Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Decadent Art
New research into ideas about decadence and connections with France, England and Iran.
Debt
As Budget day approaches, Anne McElvoy looks at debt from the South Sea Bubble to Sunak
New Thinking: British Sign Language
Kate Rowley and Gerardo Ortega talk about new research into British Sign Language
Making Your Voice Heard
Shahidha Bari is joined by Dina Nayeri, Kirsty Sedgman, Michelle Assay and Alberta Whittle
Anarchism and David Graeber
Matthew Sweet and guests look at the ideas of American anthropologist (1961-2020).
Dom Sylvester Hou茅dard
Matthew Sweet and guests on the career of the C20th concrete poet and Catholic mystic
Sesame Street and Soviet culture
Anne McElvoy looks at Russian punk protest + a version of US TV's Big Bird, Bert and Ernie
Tin cans, cutlery and sewing
New research into the history of stainless steel cutlery, tinned food and sewing machines
Ghosts of Caribbean History
New writing by Colin Grant and Kevin Jared Hosein; art by Mary Evans and Michael Elliott
Climate change and empire building
The long history of climate change and empire: historians Nandini Das and Peter Frankopan
