Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Galatea and Shakespeare
Trans narratives in pre-Shakespearian drama plus Twelfth Night and the First Folio.
Caruso, Elsie Houston, Peter Brathwaite
Exploring the flow of cultural influences in both directions across the Atlantic.
Land and soil politics
Jim Scown on the links between Goethe, George Eliot and the storming of the US Capitol
Ginger Rogers
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the Hollywood star's dancing, comic timing and "sass".
Children of the Waters
Sabina Dosani looks at the ritual of Mizuko Kuyo and modern ceremonies marking miscarriage
Pirates
From Treasure Island to Kynance Cove, Anne Bonney to Captain Pugwash: Anne McElvoy hosts
Revolutionary free speech
Clare Siviter looks at attempts to liberate and then censor expression in 1790s France.
Fugitive slaves, Victorian justice
Oskar Jensen tells the tall tale of a court case inspired by a best-selling novel
Religion and Science
Is the idea that religion and science are at odds a myth?
A family of witches
Emma Whipday explores the demonisation of single mothers in English witch trials.
