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Music Rediscovered

Tudor music and politics

Christina Faraday tells us how Robert Cecil used a song to curry favour with Elizabeth I.

• 13 mins

Music Rediscovered

The Star-Spangled Banner, Jacobins and Abolitionists

Oskar Jensen on what links Liverpool politics, a street ballad and the American anthem.

• 13 mins

Music Rediscovered

Esther Inglis's musical self portraits

Eleanor Chan delves into the world of a Huguenot bookmaker who used music as a code.

• 13 mins

Music Rediscovered

Chorus girls in Paris

Adjoa Osei has been delving into the personal archives of some 1930s Plaza Tiller dancers.

• 13 mins

Under the Influence

Jon Boden

Jon Boden on the influence of apocalyptic science-fiction on him as a folk singer.

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

The Entrepreneur

Philip Roscoe asks whether our expectations of the lone entrepreneur are unrealistic.

• 15 mins

Under the Influence

Emma Rice

Emma Rice reveals the influences that stamp her work as a theatre director.

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Parallels and Paradoxes

Shahidha Bari examines the ideas behind the founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.

• 15 mins

Under the Influence

Shobana Jeyasingh

Shobana Jeyasingh on how different dance traditions inform her choreography.

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Light in the Dark

Alexandra Harris explores the history of artificial light through literary sources.

• 15 mins

Under the Influence

Tom Hunter

Photographer and artist Tom Hunter on the impact that Vermeer has had on his work.

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Looking beyond the Dead

Zoe Norridge ask why photos of Africa fix perceptions of the continent at its worst times.

• 15 mins

Under the Influence

Kei Miller

Indian-born choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh reflects on the influences shaping her dances.

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

The Canon of Comics

Jon Adams compares the work of modern comic book enthusiasts to ancient biblical scholars.

• 15 mins