Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Writing and Place: Northern Ireland
Colin Bateman and Michelle Gallen talk about their writing to Shahidha Bari
Rock Follies
The groundbreaking 1970s TV drama reassessed with guests including actor Rula Lenska.
Oxford Philosophy
The influence of J.L. Austin, Gilbert Ryle, Elizabeth Anscombe and later Derek Parfit
Childhood and play
The V&A has re-opened its museum of childhood as Young V&A plus how kids learn to speak
New Thinking: women and football
Newspaper reports of the Lionesses analysed + early reports of women in American football
South Asia: poverty and princes
Historians Joya Chatterji and Tripurdaman Singh, plus the novels of Kamala Markandaya
Liverpool Biennial + art at MIF
Catherine Fletcher and 3 Biennial artists. Vid Simoniti visits Economics the Blockbuster
A lively Tudor world
From needlework to marriage portraits to depicting music on the page
New Thinking: oral histories and the NHS
New research on the stories held in the NHS archives and the voices that are missing
New Thinking: Children and health
What can we learn from children's experiences in the Pandemic at home and at school?