Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Coins, the magic money tree and a cashless world
In February 1971 the UK went decimal. Anne McElvoy and guests look at money old and new.
Darwin's The Descent of Man (1871)
Matthew Sweet and guests assess Darwin's arguments about the human species, sex, and race
New Thinking: Fashion Stories in Museums
Shahidha Bari & V&A fashion curator Claire Wilcox on costumes, couture, and wardrobes
Class and social mobility
Selina Todd, David Goodhart, Timandra Harkness and Sadie Ryan talk with Matthew Sweet.
Patricia Lockwood and Andr茅 Aciman
Two American authors talk to Laurence Scott about their sense of time, place and self
New Thinking: Eco-Criticism
Exploring the points where literature and ecological thinking meet
What Makes a Good Lecture?
From Aristotle to TED talks: Mary Beard, Homi Bhabha and Se谩n Williams with Shahidha Bari
Yiddish and Rotwelsch, Nazi France
Michael Rosen and Martin Puchner talk to Matthew Sweet about a lost language of the road
Food, The Environment & Richard Flanagan
How food impacts on the environment; Richard Flanagan on his novel about a dying planet
John Rawls's A Theory of Justice
The lasting impact of John Rawls鈥檚 A Theory of Justice on philosophy and politics.
