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Music – from page to performance

The award-winning composer Errollyn Wallen offers an insight into what it’s like to write a piece...

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China – its poetry and economy

In the winter of 770 the Chinese poet Du Fu wrote his final words, ‘Excitement gone, now nothing...

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Soundtrack to life

The American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant often uses fictional or mythological characters...

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Infected blood - from scandal to inquiry

The plasma product Factor VIII was heralded in the 1960s as a miracle treatment that helped those...

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Unruly bodies

The writer and academic Emma Dabiri encourages unruliness in her latest book, Disobedient Bodies....

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Israel

This programme was set up before the violence broke out in Israel. Tom Sutcliffe will also be...

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The Iliad and the right to rule

After her translation of Homer’s The Odyssey the classicist Emily Wilson tackles his epic, The...

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Contains Strong Language Festival in Leeds

In front of an audience at the Contains Strong Language Festival in Leeds the poets, Lemn Sissay...

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Homo Sapiens +/-

The French archaeologist Ludovic Slimak has spent three decades uncovering evidence of ancient...

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The NHS at 75

To mark the 75th anniversary of the NHS Kirsty Wark looks back at its formation, its current...

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Materials that shape our world

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil and lithium are the stars of Ed Conway’s book, Material World. He...

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Sums, stories and musical scores

Kirsty Wark celebrates the artistry of numbers with three mathematicians Eugenia Cheng, Sarah...

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Hacking and cybercrime

Just how safe is the online world? Yale Professor of Law and Philosophy Scott Shapiro delves into...

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Allergies and the Microbiome

Billions of people worldwide suffer from some kind of allergy and this is the focus of Theresa...

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Hay Festival - Dickens in the 21st century

In front of an audience at the Hay Festival Tom Sutcliffe asks what Dickens would say about the...

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Birds and moths

The exhibition Animals: Art, Science and Sound at the British Library (until 28 August 2023)...

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Virtuous bankers?

The economic historian and former trader Anne Murphy looks back at the Bank of England in the...

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Monster artist/monstrous art?

What to do with the art of monstrous men? That’s the question Claire Dederer grapples with in...

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Life behind the iron curtain

Adam Rutherford asks what ordinary life was like in the Soviet Union and how far its collapse...

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Ancient trees

Trees have the remarkable ability to pass knowledge down to succeeding generations and to survive...

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