Arts & Ideas Episodes Episode guide
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1922: The Hollywood Bowl
From a season of starlit concerts in 1922 to the USA’s principal outdoor concert venue
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1922: Reader's Digest
The "agreggator" of stories - we look at how it launched and revolutionised reading
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1922: Reader's Digest
The "agreggator" of trending stories of its day - how a magazine revolutionised reading.
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1922: Nanook of the North
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough looks at this ground-breaking documentary about Arctic life.
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1922: Leisure and the body
From surfing to weight lifting, 20s style
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1922: Leisure and Sport
From Agatha Christie surfing to weight-lifting '20s style. John Gallagher looks at sports
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1922: Food
John Gallagher explores eating fads in the 1920s with Annie Gray and Elsa Richardson
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1922: Allotments
John Gallagher investigates the Allotments Act of 1922
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07 Feb: David Chipperfield & Colin Thubron
Travel writer Colin Thubron talks about his journey of discovery through Tibet.
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#Speaking Up
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Afua Hirsch & Tarjinder Gill debate identity with Philip Dodd.
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'Tis Pity She's a Whore, A Small Circus, Jeremy Deller, Carbon Democracy
With Anne McElvoy. Paul Allen reviews 'Tis a Pity She's a Whore. Translator Michael...
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'Calm Down Dear' - How Angry Should Politics Get?
Dr Fern Riddell, Kehinde Andrews, Will Davies & Jo Ann Nadler join Shahidha Bari
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'Bedford, do you call this thing a coat?' The history of the three-piece suit
Sarah Goldsmith on an immortal trio jacket, waistcoat and trousers