Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Victorian Values
Gisela Stuart, AN Wilson, Fern Riddell, Sarah Williams, Matthew Stallard, Matthew Sweet
Innovation
Matthew Sweet explores the cultures of novelty
Travel
Travel past and present and broadening the mind? Travel journalists and historians debate
Idleness
Is idleness ever a virtue? Matthew Sweet investigates
Influencing History
Matthew Sweet and guests ask who makes history and debate arguments in the Reith lectures
Marriage
Shahidha Bari joined by guests including Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch and Zoe Strimpel
Rocks
How can earth sciences like geology transform our understanding of history and society?
Revenge and reconciliation
In the week we mark the Armistice of World War I, Anne McElvoy and guests discuss revenge
The end of civilisations and societies
Peter Hitchens, Rhiannon Firth, Neville Morley, Phil Tinline, Luke Kemp join Shahidha Bari
Rational and Irrational decision making
Anne McElvoy considers the value of irrationality with Lionel Barber and Bronwen Maddox.
