Documentaries exploring the latest worldwide cultural issues, trends, celebrations and rebellions.
Radio 4,·74 episodes
Writer Sohrab Ahmari defends the art world from the threat of identity politics.
17 Sep 2018,·28 mins
Japanese poets create new work in a location marred by a tragic history.
10 Sep 2018,·28 mins
Can anyone declare themselves an artist? David Tovey considers the so-called rules.
09 Sep 2018,·28 mins
Poland’s artists, writers and musicians respond to growing ultra-nationalism.
03 Sep 2018,·28 mins
How the Zimbabwean music scene is responding to the end of the Mugabe era.
26 Aug 2018,·28 mins
Britain is opening a series of large new jails, but why is the go-to design 250 years old?
23 Aug 2018,·28 mins
Exploring an unlikely exhibit of artworks from Guantanamo Bay.
29 Mar 2018,·28 mins
Chris Hawkins on the new wave of politically engaged bands defining the alternative scene.
22 Mar 2018,·28 mins
6 Music's Chris Hawkins investigates a new wave of politically engaged bands.
A personal, artistic response to the Catalan crisis by Anglo-Spanish artist Sonia Boue.
19 Mar 2018,·28 mins
Errollyn Wallen meets artists working in places of conflict and danger around the world.
15 Mar 2018,·28 mins
Yousra Elbagir and a new wave of Sudanese musicians explore the current cultural climate.
13 Mar 2018,·28 mins
Yousra Elbagir explores the musical life of Sudan from the 1960s to the current resurgence
06 Mar 2018,·28 mins
Alastair Sooke meets young artists leading a new creative moment in Athens.
27 Feb 2018,·28 mins
