Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
New Thinking: Dead Languages
John Gallagher says hello in Oscan, the language of Ancient Pompeii
Oliver Postgate
Matthew Sweet and guests on the creator of children's TV classics including The Clangers.
British Academy Book Prize 2022
Rana Mitter meets six authors shortlisted for the prize for Global Cultural Understanding.
Romanticism Revisited
Coleridge, Fuseli and Emily Bronte under the spotlight as a new film and exhibition open
The Frieze/Radio 3 Museum Directors Debate 2022
Anne McElvoy is joined by the directors of three institutions from around the world.
New Thinking: Accents
From variations of Mancunian to descriptions of the Geordie voice
Miles Davis and On The Corner
Matthew Sweet and guests explore this genre-stretching album released on 11th Oct 1972
How We Read
Our surprisingly complex and mysterious relationship with text explored by Matthew Sweet.
Female power and influence past and present
Anne McElvoy talks to novelist Kamila Shamsie and playwright Rona Munro
My Neighbour Totoro
Christopher Harding looks at the background and influence of Studio Ghibli's 1988 film
