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Re: Cycling

Cycling Apparel

Andrew Martin examines the intriguingly flamboyant history of cycling attire.

• 14 mins

Re: Cycling

A Bike Ride

Andrew Martin and his bike catch a train to Derby to enjoy a long leisurely country cycle.

• 14 mins

Re: Cycling

Reasons to Cycle

There’s never been a better time to get on our bikes insists cycling devotee Andrew Martin

• 14 mins

Re: Cycling

Cycling Apparel

Andrew Martin examines the intriguingly flamboyant history of cycling attire.

• 14 mins

Re: Cycling

A Bike Ride

Andrew Martin and his bike catch a train to Derby to enjoy a long leisurely country cycle.

• 14 mins

Re: Cycling

Reasons to Cycle

There’s never been a better time to get on our bikes insists cycling devotee Andrew Martin

• 14 mins

A family of witches

Emma Whipday explores the demonisation of single mothers in English witch trials.

• 14 mins

Fugitive slaves, Victorian justice

Oskar Jensen tells the tall tale of a court case inspired by a best-selling novel

• 13 mins

Children of the Waters

Sabina Dosani looks at the ritual of Mizuko Kuyo and modern ceremonies marking miscarriage

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2022

The South African Bloomsberries

Jade Munslow Ong reads 20s writing by Solomon T Plaatje, Roy Campbell and William Plomer.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2022

Charles Babbage and broadcasting the sea

The father of modern computing thought the sea could communicate. Joan Passey tells us why

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2022

A family of witches

Emma Whipday explores the demonisation of single mothers in English witch trials.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2022

Fugitive slaves, Victorian justice

Oskar Jensen tells the tall tale of a court case inspired by a best-selling novel.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2022

Revolutionary free speech

Clare Siviter looks at attempts to liberate and then censor expression in 1790s France.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2022

The discordant tale of Thomas Weelkes

Ellie Chan looks at the life and music of the Tudor composer who died 400 years ago.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2022

Children of the Waters

Sabina Dosani on the ritual of Mizuko Kuyo and modern ceremonies marking miscarriage.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2022

Stupid Victorians

Louise Creechan looks at the impact of 19th-century ideas about intelligence.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2022

Land and soil politics

Jim Scown on the links between Goethe, George Eliot and the storming of the US Capitol.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2022

Fighting the colour bar

Shirin Hirsch explores the way boxer Len Johnson fought a Manchester pub ban.

• 14 mins

Reading the First Folio

Sir Richard Eyre on King Lear

Director Richard Eyre chooses a speech by Lear to his daughter Cordelia - Act 5, Scene 3.

• 14 mins

Reading the First Folio

Michelle Terry on As You Like It

Actor Michelle Terry chooses a speech by 'love doctor' Rosalind from Act 3, Scene 2.

• 14 mins

Reading the First Folio

Professor Islam Issa on Julius Caesar

Professor Islam Issa chooses a passage spoken by Julius Caesar in Act 2, Scene 2.

• 14 mins

Reading the First Folio

Sir David Hare on Macbeth

Playwright David Hare chooses Macbeth's imagining of old age from Act 5, Scene 3.

• 14 mins

Reading the First Folio

Professor Dame Marina Warner on Othello

Author and historian Marina Warner chooses a speech from early in Othello: Act 1, Scene 3.

• 14 mins

We Other Tudors

Lucy Baynham

Jerry Brotton looks at those from around the world who made their homes in Tudor England.

• 14 mins

We Other Tudors

John Blanke

Jerry Brotton looks at those from around the world who made their homes in Tudor England.

• 14 mins

We Other Tudors

John Cabot

Jerry Brotton looks at those from around the world who made their homes in Tudor England.

• 14 mins

We Other Tudors

Aura Soltana

Jerry Brotton looks at those from around the world who made their homes in Tudor England.

• 14 mins

We Other Tudors

Manteo

Jerry Brotton looks at those from around the world who made their homes in Tudor England.

• 14 mins

We Other Tudors

Chinano 'the Turk'

Jerry Brotton looks at those from around the world who made their homes in Tudor England.

• 14 mins