Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Francis Fukuyama, Olga Tokarczuk, Alev Scott, Michael Talbot.
Rana Mitter explores identity forest landscapes and the long impact of the Ottoman empire
Re-writing C20th British Philosophy
Shahidha Bari with news of the Man Booker Prize and discussion about female philosophers
Sinking Your Teeth Into Vampires
Shahidha Bari looks at new Gothic research with Nick Groom and Xavier Aldana Reyes
Discrimination
The lawyer Helena Kennedy joins Shahidha Bari to discuss how British justice fails women.
Greed and Landownership Past, Present, Future
Historian Tom Devine, Colombian novelist, Hector Abad and economist Paul Collier
Drugs and Consciousness
Does LSD open the doors of perception or just mess with your head?
A Feminist Take on Medieval History
How does Chaucer write about rape and consent ? Shahidha Bari with new academic research.
The Frieze Debate: Museums in the 21st Century
Michael Govan, Sabine Haag & Hartwig Fischer at the Royal Institution, London.
Sarah Perry鈥檚 Melmoth, Spookiness and Fear.
The Essex Serpent's author talks to Matthew Sweet about re-imagining the Melmoth myth.
Gandhi's power, portable citizenship & Indian writing - China's missing film star
Gandhi's power, portable citizenship & Indian writing with Rana Mitter & Amit Chaudhuri.
