Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
New Thinking: How water shapes our history and environment
From the aqueducts of ancient Rome to 19th century river Nile and today's running water
The Legacy of the Laundries
Louise Brangan reflects on the uncovering of the secret lives lived in Irish laundries
Gas, oil and the Essex blues
Sam Johnson-Schlee draws links between Dr Feelgood, Canvey Island and energy policies
Weird Viking Bodies
Marianne Hem Eriksen on the meaning of a skull bone carved with "pain" thrown onto a tip
From algorithms to oceans
Kerry McInerney explores the promise of the βsustainable AIβ movement and how AI develops
Germanyβs Mary Wollstonecraft
Andrew Cooper on the school teacher who tried to ignite a feminist revolution in Germany
Scottish Kingship
Medieval myth-making, the kings of Scotland and the Stone of Destiny
Free speech, censorship and modern China
The writings of Chinese women, from Ding Ling to coming of age in the 1990s
Call Me Mother
How the shape of words for mother helps babies eat their food. Rebecca Woods explains
Edward Bond
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the playwright Edward Bond (18 July 1934 β 3 March 2024)
