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Boredom
Shahidha Bari, Josh Cohen and Sam Goodman explore the value of doing nothing.
Born in 1819: Ruskin, Clough and Bazalgette.
Ruskin, Bazalgette and Clough: Laurence Scott examines three of Victoria's class of 1819.
Landmark: Laurel and Hardy's The Music Box
Matthew Sweet pays tribute to Hollywood's most famous comedy duo, Stan and Ollie.
Landmark: Watership Down
An ecological fable about a perfect society? Matthew Sweet reads Richard Adams' classic.
What does game playing teach us?
Bobby Seagull and Irving Finkel join Shahidha Bari to look at competitiveness and games.
Trees of Knowledge
Peter Wohlleben Emanuele Coccia Marion Sidebottom Luke Turner
Ice
A journey to the frozen ends of the Earth, plus theatrical magic from the 17th century.
Linton Kwesi Johnson
The reggae poet and recording artist talks politics, religion and writing with Philip Dodd
Writing and Frankness
Deborah Levy, Adam Phillips and Amia Srinivasan join Matthew Sweet at the British Library.
Are we being manipulated?
Who's pulling your strings? Matthew Sweet and guests track down today's hidden persuaders.
