Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Failure and female friendship
Lara Feigel, Mich猫le Roberts & New Generation Thinker Alexandra Reza with Shahidha Bari
Dickens
Mathew Sweet, Linda Grant, Laurence Scott & Lucy Whitehead 150 years since Dickens' death
New Thinking: Tackling Modern Slavery
Naomi Paxton looks at new research into the effectiveness of the UK Act passed in 2015
Robin Askwith
The actor talks to Matthew Sweet about a childhood affected by polio and his career.
Revisit: Tokyo Story
Actor Richard Wilson & Prof Naoko Shimazu discuss Yasujiro Ozu's 1953 film of family life
Revisit: Rowan Williams and Simon Armitage
Landscape in poetry discussed by Rowan Williams and Simon Armitage at Hay.
Sarah Perry
In a conversation with Mathew Sweet, the gothic author explores writing past and present.
Revisit: My Body Clock is Broken
Jay Griffiths, Vincent Deary, Louise Robinson and Matthew Smith discuss our mental health
Anne Fine and Romesh Gunesekera. Jarman's Garden
Shahidha Bari talks to a pair of writers about routines & knowing how to start and stop.
Kindness
Rutger Bregman tells Anne McElvoy why survival of the fittest needs rethinking as an idea
