Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
The British Academy Book Prize 2021
New ways of thinking about global problems - Rana Mitter reads this year's shortlist.
Breakfast
Literally "breaking the fast" - Matthew Sweet moves from the Full English to Tiffany's.
Green Thinking: Transport
The impact of walking to school, the energy use of electric cars and should we fly less?
Order & Chaos
Clutter, indexes, and jazz improvisation. Ruth Ozeki and others join Shahidha Bari
Thomas Mann
Novelist Colm Toibin joins Anne McElvoy to discuss the German author's life and struggles
New Thinking: Researching a House Through Time
Producer Kat Feavers & house historian Melanie Backe-Hansen on preparing the TV show
The continuing appeal of Tudor history
Philippa Gregory tells Matthew Sweet why the Tudors are still so hot.
Punk
Shahidha Bari digs into the filth and the fury to see what resonates today
Green Thinking: Soil
Do we need to change the way we think about soil to make it sustainable?
Hannah Arendt's exploration of Totalitarianism
Why do Hannah Arendt's ideas continue to fire the imaginations of artists and thinkers?
