蜜芽传媒

Minds at War: Series 2

Tagore's Nobel Lectures

Santanu Das discusses the Nobel lectures of the great Indian thinker Rabindranath Tagore.

• 15 mins

Minds at War: Series 2

Tzara's Dada Manifesto

Comedian Arthur Smith presents a dadaesque account of Tristan Tzara's Dada Manifesto.

• 15 mins

Minds at War: Series 2

Woolf's Mrs Dalloway

How Virginia Woolf and her great novel Mrs Dalloway were shaped by the 1914-18 conflict.

• 15 mins

Minds at War: Series 2

Parade

Richard Cork discusses Pablo Picasso's designs for the Ballets Russes production Parade.

• 15 mins

Minds at War: Series 2

Akhmatova's July 1914

Sasha Dugdale explores the impact of World War I on the great Russian poet Anna Akhmatova.

• 15 mins

A Taste of Summer in America

Corn on the Cob

Author Susan Orlean celebrates corn on the cob, integral to an American summer.

• 15 mins

A Taste of Summer in America

Cheeseheads

American author Nathan Englander discovers an obsession with cheese in Midwestern markets.

• 15 mins

A Taste of Summer in America

The Cookout

Author TC Boyle considers how cookouts are memorable markers of his American summers.

• 15 mins

A Taste of Summer in America

Two Seaside Buns

Author Simon Van Booy, transplanted to New York, compares hot dogs and lobster rolls.

• 15 mins

A Taste of Summer in America

蜜芽传媒coming

Novelist Audrey Niffenegger on alternatives to delicious ice cream now she cannot eat it.

• 15 mins

Finish the Bottle

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Art historian Martin Gayford recalls visiting the great photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson

• 15 mins

Finish the Bottle

Marina Abramovic

Art historian Martin Gayford meets the 'grandmother of performance art', Marina Abramovic.

• 15 mins

Finish the Bottle

Robert Rauschenberg

Art historian Martin Gayford recalls visiting artist Robert Rauschenberg.

• 15 mins

Finish the Bottle

Patrick Heron

Art historian Martin Gayford describes spending a week observing artist Patrick Heron.

• 15 mins

Finish the Bottle

Euan Uglow

Art historian Martin Gayford recalls visiting the London studio of painter Euan Uglow.

• 15 mins

Dylan Thomas Centenary

Crossing Dylan's Boundaries

John Goodby explores the ways in which Dylan Thomas's poetry and life crossed boundaries.

• 15 mins

Dylan Thomas Centenary

A Childhood Encounter with Dylan

Andrew Davies reflects on the influence of Dylan Thomas, growing up in Wales in the 1950s.

• 15 mins

Dylan Thomas Centenary

Tracing Dylan's Pathway

Gwyneth Lewis takes a personal journey through the language of Dylan Thomas.

• 15 mins

Dylan Thomas Centenary

Dylan Over the Pond

Writer and poet Kevin Powell explores Dylan Thomas's influence on black American writers.

• 15 mins

Dylan Thomas Centenary

Dylan's Bardic Heritage

Poet and musician Twm Morys explores links between Dylan Thomas and Wales's poetic past.

• 15 mins

The Retreating Roar

The Loss of God

Madeleine Bunting explores the loss of God as a defining feature of Western democracy.

• 15 mins

The Retreating Roar

Sin

Journalist Madeleine Bunting discusses the notion of sin.

• 15 mins

The Retreating Roar

Salvation

Madeleine Bunting on the decline of Christianity and the loss of the notion of salvation.

• 15 mins

The Retreating Roar

Patience

Madeleine Bunting discusses the decline of faith in the UK and with it a loss of patience.

• 15 mins

Georgian Portraits

Claire Tomalin on Dora Jordan

Claire Tomalin on the life of actress Dora Jordan, lover of the future King William IV.

• 15 mins

Georgian Portraits

Ian Kelly on David Garrick

Actor and writer Ian Kelly explores the life and times of David Garrick.

• 15 mins

Georgian Portraits

Amanda Vickery on Elizabeth Parker Shackleton

Historian Amanda Vickery explores the life of Elizabeth Parker Shackleton.

• 15 mins

Georgian Portraits

Martin Rowson on William Hogarth

Writer and cartoonist Martin Rowson discusses the satiric genius of William Hogarth.

• 15 mins

Georgian Portraits

Dan Cruikshank on Robert Adam

Dan Cruikshank on the work of neo-classical architect and interior designer Robert Adam.

• 15 mins

A Short History of Indian Art

The King of Varanasi's Hunting Expedition

A mural from the Ajanta caves showing the king of Varanasi on a hunting expedition.

• 15 mins