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Beryl Vertue
Matthew Sweet meets the Sherlock producer and ex-agent of Tony Hancock who has turned 90.
Women's Art
Jennifer Higgie, Adjoa Osei, Veronica Ryan, and Lydia Yee talk to Shahidha Bari.
Can Artists Help Save the Planet?
From ice photos by Wayne Binitie to 140 ideas from artists collated by Hans Ulrich Obrist
Alice and Dreaming
Salman Rushdie is one of Matthew Sweet's guests for a conversation about the imagination.
The Botanical Past
From paintings to the gardens of Kew, how a new plant collecting history is being written.
Wittgenstein's Tractatus at 100
Can you solve all the problems of philosophy in one book? Shahidha Bari and guests debate.
Fashion, Art and the Body
Olivia Laing, Charlie Porter and Ekow Eshun join Shahidha Bari.
Novelist Tahmima Anam, plus was Nero a ruthless tyrant?
Was Nero really a victim of plots? Bulgaria's hidden past. And a novel about startups.
Who Needs Critics?
Matthew Sweet questions the critic's role while Vid Simoniti looks at algorithms and art.
Ghosts of the Spanish Civil War
Rana Mitter talks to documentary makers, a novelist and historian about breaking silences.
