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Helaine Blumenfeld, Dale Harding; Stella Tillyard
Anne McElvoy and sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld, artist Dale Harding, writer Stella Tillyard

Philosophical tennis, hidden beaches and Eleanor Marx.
Matthew Sweet takes a walk around Eleanor Marx's old neighborhood.

From C18 automata to Superheroes and Digital Living
Matthew Sweet visits The Marvellous Mechanical Museum at Compton Verney.

Renzo Piano
The Italian architect talks to Philip Dodd about his career from the Pompidou to the Shard

What do you call a stranger? The Caine Prize. NHS ideals.
Nandini Das and John Gallagher look at words for strangers in Tudor and Stuart England.

Fun ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, Olivia Laing, Oscar Wilde, The Deer Hunter
Alison Bechdel's memoir on stage, a novel inspired by Kathy Acker, Oscar Wilde in the USA

The body, past and present
Beauty - Renaissance to the present. Chantal Joffe & Heather Widdows with Anne McElvoy

The Working Lunch and Food in History
How the Victorians changed lunch, Elsa Richardson and Chris Kissane join Rana Mitter.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Woman’s Rights
Joanna Cohen looks back at the manifesto which remodelled the Declaration of Independence

John Gower, the Forgotten Medieval Poet
Curing lovesickness or learning alchemy's secrets. Seb Falk on Chaucer's friend John Gower