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Plastic and Clay
The extraordinary uses of two contrasting materials.

The Imperial War Museum Remembrance Discussion 2022
How video games interpret stories about war and conflict and help to train troops.

John Knox
A life of great drama and religious controversy explored by Matthew Sweet and guests.

Goethe, Schiller and the first Romantics
Andrea Wulf, author of a new group biography set in 1790s Jena joins Anne McElvoy

Alexander the Great
Military leader, city founder, underwater explorer?! Rana Mitter on images of Alexander

New Thinking: Beowulf
Short: How studying grammar and computer games can explain Old English poetry

Ghostwatch
Matthew Sweet on the 1992 TV horror

Orhan Pamuk and the Ottoman Empire
The Nobel Prize winning novelist is joined by academics Michael Talbot and Keya Anjaria

New Thinking: Dead Languages
John Gallagher says hello in Oscan, the language of Ancient Pompeii

Oliver Postgate
Matthew Sweet and guests on the creator of children's TV classics including The Clangers.