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Deleuze and Guattari, Capitalism and Schizophrenia
Matthew Sweet re-reads a classic of French postmodern theory

Milton: Samson Agonistes
How do we look at blindness in poetic writing, classics, in Milton's and Handel's life?

John Milton's Samson Agonistes
Rana Mitter looks at how politics, blindness and the Bible fed into this dramatic poem

The Liverpool Biennial debate
How to reflect Liverpool's history in new artworks: Anne McElvoy hosts a discussion.

Spy talk
From a secret Iraqi spy cell to new revelations of cold war exploits. Rana Mitter hosts.

From Blackface to Beyoncé
From the theatre stage to the Superbowl, in praise of Black performance

Writing About Faith
Stand-up Frank Skinner and novelists Jeet Thayil and Yaa Gyasi talk to Laurence Scott

Churchill's reputation
Anne McElvoy and guests on attitudes to the politician, his rhetoric and foreign policies

Pleasure
Cooking, nature, music, colour - what's your lockdown pleasure?

Frantz Fanon
Re-reading the major 20th century theorist of decolonisation