The Nobel peace prize-winner Maria Ressa is a journalist who has spent decades speaking truth to...
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In art the Greek and Roman body is often portrayed as one of perfection – flawlessly cast in...
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The authentic taste of Britain
The award-winning writer Jonathan Coe presents a portrait of Britain told through four...
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Building the Body, Opening the Heart
The Pulitzer-winning oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee recalls the thrill of seeing for the first...
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The Man Booker prize winning novelist George Saunders turns to short-stories for his latest book,...
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The first event marking Black History Month UK took place thirty five years ago, and the...
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Power plays and family dynamics
In her latest novel, The Unfolding, the prize-winning AM Homes has created a compelling central...
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Political leadership and oversight
During the pandemic our laws were radically remade by a government which exercised almost...
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In a special edition of the show, in front of an audience at the National Science and Media...
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Forget the north south divide, what about the ‘squeezed middle’? Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss...
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Health, sickness and exploitation
When people feel ill they go to the doctor for a diagnosis and what they hope will be the first...
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Justice, war crimes and targeted killings
Linda Kinstler’s Latvian grandfather disappeared after WWII and the family never spoke about him....
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The failure of British politics and public institutions to tackle social inequality is down to...
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A revolution in food and farming
The environmentalist George Monbiot argues that farming is the world’s greatest cause of...
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In front of an audience at this year’s Hay Festival Helen Lewis talks to three prize winning...
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Learning from apes, fish and wasps
Adam Rutherford explores how other species can help us understand our own. The world-renowned...
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Every moment of the day tiny biological clocks are ticking throughout the body, but Russell...
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Marwa Al-Sabouni - Rebuilding with hope
The Syrian architect Marwa al-Sabouni is the Guest Co-Director of this year’s Brighton Festival...
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Curiosity, ingenuity and experimentation
Wonder at the natural world has inspired people and fuelled curiosity for millennia. The ancient...
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The age of the strongman leader
In The Age of the Strongman, the journalist Gideon Rachman explores how populist and...
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