Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
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 – 3 March 2024)
Sleep justice and sleeplessness
Laurence Scott talks to researchers exploring how we sleep and the idea of sleep justice
Images of Persia
Poetry by Hafez, Nowruz (New Year) and the Haft Sin table, the Mongol invasion, music
Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation
Matthew Sweet and guests look at the 1974 Gene Hackman film about surveillance and murder
Muses and women's creativity
From Pre-Raphaelite models to the daughter of Maud Gonne: Naomi Paxton with new research
Sarah Maldoror, Storm Jameson, the Hague Congress
Ahead of International Women's Day Shahidha Bari hears stories linking women with war
The Dutch Connection
John Gallagher hears about new research into Anglo-Dutch trade and early publishing
