Fluxus - 60 Years and Not Counting

Paul Morley celebrates an irreverent art movement.

• 44 mins

Riding the Waves

Artists dive deep beneath the waves of Virginia Woolf's inspirational novel.

• 44 mins

Repeating Patterns in the Street Harassment of Women

Dr Rachel Hewitt explores repeating patterns in the street harassment of women.

• 14 mins

The Kershaw Tapes

More Kershaw Tapes

Andy Kershaw introduces more rare recordings from his personal archive.

• 44 mins

Even more Kershaw Tapes

Andy Kershaw introduces more rare recordings from his personal archive.

• 44 mins

Clubbing after Lockdown

New Generation Thinker Tom Smith explores post-lockdown club culture and what's changed.

• 14 mins

Regarding the Pain of Others

Allan Little addresses the gulf between the reality of war and our means to comprehend it.

• 44 mins

Archives in the Culture Wars

Tom Charlton explores how his academic career as a historian fits into the ‘culture wars’.

• 14 mins

The Puppet's Gaze

Noreen Masud reflects on what the puppet's gaze can give that the human gaze cannot.

• 14 mins

Unmouthed

Revelations, new poems and music from composer Ivor Gurney’s lost years in an asylum

• 44 mins

Tranquility Inc - The Great New Ambient Wave

Elizabeth Alker traces the hidden history of Japan’s environmental music scene.

• 44 mins

Reclaiming the Bridgetower Sonata

Chi-chi Nwanoku's journey to restore Beethoven's dedication to George Bridgetower.

• 44 mins

Then there was Light - Stockhausen's LICHT, his opera for the seven days of the week

How German avant-garde composer Stockhausen wrote an opera for each day of the week.

• 44 mins

Staycationing in the style of abroad

Dr Seán Williams explores Little Switzerlands — a long way from the Alps.

• 14 mins

Great Scott

A fresh perspective on Sir Walter Scott, more than 250 years on from his birth.

• 44 mins

Studio in the Sky

How 9/11 influenced the work of artists who were part of a residency in the Twin Towers.

• 44 mins

The Many Diagnoses of Robert Schumann

Phil Hebblethwaite traces the explanations for Schumann‘s illness and death.

• 44 mins

How to Rebuild a City

Dr Lisa Mullen tells the story of how postwar Coventry became the City of Tomorrow.

• 44 mins

Dear Phillis

The legacy of Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American poet.

• 44 mins

The Gorbals - Past and Present

A New Generation Thinker brings their research into the modern mainstream.

• 14 mins

Malcolm Arnold, the Tortured Composer

Simon Heffer champions one of Britain’s greatest symphonists, composer Malcolm Arnold.

• 44 mins

A Trip to My Grave

Sophie Coulombeau reflects on the contemporary reluctance to face death.

• 14 mins

Nuit Blanche

What is it about the night? Artists and writers reveal their nocturnal creative processes.

• 44 mins

A Tree Story

Martin Handley traces the journey of a violin from forest to concert hall via its builder.

• 44 mins

Afterwords: Simone de Beauvoir

A portrait of Simone de Beauvoir through her own words and those of critics and admirers.

• 44 mins

Afterwords: Mary Oliver

A dive into the world of American writer Mary Oliver, with recordings of the poet herself.

• 44 mins

Afterwords: Stuart Hall

The writer and academic Stuart Hall in his own words and those of admirers of his work.

• 44 mins

In Search of the Sublime

In Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, artist Emma Stibbon RA explores the idea of the sublime.

• 44 mins

This Land of Words and Water

A journey into the Ireland of Louis MacNeice’s poetic imagination.

• 44 mins

Aida at 150

Flora Willson tells the story of Verdi's operatic masterpiece from an Egyptian lens.

• 44 mins