Creativity, performance, debate
Matthew Sweet and guests on Iris Murdoch's thought and writing (15 Jul 1919–8 Feb 1999).
Writers who have a passionate connection with a building celebrate British architecture.
New version of Anthony Burgess's dystopian classic, with music, recorded live in Hull.
On a journey to the Moon, astronauts reflect on creation, God and our place in the cosmos.
with Philip Gross, Jacqueline Saphra, Cathy Rentzenbrink and Heather Phillipson.
With Guy Gunaratne, Dina Nayeri, Michael Rosen, Momtaza Mehri and Deena Mohamed.
Philip Dodd visits the US rust-belt city of Cleveland.
Rana Mitter considers fearing Russia past and present with Mark B Smith & Tamar Koplatadze
A week-long exploration of why attention has become a major social concern.
A signalman on a remote railway line is visited by a traveller. By Ross Sutherland.
Ian is joined by poets Ilya Kaminsky, Simon Armitage and Julia Copus.
Amitav Ghosh on linking refugees, climate change, Venice & Bengali forests in his fiction
With Tessa Hadley, Brian Bilston and Jesse Schwenk.
Matthew Sweet talks to two campaigning women: a writer from Turkey and an animal expert.
Five writers consider the art of viewing a phenomenon or social activity closely.
Anne McElvoy watches George Clooney in Catch-22 on TV and looks at recycling fashion.
Matthew Sweet discusses James Joyce's groundbreaking novel of 1939.
Linda Marshall Griffiths's original drama speculates on what the future might look like.
A short feature about unicorns from 2019 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ New Generation Thinker Hetta Howes.
Five speakers at the York Festival of Ideas reflect on aspects of masculinity.
Making waves - how did travelling as a single mother inspire Mary Wollstonecraft?
The rhythms of life in the NHS captured in immersive stereo and specially composed music.
A virtual reality radio documentary brings to life the ethereal magic of Fingal's Cave.
With Jardel Rodrigues, Yandass Ndlovu, Willow Mirza, Alice Gretton and Jack Bernhardt.