Arts & Ideas Episodes Episode guide
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Stanley Spencer, Domestic Servants, Surrogacy
Authors Nicola Upson and Joanne Ramos, and researchers Gulzaar Barn & Ella Parry-Davies.
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St Teresa/Vivekananda/Nietzsche
Rana Mitter discusses three major theorists of religion and self-development
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Spy talk
From a secret Iraqi spy cell to new revelations of cold war exploits. Rana Mitter hosts.
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Spike Lee
The film-maker talks black power, blackface and Academy Awards with Matthew Sweet.
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Speech, Voice, Accents and AI Free Thinking
Lynda Clark, Allison Koenecke and Sadie Ryan discuss their research with Matthew Sweet
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Speaking Welsh
Catherine Fletcher with Richard King, Caryl Lewis, Elen Ifan and Seiriol Davies
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Speaking the right language.
Matthew Sweet asks how did the English language grow & what are the key election phrases?
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South Asia: poverty and princes
Historians Joya Chatterji and Tripurdaman Singh, plus the novels of Kamala Markandaya
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South African writing
Damon Galgut discusses his Booker winning novel, The Promise, with Anne McElvoy
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Sound, conflict and central heating
Matthew Sweet finds out how extreme temperatures changed Erland Cooper's music
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Sound of Cinema - Ken Loach and George Fenton
Acclaimed director Ken Loach and composer George Fenton have collaborated on fourteen...
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Sound of Cinema - James Horner
As part of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Sound of Cinema season, Tom Service talks to ten-time Academy...
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Sound of Cinema - Carter Burwell
Carter Burwell is famed for scoring the films of the iconic Coen Brothers, from 1984's...
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Sound of Cinema - Baz Luhrmann & Craig Armstrong
Australian director Baz Luhrmann shot to fame in 1992 with Strictly Ballroom and was...
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Soil, Chickens and City Farms
Ahead of world soil day, Anne McElvoy looks at changes to both rural and urban farming.
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Soil Stories Old and New
Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, Jules Pretty, Andrew Scott, Philip Coupland, Matthew Kelly
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Soil
John Gallagher and guests dig deep into the significance of soil
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Soho
130 acres of central London synonymous with sex and shadiness immortalised in film
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Sneezing, smells and noses
From Montaigne on sneezing to losing the sense of smell & historians using their noses.
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Slow Looking at Art
Ways of Seeing with Michael Craig Martin, Aura Satz, Kelly Grovier & Daniel Glaser.
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Slow Film and Ecology
Matthew Sweet discusses environmental thinking and a film made about rice over 18 years
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Sleep justice and sleeplessness
Laurence Scott talks to researchers exploring how we sleep and the idea of sleep justice
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Sleep
John Gallagher gets sleeping tips from research pioneers and early modern history
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Slebs: Warhol, Beaton and celebrity culture
Lisa Mullen, Caroline Frost and historian & podcast host Greg Jenner join Matthew Sweet
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Slavoj Zizek, Camille Paglia, Flemming Rose
Philip Dodd and guests explore the value of causing offence
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Slavoj Ε½iΕΎek, Camille Paglia, Flemming Rose
Philip Dodd and guests explore the value of causing offence.
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Slavic culture and myth
Matthew Sweet looks at the origins of creatures like Baba Yaga, Banniks and Rusalkas.
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Slavery Stories
A long lost classic now published, Esi Edugyan's Booker shortlisted novel & new research
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Skeuomorphs, Design and Modern Craft
Laurence Scott & Will Self on redundant features in design + a visit to Collect Craft Show
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Sisters
The Unthank sisters, Sally Alexander, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Lucy Holland and Shahidha Bari
