BBC Radio 4 - Arts & Ideas

Orhan Pamuk and the Ottoman Empire

The Nobel Prize winning novelist is joined by academics Michael Talbot and Keya Anjaria

John Gallagher says hello in Oscan, the language of Ancient Pompeii

Matthew Sweet and guests on the creator of children's TV classics including The Clangers.

Rana Mitter meets six authors shortlisted for the prize for Global Cultural Understanding.

Coleridge, Fuseli and Emily Bronte under the spotlight as a new film and exhibition open

Anne McElvoy is joined by the directors of three institutions from around the world.

From variations of Mancunian to descriptions of the Geordie voice

Matthew Sweet and guests explore this genre-stretching album released on 11th Oct 1972

Our surprisingly complex and mysterious relationship with text explored by Matthew Sweet.

Anne McElvoy talks to novelist Kamila Shamsie and playwright Rona Munro