Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
New Thinking: Accents
From variations of Mancunian to descriptions of the Geordie voice
1922: The Hollywood Bowl
From a season of starlit concerts in 1922 to the USA’s principal outdoor concert venue
1922: The Lincoln Memorial
Why was Lincoln the president the nation chose to commemorate in 1922?
1922: Allotments
John Gallagher investigates the Allotments Act of 1922
1922: Nanook of the North
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough looks at this ground-breaking documentary about Arctic life.
1922: Leisure and the body
From surfing to weight lifting, 20s style
1922: Food
John Gallagher explores eating fads in the 1920s with Annie Gray and Elsa Richardson
1922: Wimbledon
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the All England Club's move to a new home.
1922: Reader's Digest
The "agreggator" of trending stories of its day - how a magazine revolutionised reading.
New Thinking: Archiving the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth ties
What Birmingham can learn from Scotland + commonwealth commercial connections in the past
