A City is not a Park

Des Fitzgerald is a sociologist at Cardiff Uni. researching health, illness & cities

• 13 mins

A City Is not a Park

What would happen if we covered the industrial fabric of our cities with plantlife?

• 14 mins

Cooking and Eating God in Medieval Drama

Daisy Black conjures up images of breaking bread and cannibalism in mystery plays

• 13 mins

Cooking and Eating God in Medieval Drama

Daisy Black conjures up images of breaking bread and cannibalism in mystery plays.

• 14 mins

Why Trespassing Is the Right Way To Go

Ben Anderson looks at fights over land rights, access to nature & care of the environment

• 13 mins

Why Trespassing Is the Right Way to Go

Ben Anderson on fights over land rights, access to nature and care of the environment.

• 14 mins

Shopping Around the Baby Market

Gulzaar Barn asks questions about commercial surrogacy and the way we view our bodies.

• 14 mins

Healthy eating Edwardian-style

Elsa Richardson on the diet guru who set up a Covent Garden cafe and sold health products.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2019

Marble, Muscle and Manly Bodies in the 18th Century

Sarah Goldsmith on how the C18th craze for weight lifting fed into ideas about masculinity

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2019

Who Wrote Animal Farm?

Lisa Mullen looks at the contribution of Orwell's wife Eileen to his writing.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2019

Should Salman Rushdie Live and Let Die ?

What the BBFC archives tell us about censorship debates & a film depicting Salman Rushdie.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2019

The Ottoman Empire, Power and the Sea

Michael Talbot tells stories of Turkish raiders, sea patrols and midwater borders.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2019

Where Do Human Rights Come From?

Dafydd Mills Daniel looks at links between the UN, Richard III and Disney's Jiminy Cricket

• 14 mins

Behold the Man

Christ Crowned With Thorns by Dirk Bouts

At the National Gallery, Sikh writer Sathnam Sanghera encounters the suffering Christ.

• 14 mins

Behold the Man

Christ Before Pilate by the Master of Cappenberg

At the National Gallery, writer Kit de Waal reflects on Pilate’s dilemma.

• 14 mins

Behold the Man

Christ as the Man of Sorrows by Jacobello del Bonomo

At the National Gallery, Muslim journalist Abdul-Rehman Malik discovers a brown Christ.

• 14 mins

Behold the Man

The Crucifixion by the Master of Delft

At the National Gallery, writer Sheila Hayman views a life-affirming Crucifixion scene.

• 14 mins

Behold the Man

The Incredulity of St Thomas by Guercino

Nigerian novelist Chibundu Onuzo contemplates doubting Thomas at the National Gallery.

• 14 mins

Hear Listening

An Officer and a Swimming Pool: How I decided to Travel Blind

Adventures travelling blind in both 21st and 19th centuries.

• 14 mins

Hear Listening

Why There are 300 Seconds in a Blind Minute

Adventures travelling blind in both 21st and 19th centuries.

• 14 mins

Hear Listening

Sight Seeing? Or Hear Listening

Adventures travelling blind in both 21st and 19th centuries.

• 14 mins

Hear Listening

The Importance of Imagination

Adventures travelling blind in both 21st and 19th centuries.

• 14 mins

Hear Listening

How I See With My Feet

Adventures travelling blind in both 21st and 19th centuries.

• 14 mins

On Holiday with Nietzsche

Becoming What You Are

Writer Ken Hollings reflects on his literary encounters with Friedrich Nietzsche.

• 14 mins

On Holiday with Nietzsche

Under the Mountain

Writer Ken Hollings reflects on his literary encounters with Friedrich Nietzsche.

• 14 mins

On Holiday with Nietzsche

For Everyone and No-One

Writer Ken Hollings reflects on his literary encounters with Friedrich Nietzsche.

• 14 mins

On Holiday with Nietzsche

A Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

Writer Ken Hollings reflects on his literary encounters with Friedrich Nietzsche.

• 14 mins

On Holiday with Nietzsche

The Art of Ending

Writer Ken Hollings reflects on his literary encounters with Friedrich Nietzsche.

• 14 mins

From the Source

Gaelic Waters

Folk singer Julie Fowlis conjures kelpies, selkies and waterfall banshees from Gaelic song

• 14 mins

From the Source

Medway Mudlarks

Driftwood, a Victorian poison bottle and a sailor's lost boot. Potent inspiration for art.

• 14 mins