Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
New Thinking: 2024’s New Generation Thinkers
Introducing ten academics who’ll be sharing their research as part of a BBC/AHRC scheme
New Thinking: Exploring the local
New research into local politics, newspapers and the history of the post office
New Thinking: Light and Darkness
Darkness and how it affects those with dementia, to light in modernist literature
New Thinking: East West artistic connections
A war captive turned musician in the Ottoman court and Islamic influences in Rubens' art
New Thinking: How water shapes our history and environment
From the aqueducts of ancient Rome to 19th century river Nile and today's running water
New Thinking: Carols and Convents
English Nuns abroad, and are carols just for Christmas?
New Thinking: Disability in Music and Theatre
Dr Louise Creechan and guests discuss adaptive music technology & musical theatre roles
New Thinking: Rediscovering women making film and sculpture
Kathleen Collins’ film scripts and women sculptors working in wax
New Thinking: The Box Office Bears project
From digging for bones to the connection between bear baiting and Elizabethan theatre
New Thinking: How and why we talk
John Gallagher hears about tongue shapes, accent prejudice and the importance of gossip
