Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Anne McElvoy listens for echoes of Beethoven in Hegel
Ancient wisdom & remote living
From medieval science to the ingenuity of Arctic peoples & the resilience of island life
New Thinking: Hey Presto!
Magic in medicine, surgery & business; panto cross-dressing; and panto & magic history
New Thinking: Ways of Talking about Health
The winners of the AHRC and Wellcome Trust Medical Humanities Awards 2020
The 1920s - Philosophy's Golden Age
Matthew Sweet on Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Benjamin, Carnap and other philosophical greats
Times of Change
Can the Industrial Revolution and the end of the Aztecs help us shape a post COVID world
Mould-Breaking Writing
Max Porter, Chloe Aridjis, Will Harris and Xine Yao on writing the breaks the mould
When Shakespeare Travelled with Me
Shakespeare from 1916 Egypt to Arabic pop songs.
Leadership & authority
From Tudor courts to plantations to the Arab Spring: a Bristol Festival of Ideas Debate.
Politician and Pioneer
Writing the Life of Arthur Kavanagh
