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Tracing Beauty
Ben Quash considers what we mean when we talk about beauty.
Swansea's Other Poet
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, on the poetry of Vernon Watkins.
Immortal Dreams
Professor Raymond Tallis explores the science and culture of immortality.
The Heritage Wars
Historian Dr Anna Whitelock explores how the heritage industry is battling for our money.
Arnold Wesker
Matthew Sweet looks back at the life and career of playwright Arnold Wesker.
Phoenix Rising: The Story of Coventry Cathedral
Giles Fraser examines the history, ministry and artistic legacy of Coventry cathedral.
Malvinas Madness
Andrew Graham Yooll asks what Argentinians' longing for the Falklands says about Argentina
Edward James and the Surreal Garden
A strange tale of wealth, wilderness, family intrigue, surrealism and concrete, in Mexico.
Crowd Psychology
Geneticist Steve Jones investigates the science of crowds.
The Other Dickens
Laurence Scott on Victorian novelist and contemporary of Dickens, George WM Reynolds.
Great British Ideas
Robert Malthus
Tristram Hunt on how 18th-century thinker Robert Malthus's ideas wrought havoc in India.
Young England and Young Ireland
Tristram Hunt explores the political philosophies of 'Young England' and 'Young Ireland'.
JA Hobson, Lenin and Anti-Imperialism
Tristram Hunt discovers the decisive impact a liberal English journalist had on Lenin.
The American Civil War
The War of the South
Adam Smith explores the American South and the Civil War.
The War of the North
Dr Adam Smith explores the world of the North and its war.
Dividing Lines
Adam Smith traces the dividing lines of the American Civil War beneath US politics today.
Blockade Runners and Black Minstrels
What did Britain do in the American Civil War? Louise Welsh investigates.
Dark Arcadias
Episode 1
Adam Nicolson explores ideas of Arcadia in the work of Hesiod, Virgil and Horace.
Part 2
Adam Nicolson explores ideas of Arcadia in western culture and why death is at its heart.
Jacquetta Hawkes and the Personal Past
Christine Finn examines the life and work of fellow archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes.
John Cage: Beyond Silence
Richard Bernas explores the legacy of John Cage in music and beyond.
A Social History of the Piano
Michael Goldfarb explores the three-hundred-year history of the piano.
After the Gold Rush - The Poetry of California
Dana Gioia traces developments in Californian poetry since the Beats in the 1950s.
The Dragon with Two Tongues
Poet Gwyneth Lewis explores the modern revival of Welsh language.
Queen's University - Belfast Built
The history of Queen's University in political, cultural and intellectual life in Belfast.
Way off the Beaten Track
Stephen Smith asks if it matters if travel writing is unreliable.
On Napoleon
Tolstoy and Napoleon
Rosamund Bartlett explores the truth and the fiction of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
Stendhal and Napoleon
Andy Martin on how Stendahl followed Napoleon across Europe in 1812 and changed fiction.
British Romanticism and Napoleon
Simon Bainbridge explores how Napoleon shaped poetry in Britain, especially the Romantics.
Reader Meet Author
Exploring unexpected literary influences on Byron, Tennessee Williams and Virginia Woolf.
Stop Calling Me 'Doctor Sex'
Matthew Sweet uncovers the extraordinary career of Alex Comfort, author of The Joy of Sex.
