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Arts & Ideas Episodes

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    Darwin's The Descent of Man (1871)

    Matthew Sweet and guests assess Darwin's arguments about the human species, sex, and race

  2. Dark Places

    A poet, crime writer, theologian, marine biologist and Matthew Sweet explore darkness

  3. Dante's visions

    Art historian Martin Kemp, painter Emma Safe, parallels with Proust and a Dante website

  4. Danny Boyle, Nev Schulman, David Harding and Will Self

    Directors Danny Boyle and Nev Schulman on their latest films; psychotherapist Susie on...

  5. Dam Fever and the Diaspora

    How do large dam projects gain widespread support despite past examples asks Majed Akhter

  6. Dam Fever and The Diaspora

    How do large dam projects attract such adoration, despite lessons of twentieth century?

  7. Dadaism's 100th anniversary.

    Matthew Sweet looks at the founding of the Dada movement 100 years ago.

  8. Dadaism's 100th anniversary.

    Matthew Sweet looks at the founding of the Dada movement 100 years ago.

  9. Dada and the power of Nonsense

    A project to re-imagine the Dada arts movement now, and reflections on satire and nonsense

  10. Cultivating Civility, the Village, the Lives of Novelists

    Philip Dodd looks at the state of English civility. Anne McElvoy delves into the world...

  11. Cuba, cold war and RAF Fylingdales

    Novelist Ian McEwan and researchers into early warning system archives join Anne McElvoy

  12. Crossroads and TV soaps

    Russell T Davies and Paula Milne on the power of soap operas

  13. Crisis & Decision

    Do we live in a time of crisis? Matthew Sweet gets to grips with the present moment

  14. Crimes of Passion: Sophie Hannah, Michael Hughes and David Wilson

    A crime writer, novelist from Northern Ireland and former prison governor compare notes.

  15. Cows in culture and soil

    Are cows the answer to depleted soil or the problem? With farmer and author James Rebanks

  16. Counterculture and Protest

    Matthew Sweet with Paul Hartnoll, Tony White, Tessa DeCarlo & Paul Cronin on uprisings.

  17. Could there be a private language?

    Shahidha Bari investigates Wittgenstein's response to scepticism

  18. Cosy comfort reading or Nietzsche?

    Alexander McCall Smith, Susannah Clapp, Tom Shakespeare, Deborah Sugg Ryan & Hugo Drochon

  19. Cornwall and the Coastal Gothic

    Laurence Scott investigates what's lurking in the rock pools

  20. Coriolanus,WG Sebald,Protests, Environmental Politics

    Matthew Sweet talks to philosopher Roger Scruton about environmental politics and also...

  21. Contagion and Viruses

    Matthew Sweet talks to John Dupr茅 , Mark Honigsbaum, Lisa Mullen & Matt Adams

  22. Conservatism, Philanthropy, Liberal and socialist futures

    Anne McElvoy surveys current thinking on big political ideas and ideology.

  23. Consent

    How we deal with unwanted sexual advances and changing depictions on stage are debated.

  24. Connecting with nature

    Music from thunder, art inspired by a dog walk,essays about a rural wood and a city field

  25. Comrades in Arms

    Tom Smith on the East German Military's fascination with its soldiers' sexuality

  26. Community

    Post local elections and pre VE day events, Shahidha Bari explores ideas about community

  27. Common Sense

    Ann Widdecombe, Rachael Wiseman, Sarah Jilani and Tiffany Watt Smith with Matthew Sweet

  28. Coming Out Crip and Acts of Care

    Ella Parry-Davies draws on experiences of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon and the UK

  29. Coming out Crip and Acts of Care

    Ella Parry-Davies draws on experiences of migrant domestic workers in the UK & Lebanon

  30. Colour

    Laurence Scott and guests on the history and meaning of colour

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