BBC Radio 4 - Arts & Ideas

Children of the Waters

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

From Treasure Island to Kynance Cove, Anne Bonney to Captain Pugwash: Anne McElvoy hosts

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

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

Is the idea that religion and science are at odds a myth?

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

Diarmuid Hester hears about Operation Tiger & early 1900s queer life writing

Matthew Sweet and guests visit a Tate Britain show and look at Pater's Renaissance ideas

Chris Harding meets the 10 academics who will make programmes from their research in 2023

The father of modern computing thought the sea could communicate. Joan Passey explains.