Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
The Condom and V.D.
Matthew Sweet and guests talk about sexual health, VD clinics, sex work and condoms
Chocolate
Shahidha Bari discusses the confection that has conquered the world
Chocolate
Shahidha Bari discusses the confection that has conquered the world
The Greenwich Outrage
The attempt by an anarchist to blow up the Royal Observatory in 1894 and its consequences
Picnics
From Picnic at Hanging Rock to an Iron Curtain Pan European picnic
Iris Murdoch's The Sovereignty of Good
Matthew Sweet and guests on Iris Murdoch's thought and writing (15 July 1919-8 Feb 1999)
On The Silver Globe
Take a mind-bending trip to a distant planet with Andrzej Zulawski's cult 1987 SF film
East West religious connections
Authors Rowan Williams & Christopher Harding and artist Gayle Chong Kwan join Rana Mitter
Secrets, Lies & Irish History
Clair Wills, Martin Doyle, Scott McKendry & Louise Brangan discuss secrets and conflict
Holocaust history
Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day (Jan 27) Anne McElvoy hears testimony and new research
