Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now

Weimar and the Subversion of Cabaret Culture
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome... Cabaret and club culture, recorded at the Barbican.

The 2019 Free Thinking Imperial War Museum Remembrance Debate
Who decides what’s worth saving and what is culturally significant to protect in wartime?

Quatermass
Matthew Sweet celebrates the classic TV sci-fi series with Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat

New Thinking: Rubble culture to techno in post-war Germany
Forgotten stories from cultural diplomats, British army bases and Berlin dancefloors

Halloween. Ghost Stories
Haunting stories with Kirsty Logan, Jeremy Dyson & host Shahidha Bari

Cars, Parking and Motorways
A discussion reflecting on automobiles, AI and the 60th anniversary of the M1 motorway.

Writing Real Life from Brexit to Grenfell
Ali Smith, Jay Bernard and James Graham at the British Library with Matthew Sweet

Landmark: The Yorkshire Feminist Winifred Holtby
Matthew Sweet is joined by Rachel Reeves MP, Jane Thomas and Katie Cooper in Hull.

What to Believe
Rana Mitter and guests have a look at the history of faith, doubt, economics and art.

New Thinking: First Encounters
Why we need to rethink the stories we tell of Columbus, Pocahontas & the English in India