The Forum Episodes Available now
Alexander the Great or not so great?
One of the world’s most astonishing military leaders, but was he brilliant or brutal?
Rituals: Our anchors in a changing world
Why rituals and ceremonies enthral us and endure through the ages
Tropicália: the movement that defied Brazil’s dictatorship
The story of Brazil’s counter-cultural push of the late 1960s
How the shipping container changed the world
How standardising the humble shipping container revolutionised world trade
Neanderthals: Meet the relatives
Recent scientific breakthroughs have overturned received wisdom about our ancient cousins
Cavalry and code-breaking: The Polish-Soviet war
Little-known conflict that shaped Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the First World War
How we work: Redesigning the office
The concept of the office is being reimagined. What can we learn from its history?
When money died: The world's worst inflation
Hungary, 1946, where prices doubled every 15 hours
The writer Rachel Carson who fought insecticide wars
How Silent Spring, a book about DDT use, changed the way we think about the environment
Why do we have a seven-day week?
How this unnatural cycle came to organise our lives
