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How do we construct our pictures of the past asks Hilary Mantel.
Art can bring the dead back to life, argues the late novelist Hilary Mantel.
4/4 Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah asks us to give up the idea of western civilisation.
3/4 Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah argues for a world free of racial fixations.
2/4 Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah argues against a mythical and romantic view of nationhood
1/4 Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah says we overestimate scripture in our view of faith.
2/2 Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the second of his BBC Reith Lectures on black holes.
1/2 Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the first of his BBC Reith Lectures on black holes.
4/4 Atul Gawande calls for a new focus on systems to ensure doctors work more effectively.
3/4 Atul Gawande calls for a new approach to the 'great unfixables' - ageing and death.