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Arts & Ideas Episodes

  1. Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf: Sindhubala

    Preti Taneja on the writing and politics of Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi

  2. Books To Make Space For On The Bookshelf: John Halifax, Gentleman

    2/5 Clare Walker Gore explores how Dinah Mulock Craik subverted Victorian expectations

  3. Books to Make Space For On The Bookshelf: Closer

    New Generation Thinker Diarmuid Hester on the transgressive writing of Dennis Cooper

  4. Black Swan, Wilbert Rideau, Rudyard Kipling & Mary Midgley

    We review the film, Black Swan. Anne McElvoy talks to Wilbert Rideau who spent 44 in...

  5. Biutiful, laughter, John Gray and Susan Hiller

    We review Oscar-nominated film Biutiful. A discussion about laughter with German and...

  6. Billy Bragg, China, Beat Poets, Michael Grade

    Billy Bragg talks about protest songs, Rana Mitter hosts a discussion about the of and...

  7. Berlin, Detroit, Race and Techno Music

    Tom Smith's essay on early pioneers of Berlin's music scene and arguments about whiteness

  8. Berlin, Detroit, Race and Techno Music

    Tom Smith looks at the early pioneers of this music scene & arguments about whiteness now

  9. Berji Kristin: Tales from the Garbage Hills

    Sarah Jilani on Latife Tekin’s magical realist novel about 1960’s Istanbul shanty towns.

  10. Beastly Politics

    Is man the only political beast?

  11. Arundhati Roy, Siddharta Deb and Retromania

    Acclaimed novelists Arundhati Roy and Siddhartha Deb look at India as an emerging...

  12. Artistic Endeavours

    Throughout this week, Night Waves examines some of the major cultural forces shaping...

  13. Arteries of tomorrow

    Dan Taylor considers the way communities along the A13 are looking to the future

  14. Arianna Huffington, Bertrand Tavernier & Hollywood portraiture

    Arianna Huffington talks about the launch of her online newspaper, the Huffington in...

  15. Anne Enright, David Thompson & Climate Science

    Anne Enright discusses a new anthology on Irish short stories, film critic David on of...

  16. Amanda Foreman, Fintan O'Toole & Alasdair Gray

    The Irish commentator Fintan O'Toole talks to Philip Dodd. Amanda Foreman discusses on...

  17. Ai Weiwei, the value of Arts & All About Love

    Isabel Hilton on the artist Ai Weiwei and his recent problems with the Chinese state.

  18. A family of witches

    Emma Whipday explores the demonisation of single mothers in English witch trials.

  19. A city is not a park but should it be?

    A short talk at the Free Thinking Festival from New Generation Thinker Des Fitzgerald.

  20. A Brazilian soprano in jazz-age Paris

    Adjoa Osei celebrates Elsie Houston, who mixed Afro-Brazilian folk with European opera.

  21. 1922:Food fads

    John Gallagher talks to Annie Gray and Elsa Richardson about iguana soup and protein bars

  22. 1922: Wimbledon and tennis fashions

    Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the All England Club's move to a new home

  23. 1922: Wimbledon

    Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the All England Club's move to a new home.

  24. 1922: The Lincoln Memorial

    Why was Lincoln the president the nation chose to commemorate in 1922?

  25. 1922: The Hollywood Bowl

    From a series of starlit concerts in the 20s to America's principle outdoor concert venue

  26. 1922: The Hollywood Bowl

    From a season of starlit concerts in 1922 to the USA’s principal outdoor concert venue

  27. 1922: Reader's Digest

    The "agreggator" of stories - we look at how it launched and revolutionised reading

  28. 1922: Reader's Digest

    The "agreggator" of trending stories of its day - how a magazine revolutionised reading.

  29. 1922: Nanook of the North

    Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough looks at this ground-breaking documentary about Arctic life.

  30. 1922: Leisure and the body

    From surfing to weight lifting, 20s style

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