Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.
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A 1760s murder still informs ideas about aesthetics, a certain sort of sex, and death.
Five compelling experiences of what it is like to be deaf in 21st-century Britain.
Peter Brathwaite's amazing recreations of historical artworks featuring black characters.
Rivers keep rolling along, but what secrets do they hold?
How the Tsar's finest porcelain became a canvas for revolutionary slogans.
Seven charming facts about flowers... and romance.
Five figures from the arts and science introduce books that changed their lives and work.
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In search of earthly paradise, we take an imaginary trip to Saint Brendan's Isle.
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby goes in search of a Neolithic axe quarry in the Lake District.
Seán Williams sets the scene in the Grand Hotel Duchi d'Aosta, Trieste
Written and read by Sophie Stone.
