Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
The Dutch Connection
John Gallagher hears about new research into Anglo-Dutch trade and early publishing
Hitchhiking
Matthew Sweet considers examples from Texas Chainsaw Massacre to a system of Polish tokens
New Thinking: Stitching Stories
Shahidha Bari visits a textile art show + research on embroidery, stage outfits, vintage
Can - Future Days
Matthew Sweet and guests take a deep dive into the influential German group's 1973 album.
Myths, ships and history
Anna McKay, Lloyd Belton and Oliver Finnegan delve in the deep for seafaring histories
The Condom and V.D.
Matthew Sweet and guests talk about sexual health, VD clinics, sex work and condoms
Chocolate
Shahidha Bari discusses the confection that has conquered the world
Chocolate
Shahidha Bari discusses the confection that has conquered the world
The Greenwich Outrage
The attempt by an anarchist to blow up the Royal Observatory in 1894 and its consequences
Picnics
From Picnic at Hanging Rock to an Iron Curtain Pan European picnic