蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 - Arts & Ideas

New Generation Thinkers: Contesting an Alphabet

Mirela Ivanova on the countries claiming to be the birthplace of the Cyrillic alphabet

Vid Simoniti considers eco-art, from Olafur Eliasson to videos by Bo Zheng

Lauren Working on what fashion reveals about C16th English settlers in America

Tangled bloodlines, executions and a big, gold inflatable thing belonging to Henry VIII

Donne, Hamlet, 16th century psychology and mathematics, Tudor portraits

Shahidha Bari traces the move from markings on convicts and aristos to today's body art.

Christopher Harding explores the feminine divine with Ronald Hutton and others

Rana Mitter looks at a new play at the National Theatre about the man who murdered Gandhi

John Gallagher and guests dig deep into the significance of soil

Catherine Fletcher with Richard King, Caryl Lewis, Elen Ifan and Seiriol Davies