Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now

The future of universities
Harvard's Larry Summers & OU's Josie Fraser on the impact of technology & globalisation

Is the Shadow of Mao still hanging over China?
Rana Mitter talks to historians of China Jung Chang and Julia Lovell, & reporter Cindy Yu

New Thinking: George Eliot
Writer of the English provinces?

The Mill on the Floss
Celebrating George Eliot with readings from Fiona Shaw

Are the arts saving Margate?
Investigating regeneration and gentrification in the new arts hub.

Why We Need New News
Research on reporting hangings, assassinations & propaganda from the Being Human Festival

The Legacy of the Trojan War
Why do the legendary walls of a Bronze Age city still cast such a long shadow?

New Thinking: AHRC Research in Film Awards 2019
Hetta Howes talks to winners of this year's AHRC Research in Film Awards

Being Human: Love Stories
What does who we date and how we date say about us?

The Changing Image of Masculinity.
Writers Ben Lerner, JJ Bola & Derek Owusu on images of masculinity in fiction and life