Celebrating Black History Month with a curated playlist exploring Black history
Selvon's evocative 1956 novel discussed at the British Library by Shahidha Bari & guests.
Teju Cole, Noo Saro-Wiwa and Tate curator Osei Bonsu talk to Laurence Scott.
Curator Ekow Eshun, academic Sarah Jilani, sculptor Zak Ové with Shahihda Bari
Artist Jaqueline Bishop and curator of an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.
The long career of the American singer, film star & activist with Matthew Sweet & guests.
Poets Momtaza Mehri, Julianknxx and historian Jesús Sanjurjo join Matthew Sweet.
Jago Cooper, Barbara Paca, Jim Scown and Camilla Allen talk trees, soil, art and advocacy.
Testament, Hannah Silva, historian Jessica Cox and Thackray museum curator Laura Sellers.
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the career of Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier.
NoViolet Bulawayo's We Need New Names on stage plus 'enfant terrible' Dambudzo Marechera.
Shahidha Bari looks at sea creatures and a Caribbean re-telling of The Little Mermaid.
The NPG re-opens. A look at portraiture in art, photography, documentary and oral history.
A novel from 1979 which uses time travel to explore race, slavery and trauma.
Artist Hew Locke plus historians Sarah Caputo, Jake Subryan Richards and Tom Nancollas.
Philip Dodd explores the writing of Lorraine Hansberry and its continuing resonance.
Abdulrazak Gurnah, Emily Shuckburgh and Joan Passey join Rana Mitter at Hay Festival.
Exploring the flow of cultural influences in both directions across the Atlantic.
Christienna Fryar explores the life and writing of the enslaved American poet (1753-1784).
Shahidha Bari looks at the writing of a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet (1917-2000).
Shahidha Bari is joined by Professor Marion Turner, poet Patience Agbabi and Hetta Howes.
Shahidha Bari hears about aerialists Lillian Leitzel and Pablo Fanque.
New writing by Colin Grant and Kevin Jared Hosein; art by Michael Elliott and Mary Evans.
Matthew Sweet and guests explore the work of Burkinabé film-maker Idrissa Ouédraogo.
Rana Mitter and guests discuss the pan-Africanist poet and anti-colonial leader.
