Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now

Beastly Politics
Is man the only political beast?

Bedrooms
How have our bedrooms changed from sleeping space to work space?

Byron, celebrity and fan mail
Would Byron have embraced Twitter?

Should biographers imitate their subjects?
The perils of writing biographies of scientist JS Haldane & Indian mystic Mother Meera

Democracy, Hong Kong and USA
Democracy and dissent in Hong Kong & USA. Is confrontational politics is here to stay?

Helen Mort and Blake Morrison, Oulipo
Helen Mort and Blake Morrison talk mentoring. Oulipo: rules for writing in 1960s Paris.

New Thinking: Films and Research
Films investigating melting glaciers, to refugee camps, public bathrooms, & more.

New Thinking: Face Transplants and Researching Nose Injuries
Would you change your nose if you could? What about an entire face transplant?

Postcolonial Derby: Privateers, Pieces of Eight and the Postwar Playhouse
What connects a "double elephant" sized map, an academy of dissenters and Daniel Defoe?

The Imperial War Museum ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 Remembrance Debate 2020
What is the role of artists in shaping our understanding of history by commemorating war?