Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Crimes of Passion: Sophie Hannah, Michael Hughes and David Wilson
A crime writer, novelist from Northern Ireland and former prison governor compare notes.
The Essay: Cooking and Eating God in Medieval Drama
Daisy Black conjures up images of breaking bread and cannibalism in mystery plays
Anxiety and the Teenage Brain
Stephen Briers, Caroline Dower and Ceyda Uzun join Anne McElvoy at Sage Gateshead.
A city is not a park but should it be?
A short talk at the Free Thinking Festival from New Generation Thinker Des Fitzgerald.
Feelings, and Feelings, and Feelings. The Free Thinking Festival Lecture
Historian of emotions Professor Thomas Dixon, Matthew Sweet & the Sage Gateshead audience
Whatever happened to Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais?
Matthew Sweet meets the TV writers of The Likely Lads, Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
Betrayal
Philip Dodd explores the idea of betrayal
Childhood faces and fears
A history of orphans, fears about brainwashing and portraits on show at Compton Verney
Empathy
Authors Max Porter, Samantha Harvey & AK Benjamin discuss empathy with Chris Harding.
George Szirtes, Valeria Luiselli, Jhumpa Lahiri
One poet and two writers in conversation about language, migrants and personhood
