Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Adoption, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Ren茅e Vivien & Violette Leduc
Fiona Sampson, Peggy Reynolds and Anne McElvoy talk poetry and writing personal stories
Turkey: Adnan Menderes, populism, and history
Having survived a plane crash, the Turkish Prime Minister 1950-60 died in an execution
Pakistan, Politics and Water Supplies
Samira Shackle , Ejaz Haider and Majed Akhter talk about Karachi, power, crime and energy
Coins, the magic money tree and a cashless world
In February 1971 the UK went decimal. Anne McElvoy and guests look at money old and new.
Darwin's The Descent of Man (1871)
Matthew Sweet and guests assess Darwin's arguments about the human species, sex, and race
New Thinking: Fashion Stories in Museums
Shahidha Bari & V&A fashion curator Claire Wilcox on costumes, couture, and wardrobes
Class and social mobility
Selina Todd, David Goodhart, Timandra Harkness and Sadie Ryan talk with Matthew Sweet.
Patricia Lockwood and Andr茅 Aciman
Two American authors talk to Laurence Scott about their sense of time, place and self
New Thinking: Eco-Criticism
Exploring the points where literature and ecological thinking meet
What Makes a Good Lecture?
From Aristotle to TED talks: Mary Beard, Homi Bhabha and Se谩n Williams with Shahidha Bari
