Mishal Husain on Family, Empire and Why Partition Still Matters, Part One
The is the first instalment of a two-part discussion. On August 15 1947 Pakistan and India gained their independence and colonialism came to an end in the subcontinent. But it was not a time of celebr...
19 Juni 202454min
Sotheby's Talks – London: An Artistic Crossroads | Gallery Open House
London has long been a cultural melting pot for artists from around the world who, in their own unique ways, have revealed with each touch of a brush, the impact of the dynamic environment in which th...
16 Juni 20241h 23min
Rachel Cusk on Art, Womanhood and Redefining Fiction, Part Two
This is the second instalment of three-part discussion. The writing of Rachel Cusk poses us constant challenges. Her critically acclaimed Outline trilogy and memoirs – A Life’s Work and Aftermath – da...
15 Juni 202436min
Rachel Cusk on Art, Womanhood and Redefining Fiction, Part One
This is the first instalment of three-part discussion. The writing of Rachel Cusk poses us constant challenges. Her critically acclaimed Outline trilogy and memoirs – A Life’s Work and Aftermath – dar...
14 Juni 202439min
Sotheby's Talks – William Blake: Artist, Poet and Visionary, with Andrew Graham-Dixon and John Higgs
With a rare first edition of William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience about to go under the hammer, in this episode a panel of experts have come together for a conversation about the poet,...
11 Juni 20241h
The New Colonialism of Big Tech, with Nick Couldry and Ulises A. Mejias
Who owns and profits from our data, both big and small, has become one of the defining issues of the post-internet age. In their new book, Data Grab, critical media theorist Ulises A. Mejias and socio...
10 Juni 202448min
The Story of the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster, with Adam Higginbotham
The voyage of the space shuttle Challenger on the morning of January 28th, 1986, lasted just minutes before it broke up mid-flight. The tragic outcome for its lost crew has cast a shadow over space tr...
9 Juni 202442min
Archive – How I Found My Voice: Michael Palin
This is an archive episode from 2019 from the second series of How I Found My Voice, a podcast from Intelligence Squared. Presented by the BBC journalist Samira Ahmed, the podcast explores how some of...
6 Juni 20241h
