Arabian queens, Bangladeshi mothers and women's tales

From the Arabian nights to refugee stories - female voices fictional and real

• 44 mins

Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment

Stephen Frears, Matthew Reisz & Lucy Bolton join Matthew Sweet to look at this 1966 film.

• 44 mins

Star Trek

Matthew Sweet with George Takei, Naomi Alderman, Una McCormack and José-Antonio Orosco

• 44 mins

Soil, Chickens and City Farms

Ahead of world soil day, Anne McElvoy looks at changes to both rural and urban farming.

• 43 mins

How do we look at Art?

Catherine Fletcher with Vid Simoniti; Cleo Hanaway-Oakley; Lamin Fofana and Sally Booth

• 44 mins

New Thinking: Language, the Victorians and Us

From Lancashire dialect protest poetry to Hardy's Dorset vowels. John Gallagher hosts.

• 45 mins

Trapeze acts and circus celebrities

Shahidha Bari hears about the aerialists Lillian Leitzel and Pablo Fanque.

• 44 mins

Depicting AIDS in Drama

Russell T Davies, Jill Nalder, Sabina Dosani and Matthew Sweet recorded with an audience

• 44 mins

Lists

Are lists a good way of organising chaos? Lisa Mullen and guests discuss

• 44 mins

Bestiaries and Beyond

Shahidha Bari investigates the human invention of animals

• 44 mins

Landladies

Historical accounts and fictional depictions of the women who ran boarding houses.

• 44 mins

1922: Reader's Digest

The "agreggator" of stories - we look at how it launched and revolutionised reading

• 14 mins

1922:Food fads

John Gallagher talks to Annie Gray and Elsa Richardson about iguana soup and protein bars

• 14 mins

1922: The Hollywood Bowl

From a series of starlit concerts in the 20s to America's principle outdoor concert venue

• 13 mins

1922: Leisure and Sport

From Agatha Christie surfing to weight-lifting '20s style. John Gallagher looks at sports

• 14 mins

1922: Wimbledon and tennis fashions

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the All England Club's move to a new home

• 14 mins

Wilkie Collins & disability

How the Victorian author’s own pain and drug dependency fed into his sensational novels.

• 44 mins

Amílcar Cabral

Rana Mitter and guests discuss the pan-Africanist poet and anti-colonial leader.

• 44 mins

Katherine Mansfield & Mavis Gallant

Claire Harman, Kirsty Gunn, Laurence Scott and Shahidha Bari discuss short story writing

• 44 mins

Anna Kavan

Matthew Sweet reads Ice and other works of this experimental writer who died in 1968

• 44 mins

Phillis Wheatley

The enslaved African American woman, Phillis Wheatley who became a celebrated poet.

• 44 mins

New Thinking: Language Loss and revival

John Gallagher is joined by Gwenno, who writes and sings in Cornish, and others

• 43 mins

The Wife of Bath

Marion Turner talks to Shahidha Bari about different versions of Chaucer's heroine

• 44 mins

Higher Education for women and working class students

Anne McElvoy hosts a conversation about higher education and the history of its expansion

• 45 mins

Audrey Hepburn

Matthew Sweet marks the 30th anniversary of the death of this icon of film and fashion.

• 45 mins

William Stukeley

Rana Mitter considers the life and legacy of the first person to survey Stonehenge

• 44 mins

Holocaust Memorial Day 2023

Matthew Sweet looks at the experiences of Portuguese Jewish and Roma communities.

• 45 mins

The English Civil War

Rana Mitter talks about politics, religion and divisions in 17th-century England.

• 45 mins

Crossroads and TV soaps

Russell T Davies and Paula Milne on the power of soap operas

• 44 mins

The mermaid-like Mélusine

The fish-tailed woman of medieval folklore is discussed by Shahidha Bari and guests.

• 44 mins