Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
John Cowper Powys
John Gray, Iain Sinclair, Margaret Drabble and Kevan Manwaring on 'the Dorset Proust'
Claude McKay and the Harlem Renaissance
Authors Nadifa Mohamed, Johny Pitts and Pearl Cleage join Shahidha Bari.
Ibsen
New interpretations of the Norwegian dramatist's plays from Lucinda Coxon & Steve Waters.
The Black Country - past and present
Matthew Sweet and guests explore the roots and resonance of "the Black Country" region
The Black Country - past and present
Matthew Sweet and guests explore the roots and resonance of "The Black Country" region
The Normans
Rana Mitter and guests look at Norman history, misconceptions and echoes heard today
Cuba, cold war and RAF Fylingdales
Novelist Ian McEwan and researchers into early warning system archives join Anne McElvoy
Immortality
Matthew Sweet & guests explore ideas about never ending life in literature, film and myth
The Lindisfarne Gospels and new discoveries
An archaeologist, a historian and a poet join Shahidha Bari as the gospels return North.
New Thinking: What language did Columbus speak?
John Gallagher and guests explore language in the 15th century age of exploration
