Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Japan and Nature
The photographs of Mika Ninagawa and the new novel from Hideo Yokoyama, with Anne McElvoy
Learning from Sweden
From IKEA to Bergman and ABBA - Matthew Sweet looks at Sweden's impact on Britain.
Shakespeare, Creativity and the Role of the Writer
Warwickshire words in the Bard's verse + the real Cleopatra. And playwright Ella Hickson.
The Politics of Fashion and Drag
Shahidha Bari talks fashion with Jenny Gilbert & to Scrumbly Koldewyn about the Cockettes
Marilynne Robinson
The American novelist and essayist talks religion, fiction & US politics with Rana Mitter
Macbeth and Things Fall Apart
Jo Nesb酶 and Mark Ravenhill on the Scottish Play; Chinua Achebe's novel about leadership.
British New Wave Films of the '60s
Matthew Sweet on the legacy of the film company behind A Taste of Honey and The Knack.
Death Comes to Us All
Richard Holloway, Kathryn Mannix and Kevin Toolis debate the end of life with Philip Dodd
What Do We Mean by "Working Class Writing"?
Kit de Waal, Darren McGarvey, Adelle Stripe and Michael Chaplin with Shahidha Bari.
Introducing the New Generation Thinkers 2018
From piracy to vegetarianism, George Orwell to surrogacy, Newton's alchemy to C18 fitness
