Arts & Ideas

Arts & Ideas

Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives – looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fridays at 9pm on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy.

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Episoder(2000)

Re-thinking the Human Condition

Re-thinking the Human Condition

Henry Hardy has written In Search of Isaiah Berlin: A Literary Adventure Diving For Seahorses: A Journey Through the Science of Memory by Hilde Østby and Ylva Østby explores the study of memory from t...

1 Nov 201846min

Religious divisions, puppet shows and politics.

Religious divisions, puppet shows and politics.

The exile of English Catholics 450 years ago, suffragette Punch and Judy plus Shahidha Bari interviews Kapka Kassabova, the winner of a prize for fostering global understanding.The British Academy’s N...

31 Okt 201845min

The Memes that Make Us Laugh

The Memes that Make Us Laugh

The memes that make us laugh - have we become meaner or can schadenfreude be a positive thing? Philosophical traditions around the world - can you outline the ideas of Nishida as well as Nietzsche? Is...

30 Okt 201845min

From the Gallows to the Holy Land: Medieval Pilgrimage

From the Gallows to the Holy Land: Medieval Pilgrimage

From a hanged man who came back to life to walk from Swansea to Hereford, to a woman who travelled from London to Evesham in a wheelbarrow, studying pilgrimage opens up a unique window on the world of...

26 Okt 201853min

The Dark and Political Messages of Kids Fiction.

The Dark and Political Messages of Kids Fiction.

Michael Rosen and Kimberley Reynolds talk to Anne McElvoy about socialist fairy tales and radicalism in books for children. Nikita Gill and Katherine Webber on giving traditional tales a modern twist....

25 Okt 201845min

Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh

The film director talks to Matthew Sweet about his career and his approach to dramatising history. His new film Peterloo depicts the 1819 massacre at a rally in Manchester where a crowd of 60,000–80,0...

24 Okt 201845min

Playing God

Playing God

How do you put the Bible on stage or make a modern medieval mystery play? Shahidha Bari talks to the National Theatre of Brent's Patrick Barlow as his play The Messiah starts at UK tour. New Generatio...

23 Okt 201845min

Enchantment, Witches and Woodlands

Enchantment, Witches and Woodlands

Matthew Sweet takes to the woods with thoroughly modern witch, William Hunter, and writer and folklorist, Zoe Gilbert, to look for green men and suitable spots for a ritual. If modern magic is all abo...

18 Okt 201846min

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