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Arts & Ideas Episodes

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    Introducing New Generation Thinkers 2021

    Ten researchers look at colonial history, alphabets, punctuation, poetry, art terminology

  2. International Review

    Matthew Sweet entertains guests from Ghana, Italy, India and Egypt to discuss Saladin,...

  3. Insiders & Outsiders

    Matthew Sweet and guests explore the secret languages of the internet and beyond

  4. Inside the 'Intellectual Dark Web'

    Philip Dodd explores the Intellectual Dark Web with Bari Weiss, Douglas Murray + Ed Husain

  5. Individualism and Community

    From Enlightenment conscience to New Deal USA, carers and refugees. Anne McElvoy hosts.

  6. In Conversation: Philip Roth (1933 - 2018)

    Novelist Philip Roth talks to Philip Dodd about his life and work. (R3 Night Waves 2008)

  7. Improving or Ruining the Future? Kevin Rudd. Finland 100.

    Kelly and Zach Weinersmith share visions of the future with Rana Mitter. Plus Kevin Rudd.

  8. Immortality

    Matthew Sweet & guests explore ideas about never ending life in literature, film and myth

  9. Images of Persia

    Poetry by Hafez, Nowruz (New Year) and the Haft Sin table, the Mongol invasion, music

  10. Images of Japan

    Fumio Obata and Jocelyne Allen discuss graphic art and manga.

  11. Idrissa Ou茅draogo

    The work of the Burkinab茅 filmmaker explored by Matthew Sweet and guests.

  12. Ideas about health

    Gavin Francis on Thomas Browne, Polly Morland on John Berger, Matt Smith on mental health

  13. Icons.

    Do our heroes and heroines have to be perfect? We look at ikons, film idols & politicians.

  14. Ice

    Anne McElvoy & guests travel to the frozen ends of the Earth & C17 theatrical magic...

  15. Ibsen

    New interpretations of the Norwegian dramatist's plays from Lucinda Coxon & Steve Waters.

  16. Ian Rankin and Tahmima Anam

    A pair of authors due to be at the Bradford Literature Festival compare notes on writing.

  17. Humours and The Body

    From mitochondrial medicine to 17th century cancer treatments, via Bach's Cantatas

  18. Humboldt, soil, gardens and Frank Walter

    For World Soil Day, a celebration of art, research and ideas to revive the earth

  19. Humans, Animals, Ecologies

    Matthew Sweet in conversation with two radical thinkers: Joanna Bourke and Anna Tsing

  20. Howard Jacobson

    Writer Howard Jacobson with a keynote lecture on why we need the novel.

  21. How we think about evil

    Matthew Sweet and guests pick up from this year's Reith lectures and look at ideas of evil

  22. How we see pregnancy past and present

    Anne McElvoy hears the story of a woman who gave birth to rabbits and the news from Davos

  23. How We Read

    Our surprisingly complex and mysterious relationship with text explored by Matthew Sweet.

  24. How To Make A Modernist Masterpiece

    Will Self, Alexandra Harris, Kevin LeGendre & Owen Hatherley build up a Manifesto

  25. How They Manipulate Our Emotions

    Ad execs, game designers and VR creatives are all toying with our feelings - is that OK?

  26. How do we look at Art?

    Catherine Fletcher with Vid Simoniti; Cleo Hanaway-Oakley; Lamin Fofana and Sally Booth

  27. How do we build a new masculinity ?

    Sunil Gupta, CN Lester, Tom Shakespeare & Alona Pardo with Matthew Sweet

  28. How do we build a new masculinity ?

    Sunil Gupta, CN Lester, Tom Shakespeare & Alona Pardo with Matthew Sweet

  29. How Big Should the State Be?

    David Willetts, Polly Toynbee, Simone Finn, Julia Black & Adrian Wooldridge at LSE.

  30. How archictecture shapes society

    Ricky Burdett, Liza Fior, Des Fitzgerald, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg Edwin Heathcote at LSE

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