Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
John Baptist Dasalu and fighting for freedom
Jake Subryan Richards reads the letter sent by a captured man who arrived in Cuba in 1854
May Day rituals
Matthew Sweet and guests explore ideas about community, collective action and May revels.
New Generation Thinkers: African cinema, nationhood, and liberation
Sarah Jilani on the lessons about power in films by Ousmane Sembene and Souleymane Ciss茅
Rainer Maria Rilke
Anne McElvoy looks at the life and legacy of the intriguing poet
New Generation Thinkers: Walking with the ghosts of the Durham coalfield
Jake Morris-Campbell carries the ashes of the poet Bill Martin from Sunderland to Durham.
Teaching and Inspiration
Novelist Julian Barnes, historian Daisy Hay and New Generation Thinker Louise Creechan.
Shakespeare, history, pathology and dissonant sound
Shahidha Bari on a new staging of Shakespeare's Henry VI. Why is Warwick a key figure?
New Thinking: Preserving Our Heritage
From knitting patterns to greetings cards: Naomi Paxton looks at a series of UK archives
Housework
Gender, class & domestic tasks-Matthew Sweet pulls on his rubber gloves and gets stuck in
Ships and History
Artist Hew Locke plus historians Sarah Caputo, Jake Subryan Richards, and Tom Nancollas
