Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Shakespeare as inspiration
From Bollywood films and Pre-Raphaelite art to productions of Shakespeare in places at war
New Thinking: The Box Office Bears project
From digging for bones to the connection between bear baiting and Elizabethan theatre
New Thinking: How and why we talk
John Gallagher hears about tongue shapes, accent prejudice and the importance of gossip
The Imperial War Museum Remembrance discussion 2023
As the IWM unveils its new art galleries, Anne McElvoy & guests discuss photographing war
New Thinking: Playhouses and opera-going
What spectacles did Elizabethan playhouses stage other than plays? Is opera really posh?
New Thinking: Food
Lisa Mullen hears about new research into eating habits and ideas about hospitality
New Thinking: Writing exile and overcoming statelessness
The lives of Bengalis in Pakistan/a novel about a Lebanese boy wanting to be an astronaut
African identity via China and photography
Teju Cole, Noo Saro-Wiwa and Tate curator Osei Bonsu talk to Laurence Scott.
Robert Aickman
For Halloween, Matthew Sweet & guests discuss supernatural fiction, bad teeth & canals
Eliza Flower and non-conformist thinking
Matthew Sweet hears about research into the singer & friend of JS Mill feat. live songs!
