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Building London
Stew, the name for brothels in London. A townhouse set to become luxury flats in the centre of Soho is the focus of the new novel Hot Stew from Fiona…
4 years, 10 months ago
Masks
From Greek tragedy to Covid conspiracies via LGBTQI activism in Uganda, artist Leilah Babirye, classicist Natalie Haynes and BBC correspondent Marian…
4 years, 10 months ago
Displacement
Are you coming back? That is what potter Edmund de Waal was asked by readers when he published his best-selling book about his family's refugee histo…
4 years, 10 months ago
Nadifa Mohamed, Gentle/Radical, Dylan Thomas
A Somali man arrested for murder in 1950s Cardiff inspired the latest novel from Nadifa Mohamed. She talks to Rana Mitter about uncovering this misca…
4 years, 10 months ago
Green Thinking: Climate and Refugees
Does climate change force people to flee their homes and livelihoods? Does it cause wars that create refugees? Dr Helen Adams and Professor Michael C…
4 years, 10 months ago
How anthropology helps us understand the world
"Tunnel vision is deadly. We need lateral vision. That is what anthropology can impart: anthro-vision." So says renowned economist GillianTett, who t…
4 years, 10 months ago
How anthropology helps us understand the world
"Tunnel vision is deadly. We need lateral vision. That is what anthropology can impart: anthro-vision." So says renowned economist GillianTett, who t…
4 years, 10 months ago
Green Thinking: Hot Money
From Bitcoin mines to green investment bonds: how easy is it to change the way finance works to make it greener? Professor Yu Xiong and Professor Ni…
4 years, 10 months ago
Beryl Vertue
From Frankie Howerd to Sherlock: Beryl Vertue is the producer of some classic TV shows including Men Behaving Badly. She took Steptoe and Son to Amer…
4 years, 10 months ago
Women's Art
A Bouillabaisse soup inspired hat paraded by the surrealist artist Eileen Agar in 1948 caused raised eyebrows to the passers-by captured in the Pathé…
4 years, 10 months ago