What does a black history curriculum look like?
Whose life stories are missing from the British history we write and teach? How do we widen the way we look at episodes which are on the syllabus?Rana Mitter's panel comprises Kimberly McIntosh Senior...
8 Jul 202045min
Prison Break
Prison breaks loom large in both literature and pop culture. But how should we evaluate them ethically? New Generation Thinker Jeffrey Howard asks what a world without prison would look like. His essa...
3 Jul 202014min
Facing Facts
Earlier periods of history have seen more people with scarring to their faces from duelling injuries and infectious diseases but what stopped this leading to a greater tolerance of facial difference ?...
3 Jul 202012min
Gambling, good leadership and economic history
Anne McElvoy looks at leadership lessons from past US presidents, the parallels between the betting industry and fears over gambling in 1945 and now and she asks who are the key economic thinkers. Her...
3 Jul 202045min
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
The screenwriter and novelist talks to Matthew Sweet about teaching creative writing to children in lockdown, attending mass on zoom, the changing meaning of community and the importance of family and...
1 Jul 202044min
Dam Fever and The Diaspora
New Generation Thinker Majed Akhter explores how large dam projects continue to form reservoirs of hope for a sustainable future. Despite their known drawbacks, our love affair with dams has not abate...
28 Jun 202014min
Not Quite Jean Muir
Jade Halbert lectures in fashion but has never done any sewing. She swaps pen and paper for needle and thread to create a dress from a Jean Muir pattern. In a diary charting her progress, she reflects...
28 Jun 202014min
Digging Deep
There is fascinating evidence that 5,000 years ago, people living in Britain and Ireland had a deep and meaningful relationship with the underworld seen in the carved chalk, animal bones and human ske...
28 Jun 202014min
