Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Dystopian thinking
As Kay Dick's They opens at MIF, Matthew Sweet and guests trace the history of dystopias.
Julian the Apostate
We examine Rome's last pagan ruler via Ibsen's drama to apostasy in contemporary politics
Boyhood to manhood
Chris Harding with Luke Turner, Jeffrey Boakye and Lisa Sugiura discuss growing up now
Gut instinct
From gut feelings in your stomach to the language of disgust: Matthew Sweet hosts
Diva
As the V&A opens an exhibition about performers, Naomi Paxton discusses what makes a diva
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The book of the Sturm und Drang generation: Anne McElvoy explores the ideas behind it
Life, art and drama in the kitchen
Sarah Kent, Marianne Hem Eriksen, Melanie Williams and Angela Hui join Matthew Sweet
Glenda Jackson and Filming Sunday Bloody Sunday
With the death of Glenda Jackson announced here's a conversation she recorded last year
Portraits
As the NPG re-opens we look at portraiture in art, photography, documentary & oral history
Ideas about health
Gavin Francis on Thomas Browne, Polly Morland on John Berger, Matt Smith on mental health
