Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Dada and the power of Nonsense
A project to re-imagine the Dada arts movement now, and reflections on satire and nonsense
Proms Lecture - Daniel Levitin: Music and Our Brains
Daniel Levitin explores new thinking about the relationship between music and memory
New Thinking:Nature Writing
From Gilbert White to lockdown blogs - why we need to spend more time in nature.
Magic
Matthew Sweet and guests conjure a conversation about the importance and appeal of magic
How do we build a new masculinity ?
Sunil Gupta, CN Lester, Tom Shakespeare & Alona Pardo with Matthew Sweet
Egyptian Satire
The power of humour in protest.
Pogroms and prejudice
Brendan McGeever looks at anti-semitism from Russian attacks to the present day
The consolation of philosophy and stories
Matthew Sweet talks to Kylie Murray, Prof Seth Lerer and former Bishop Richard Holloway
What does a black history curriculum look like?
Whose life stories are missing from the British history we write and teach?
Prison Break
New Generation Thinker Jeffrey Howard asks is it ever ok to escape from prison?
