener cities need to go underground?
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Cornwall and the Coastal Gothic
Tue 29 Jun 2021
Laurence Scott investigates what's lurking in the rock pools
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Green Thinking: Climate Change and Heritage
Fri 25 Jun 2021
How do we stop climate change destroying historic landmarks or is it time to say goodbye?
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World's Fairs and the future
Thu 24 Jun 2021
Visions of the future shaped by empire, politics and unfaltering faith in progress
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Green Thinking: Climate Change and Literature
Thu 24 Jun 2021
What can creative writing add to the conversation about climate change?
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Building London
Tue 22 Jun 2021
Eric Parry & Alison Brooks; writers Fiona Mozley & SI Martin; pianist Belle Chen
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Displacement
Wed 16 Jun 2021
Edmund de Waal and Frances Stonor Saunders discuss uncovering Jewish family stories.
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Nadifa Mohamed, Gentle/Radical, Dylan Thomas
Tue 15 Jun 2021
The work of Turner Prize nominees, a Tiger Bay murder story, Under Milk Wood on stage
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How anthropology helps us understand the world
Fri 11 Jun 2021
Economist Gillian Tett is one of Anne McElvoy's guests.
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How anthropology helps us understand the world
Fri 11 Jun 2021
Economist Gillian Tett is one of Anne McElvoy's guests.
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Green Thinking: Hot Money
Thu 10 Jun 2021
Bitcoin, investment bonds and how to make finance greener.
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Beryl Vertue
Wed 9 Jun 2021
Matthew Sweet meets the Sherlock producer and ex agent of Tony Hancock who has turned 90
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Women's Art
Tue 8 Jun 2021
Jennifer Higgie, Adjoa Osei, Veronica Ryan, and Lydia Yee talk to Shahidha Bari
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Green Thinking: Seascapes and Blue Gold
Tue 8 Jun 2021
How will Climate Change impact the ocean and our relationship with it?
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Green Thinking: Climate and Conflict
Sat 5 Jun 2021
Is global warming increasingly to blame for conflict and disputes over land and resources?
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Green Thinking: Future of Work
Fri 4 Jun 2021
The future of work in a post-Covid-19 world and the implications for our environment.
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Green Thinking: Can artists help save the planet?
Thu 3 Jun 2021
From ice photos by Wayne Binitie to 140 ideas from artists collated by Hans Ulrich Obrist
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Alice and Dreaming
Wed 2 Jun 2021
Alice is asked in Wonderland, Why is a raven like a writing desk? Salman Rushdie explains
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New Thinking: The Botanical Past
Tue 1 Jun 2021
From still life paintings to Kew Gardens, a new history of horticulture is being written
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Fashion, Art, and the Body
Wed 26 May 2021
Olivia Laing, Charlie Porter, and Ekow Eshun join Shahidha Bari
