Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
When Shakespeare Travelled with Me
Shakespeare from 1916 Egypt to Arabic pop songs.
Leadership & authority
From Tudor courts to plantations to the Arab Spring: a Bristol Festival of Ideas Debate.
Politician and Pioneer
Writing the Life of Arthur Kavanagh
Beastly Politics
Is man the only political beast?
Bedrooms
How have our bedrooms changed from sleeping space to work space?
Byron, celebrity and fan mail
Would Byron have embraced Twitter?
Should biographers imitate their subjects?
The perils of writing biographies of scientist JS Haldane & Indian mystic Mother Meera
Democracy, Hong Kong and USA
Democracy and dissent in Hong Kong & USA. Is confrontational politics is here to stay?
Helen Mort and Blake Morrison, Oulipo
Helen Mort and Blake Morrison talk mentoring. Oulipo: rules for writing in 1960s Paris.
New Thinking: Films and Research
Films investigating melting glaciers, to refugee camps, public bathrooms, & more.
