Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Landmark: Iris Murdoch's The Sovereignty of Good
Matthew Sweet discusses Iris Murdoch's philosophical essay of 1970
Reinventing the 'Mistake on the Lake'.
Philip Dodd visits the US rust belt city of Cleveland.
Russia and Fear.
Rana Mitter considers fearing Russia past & present with Mark B Smith & Tamar Koplatadze.
Free Thinking: Language and Belonging
Preti Taneja with Guy Gunaratne,Dina Nayeri, Michael Rosen, Momtaza Mehri & Deena Mohamed
Amitav Ghosh. Layla and Majnun. Islam Issa.
Amitav Ghosh on linking refugees, climate change, Venice & Bengali forests in his fiction
Cindy Sherman, Laura Cumming
The art of Cindy Sherman plus art critic Laura Cumming on the days her mother disappeared
Jane Goodall, Elif Shafak
Two campaigning women talk to Matthew Sweet.
The Hard Man in the Call-Centre
Alistair Fraser on the fates and fortunes of Glaswegian tough guys
'Bedford, do you call this thing a coat?' The history of the three-piece suit
Sarah Goldsmith on an immortal trio jacket, waistcoat and trousers
James Ellroy
Philip Dodd is in conversation with the American author James Ellroy
