Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Free Thinking Essay: Welling Up: Women & Water in the Middle Ages
Hetta Howes looks at male fears + why Margery Kempe was criticised for crying & bleeding.
The Population Bomb
Danny Dorling, Lionel Shriver and Stephen Emmott debate with Matthew Sweet.
The Free Thinking Lecture: Linda Yueh on Globalisation
Economist Linda Yueh delivers her vision for restoring faith in the free market.
New Research into the UK Women's Suffrage Movement.
With Helen Pankhurst, Jane Robinson, Shahida Rahman, Fern Riddell and Miranda Garrett
The Golden Notebook
Lara Feigel, Xiaolu Guo, Melissa Benn + David Aaronovitch on Doris Lessing's 1962 novel.
A Sentimental Journey
Se谩n Williams rereads Laurence Sterne's subjective travel book & talks to Philip Hensher
What Lies Beneath; Neanderthal Cave Art to Fatbergs
Poetic and archaeological trip round our fascination with what comes up when we dig down.
The Joy of Bureaucracy
Matthew Sweet with guests including Lord Butler, Andr茅 Spicer and Eliane Glaser
Steven Pinker on Progress
Steven Pinker explains to Philip Dodd why we should ignore headlines & be more optimistic
Napoleon in Fact & Fiction
Napoleon impersonators, ballads and what if he didn't die in exile?
