New Generation Thinkers 2020

Egyptian Satire

Dina Rezk explores the power of humour in protest.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2020

Prison Break

New Generation Thinker Jeffrey Howard asks if it is ever ok to escape from prison.

• 14 mins

Decameron Nights

I'm alright, Jack

I’m alright, Jack - a trio of folk tales about looking out for number one.

• 14 mins

Decameron Nights

Heartstrings

Heartstrings - a threesome of folk tales about love.

• 14 mins

Decameron Nights

Lady Luck

Lady Luck - a shamrock of forgotten tales about fortune and fate.

• 14 mins

Culture in Quarantine: Sounds of Silence

Connections

Locked down in Dublin, an Irish pianist tunes into the songs of birds around him.

• 14 mins

Culture in Quarantine: Sounds of Silence

Conduit

A soprano discovers the colour of her voice in a basement in Birmingham.

• 14 mins

Culture in Quarantine: Sounds of Silence

Human

A beatboxer wrestles with the silence of his mind during the global crisis.

• 14 mins

Culture in Quarantine: Sounds of Silence

Seeds

A cellist plants the seeds of her future in the Scottish Highlands.

• 14 mins

Culture in Quarantine: Sounds of Silence

Mantra

Unlocking the power of the breath with mantra meditation during the global crisis.

• 14 mins

A Birdsong Garden

The Great Chorus

Redstarts and warblers are the stars in the dawn chorus of May.

• 14 mins

A Birdsong Garden

Summer in the Vale

The nightingales stand silent as a solar eclipse sweeps through the Vale of Whittingham.

• 14 mins

A Birdsong Garden

Autumn Passage

Chiffchaff’s first words, and the swallows come... and go.

• 14 mins

A Birdsong Garden

The Winter Flock

Escape amongst the haunting sounds of the owls on a cold winter’s night.

• 14 mins

A Birdsong Garden

The Spring Revival

Gas guns to peewits to witnessing the intimate song of the blackbird like never before.

• 14 mins

Mayflower Portraits

400 years on

Nick Bryant reflectis on what the Mayflower 400th anniversary means to Americans in 2020.

• 14 mins

Mayflower Portraits

Squanto

Margaret Verble considers the role of Squanto in the Mayflower myth.

• 14 mins

Mayflower Portraits

John Alden

Michael Goldfarb on crew member turned colonist John Alden.

• 14 mins

Mayflower Portraits

Susanna White-Winslow

Rebecca Fraser’s portrait of Susanna White-Whitlow, Mayflower passenger

• 14 mins

Mayflower Portraits

Metacom

David J Silverman explores the motivations of resistance leader Metacom

• 14 mins

Five Kinds of Beethoven

Inua Ellams

Inua Ellams, poet and playwright, shares what Beethoven means to him.

• 14 mins

Five Kinds of Beethoven

Sophie Stone

Sophie Stone considers accessing music as a deaf person and what Beethoven means to her.

• 14 mins

Five Kinds of Beethoven

Nitin Sawhney

Nitin Sawhney on the origins, evolution and nature of Beethoven’s genius.

• 14 mins

Five Kinds of Beethoven

Andrew Biswell

Andrew Biswell explores the fascinating connection between Anthony Burgess and Beethoven.

• 14 mins

Five Kinds of Beethoven

Thangam Debbonaire

Thangam Debbonaire MP shares what Beethoven means to her.

• 14 mins

Thinking Black

Peter Fryer

Colin Grant explores whether it’s appropriate for a white writer to write black history.

• 14 mins

Thinking Black

John Howard Griffin

Colin Grant examines how black people often experience invisibility in wider society.

• 14 mins

Thinking Black

Bert Williams

Writer Colin Grant explores the history and evolution of minstrelsy.

• 14 mins

Thinking Black

Sandra Laing

Writer Colin Grant explores the history and consequences of racial passing.

• 14 mins

Thinking Black

Michael Manley

Writer Colin Grant asks who is black and who isn’t – and who gets to decide?

• 14 mins