BBC Radio 4 - Arts & Ideas

Translating Cultures

Composer Alex Ho, novelist Xiaolu Guo, curator George Young and director Anthony Lau

Katja Hoyer on East Germany, behind the Berlin Wall and the Cold War caricature

Matthew Sweet is joined by Lea Ypi, Adela Demetja, Ani Kokobobo and Aurel Qirjo

Kerry McInerney, Eleanor Drage and Kendra Briken share their research with Laurence Scott

The early 19th century street performer Billy Waters, Streetwise Opera and street ballads

Ahead of Mother's Day Matthew Sweet and guests discuss new ways of looking at stepmothers

New research into ideas about decadence and connections with France, England and Iran.

As Budget day approaches, Anne McElvoy looks at debt from the South Sea Bubble to Sunak

Kate Rowley and Gerardo Ortega talk about new research into British Sign Language

Shahidha Bari is joined by Dina Nayeri, Kirsty Sedgman, Michelle Assay and Alberta Whittle