Sanjeev Bhaskar on Dreams and Nightmares
How do we begin to understand how civilians felt in a time of war? We often look to diaries and poetry - but today we look to the surrealist artists that sought to make sense of the most extreme times...
8 Helmi 202530min
Edmund Clark on Controlled Environments
How do modern conflicts change the way artists respond to warfare? In this bonus episode, Edmund Clark discusses his experiences of depicting life for those who are living in controlled environments....
7 Helmi 202532min
Geoff Norcott on Technology & Innovation
What did it take to capture 20th Century warfare on film - and how were they used in the war effort? Geoff Norcott joins curator James Taylor for a personalised tour of the artworks on display at the ...
31 Tammi 202533min
Rachel Parris on Protest and Propaganda
Is there anything new in modern propaganda? Comedian Rachel Parris discovers how governments and protesters have always pulled on the public's emotional heartstrings across the 20th and 21st centuries...
24 Tammi 202535min
Carl Miller on The War Dead and Wounded
What did artists and photographers choose to show us of the horrors of the front line? And how did Governments seek to curb what its citizens could see? Carl Miller (The Kill List) travels from the tr...
17 Tammi 202543min
Susan Wokoma explores The Home Front
How did British society react to the sudden increase of women in the workforce during the First World War? Or the thousands of colonial volunteers brought over to fight Nazism? Susan Wokoma (Chewing...
10 Tammi 202533min
Helen Lewis on Destruction and Reconstruction
How have artists, filmmakers and photographers shaped our understanding of wars and conflict? Journalist and writer Helen Lewis explores the recently-opened Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleri...
3 Tammi 202543min
Conflict Of Interest is back
More conflicts explained in a brand new series focusing on the role of art, film and photography in depicting warfare across the Twentieth Century. This time featuring: Broadcaster Helen Lewis Act...
30 Joulu 20241min
