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Revisit: What does game playing teach us
From a Mesopotamian game to Scrabble, Shahidha Bari discusses competition and gaming.

Knees
From dance to prayer, knees ups to kneeling

New Thinking: Wordsworth
Professors Sally Bushell & Simon Bainbridge talk to New Generation Thinker Sarah Jackson

The Declaration Of Arbroath
Anne McElvoy and guests discuss the early medieval document and Scottish politics today

How do we build a new masculinity ?
Sunil Gupta, CN Lester, Tom Shakespeare & Alona Pardo with Matthew Sweet

What's so great about EM Forster
Deborah Levy and Laurence Scott talk to Shahidha Bari about the English novelist's work.

Future Thinking
Mark Honigsbaum, Lisa Mullen, Riel Miller, Sarah Dillon & Rupert Read with Matthew Sweet

Contagion and Viruses
Matthew Sweet talks to John Dupré , Mark Honigsbaum, Lisa Mullen & Matt Adams

Shoes
From Roman sandals to trainers and stilettos - Shahidha Bari looks at the shoe trade

New Thinking: Science Fiction
Hetta Howes, Caroline Edwards & Amy Butt ask is science fiction the new realism?