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The shadow of slavery
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough talks to a panel about slavery, sugar and the costs.
Early Cinema
Matthew Sweet looks back at an early female film director and a British film pioneer.
Samuel Beckett & the purpose of culture
If we want the arts to be a comfort blanket, where does Beckett fit in? Lisa Dwan responds
Mocking power past and present
The German joker Tyll Ulenspiegel. Anne McElvoy, Daniel Kehlmann and Karen Leeder discuss.
Fungi: An Alien Encounter
Are fungi out to get us or here to help? A look at mushrooms in art, food, and psychology.
How we see pregnancy past and present
Anne McElvoy hears the story of a woman who gave birth to rabbits and the news from Davos.
Remembering Auschwitz
Rana Mitter marks the anniversary of the 1945 liberation and talks to author Anne Michaels
What is good listening?
Matthew Sweet with New York Times journalist Kate Murphy, Anne Karpf and David Toop.
Poetry and Science
Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Greg Tate, Sam Illingworth & Sunayana Bhargava join Anne McElvoy.
Pioneering women: academics and classics
Nikita Gill & Francesca Wade on classicist Jane Harrison, goddesses and LSE's Eileen Power
