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Histories of West Africa, 20th c China, art of translation
Love
Andrew McMillan, Lavinia Greenlaw, Elanor Dymott, Laura Mucha- the science & art of love.
Scented gloves and gossip: civility and news in the Renaissance
Shahidha Bari discusses new research on the the ins and outs of Renaissance culture
Patti LuPone
The musicals star on politics, performing, #Me Too and her Italian-American roots.
The joy of sewing, poet Fatimah Asghar, Painting in miniature
Shahidha Bari talks poetry and the web series Brown Girls, plus the history of sewing.
Authority in the Era of Populism
Louise Casey, Mary Kaldor, Jamie Bartlett, Heather Rabbatts & Rupert Reid w/ Anne McElvoy
Images of Japan
Fumio Obata and Jocelyne Allen discuss graphic art and manga.
Jack the Ripper and women as victims
Rescuing the Ripper's victims from the shadows of history
Skeuomorphs, Design and Modern Craft
Laurence Scott & Will Self on redundant features in design + a visit to Collect Craft Show
The joy of sewing, poet Fatimah Asghar, Painting in miniature.
Shahidha Bari talks poetry and the web series Brown Girls, and the history of sewing.
David Bailey, Don McCullin
Philip Dodd goes to David Bailey's studio and talks to Don McCullin about his Tate show.
Is British Culture Getting Wierder?
Gazelle Twin, Julia Bardsley, Hannah Catherine Jones, Luke Turner & William Fowler.
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
Lara Feigel, David Aaronovitch, Melissa Benn, Xiaolu Guo & Matthew Sweet on Doris Lessing.
Women, relationships and the law past and present
Novelists Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Layla AlAmmar & historians Jennifer Aston + Jessica Malay
The Council Estate in Culture
Why are estates so often portrayed as incubators of social deprivation and criminality?
Partition, colonial power and the voices of C16th women
Artist Hew Locke and historians Suzannah Lipscomb, Aanchal Malhotra & Anindya Raychaudhuri
George Szirtes, Valeria Luiselli, Jhumpa Lahiri
One poet and two writers in conversation about language, migrants and personhood
Empathy
Authors Max Porter, Samantha Harvey & AK Benjamin discuss empathy with Chris Harding.
Childhood faces and fears
A history of orphans, fears about brainwashing and portraits on show at Compton Verney
Betrayal
Philip Dodd explores the idea of betrayal
Whatever happened to Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais?
Matthew Sweet meets the TV writers of The Likely Lads, Porridge and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
Feelings, and Feelings, and Feelings. The Free Thinking Festival Lecture
Historian of emotions Professor Thomas Dixon, Matthew Sweet & the Sage Gateshead audience
A city is not a park but should it be?
A short talk at the Free Thinking Festival from New Generation Thinker Des Fitzgerald.
Anxiety and the Teenage Brain
Stephen Briers, Caroline Dower and Ceyda Uzun join Anne McElvoy at Sage Gateshead.
The Essay: Cooking and Eating God in Medieval Drama
Daisy Black conjures up images of breaking bread and cannibalism in mystery plays
Crimes of Passion: Sophie Hannah, Michael Hughes and David Wilson
A crime writer, novelist from Northern Ireland and former prison governor compare notes.
Being Diplomatic
How much emotion should a diplomat, a news reporter or a conciliation expert show?
Why Trespassing Is the Right Way To Go
Ben Anderson looks at fights over land rights, access to nature & care of the environment
Shopping Around the Baby Market
Gulzaar Barn asks questions about commercial surrogacy and the way we view our bodies.
'Calm Down Dear' - How Angry Should Politics Get?
Dr Fern Riddell, Kehinde Andrews, Will Davies & Jo Ann Nadler join Shahidha Bari
Healthy Eating Edwardian Style
Elsa Richardson on the diet guru who set up a Covent Garden café and sold health products.