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Images of Japan
Fumio Obata and Jocelyne Allen discuss graphic art and manga.
6 years, 10 months ago
Authority in the Era of Populism
What is required of a good leader in an age of disruption? Jamie Bartlett, Professor Mary Kaldor, Dame Louise Casey, Dame Heather Rabbatts, Rupert Re…
6 years, 10 months ago
The joy of sewing, poet Fatimah Asghar, Painting in miniature
Shahidha Bari talks poetry and the web series Brown Girls, plus the history of sewing.
6 years, 10 months ago
Patti LuPone
How loud should you be? Italian American performer Patti LuPone talks to Philip Dodd about why she doesn’t consider herself an American, her politics…
6 years, 10 months ago
Scented gloves and gossip: civility and news in the Renaissance
Shahidha Bari discusses new research on the the ins and outs of Renaissance culture: John Gallagher on civility, Emily Butterworth on news and gossip…
6 years, 10 months ago
Love
Poet Andrew McMillan, philosopher and psychologist Laura Mucha, poet and novelist Lavinia Greenlaw & writer Elanor Dymott explores who and why we lov…
6 years, 10 months ago
Africa Babel China
West Africa has a fundamental place in the shaping of the modern world and its story is told in a new history by Toby Green. He joins Rana Mitter in …
6 years, 10 months ago
Spike Lee
The film-maker Spike Lee talks to Matthew Sweet about black power and prejudice, the politics of blackface, and the Oscars as his film BlacKkKlansman…
6 years, 10 months ago
Self Knowledge, Global Catastrophe and Simulated Worlds
Self-knowledge, intellectual vices & conspiracy theories are debated by Professor Quassim Cassam and presenter Matthew Sweet. Plus New Generation Thi…
6 years, 11 months ago
Encylopedias and Knowledge: from Diderot to Wikipedia.
Jimmy Wales talks Diderot & collecting knowledge + Tariq Goddard on Mark Fisher aka k-punk. The French writer Diderot was thrown into prison in 1749 …
6 years, 11 months ago