Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Essay writing
From Montaigne to modern Scottish writing - Rana Mitter discusses what makes a good Essay
Travel, pleasure and peril
From preventing strangulation on the railways to guide maps and the art of travel posters
Dickens, Disney and copyright
Matthew Sweet looks at copyright rules for Mickey Mouse & Dickens in C19th America
New Thinking: Carols and Convents
English Nuns abroad, and are carols just for Christmas?
Greek myth, goddesses and art
From classic myths rewritten by Natalie Haynes to the art of John Craxton in Crete
Prize Winners 2023
Nandini Das, Tania Branigan, Halik Kochanski, Ed Yong, John Vallaint talk to Rana Mitter
Harry Belafonte
The long career of the American singer, film star & activist with Matthew Sweet & guests
Margaret Cavendish
Nandini Das and guests discuss the Duchess of Newcastle - philosopher, poet and scientist
Narnia and CS Lewis
Exploring the literary and theological terrain of C.S. Lewis's Narnia
Humboldt, soil, gardens and Frank Walter
For World Soil Day, a celebration of art, research and ideas to revive the earth
