Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Facing Facts
From duelling injuries to eye patches - Emily Cock asks how we respond to peoples' faces
Gambling, good leadership and economic history
Anne McElvoy looks at betting, economics and the leadership of US presidents
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
The screenwriter and novelist talks to Matthew Sweet about depicting Britain in his work.
Dam Fever and The Diaspora
How do large dam projects attract such adoration, despite lessons of twentieth century?
Not Quite Jean Muir
How does sewing a dress add to Jade Halbert's understanding of disappearing skills
Digging Deep
Susan Greaney asks whether Neolithic attitudes to the earth could shape our thinking.
Berlin, Detroit, Race and Techno Music
Tom Smith looks at the early pioneers of this music scene & arguments about whiteness now
Coming out Crip and Acts of Care
Ella Parry-Davies draws on experiences of migrant domestic workers in the UK & Lebanon
Tudor Virtual Reality
What is the link between VR dinosaurs & a Tudor wall painting of the Judgement of Solomon?
Ian Rankin and Tahmima Anam
A pair of authors due to be at the Bradford Literature Festival compare notes on writing.
