New Generation Thinkers 2017

A Focus on Fasting

Christopher Kissane from the London School of Economics explores the history of fasting.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2017

Resisting Tyranny

Jonathan Healey on changing ways of resistance to state control and prevailing ideology.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2017

A Tale of Restoration Murder, Barbarous and Inhumane

Tom Charlton explores press reporting, scandal and politics in the 17th century.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2017

Dining with the Nightmare

Daisy Hay on the role in the history of English Romanticism of publisher Joseph Johnson.

• 14 mins

The Love that Wrote Its Name

The Boys

Simon Callow on Micheal MacLiammoir and Hilton Edwards, founders of Dublin's Gate Theatre.

• 15 mins

The Love that Wrote Its Name

There Was No Them There (An Autobiography of Stella F Duffy)

Writer Stella Duffy on growing up as a lesbian in New Zealand in the 1960s and 70s.

• 15 mins

The Love that Wrote Its Name

WH Auden and Chester Kallman

Gregory Woods on the tumultuous but enduring relationship of WH Auden and Chester Kallman.

• 15 mins

The Love that Wrote Its Name

The Loves of Elizabeth Bishop

Neel Mukherjee explores the two great loves of American poet Elizabeth Bishop's life.

• 15 mins

The Love that Wrote Its Name

Colquhoun and MacBryde: More Lasting than Life

Louise Welsh on the relationship between artists Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde.

• 15 mins

The Culture of Partition

John Siddique

John Siddique reflects on the 70-year legacy of Partition as reflected in Indian culture.

• 15 mins

The Culture of Partition

Amina Yaqin

Amina Yaqin reflects on the 70-year legacy of partition as reflected in Pakistani culture.

• 15 mins

Paradise Lost

Sean O'Brien

Sean O'Brien on how bold Milton's Paradise Lost was, 350 years on from being published.

• 15 mins

Paradise Lost

Adam Nicolson

Adam Nicolson on Milton's 3-D epic poem first published 350 years ago.

• 15 mins

Paradise Lost

Alice Goodman

Poet and priest Alice Goodman explores Milton's epic 350 years after it was published.

• 15 mins

Paradise Lost

Colin Burrow

Colin Burrow on why Paradise Lost, 350 years old, is still the best poem in English.

• 15 mins

Paradise Lost

Patrick McGuinness

Poet and critic Patrick McGuinness marks the 350th birthday of Milton's epic poem.

• 15 mins

Trip Sheets 2 - An Actor's Life

Broadway Bound, Very Nearly

Michael Goldfarb finds himself working with Mike Nichols and almost making it to Broadway.

• 14 mins

Trip Sheets 2 - An Actor's Life

Cab Driving Dog Days

Michael Goldfarb remembers the hard slog of cab driving in an industry about to change.

• 15 mins

Trip Sheets 2 - An Actor's Life

Submission to Stella Adler

Michael Goldfarb tells the story of his, and Marlon Brando's, acting teacher.

• 14 mins

Trip Sheets 2 - An Actor's Life

Acting, Kissing, Fighting and Getting Paid

Michael Goldfarb on becoming an actor, which involved fighting and kissing lots of girls.

• 14 mins

Trip Sheets 2 - An Actor's Life

Broadway Bound, Finally

Michael Goldfarb tells the story of his last shot at Broadway glory.

• 14 mins

Five Poems I Wish I Had Written

Seamus Heaney's 'The Underground'

Poet Don Paterson reflects on Seamus Heaney's 'The Underground'.

• 15 mins

Five Poems I Wish I Had Written

Elizabeth Bishop's 'Large Bad Picture'

Poet Don Paterson reflects on Elizabeth Bishop's 'Large Bad Picture'.

• 15 mins

Five Poems I Wish I Had Written

Michael Donaghy's 'The Hunter's Purse'

Poet Don Paterson reflects on Michael Donaghy's 'The Hunter's Purse'.

• 15 mins

Five Poems I Wish I Had Written

Sylvia Plath's 'Cut'

Poet Don Paterson reflects on Sylvia Plath's poem 'Cut'.

• 15 mins

Five Poems I Wish I Had Written

Robert Frost's 'Design'

Poet Don Paterson reflects on Robert Frost's 'Design'.

• 15 mins

Stuff Happens

Moving House

Why does stuff have such an emotional hold on us? Joanna Robertson on moving house.

• 14 mins

Stuff Happens

Tidy Home, Tidy Mind

Joanna Robertson aims for a 'tidy home, tidy mind'.

• 14 mins

Stuff Happens

Decluttering

Decluttering is all the rage - so how do the stylish Parisians go about it? Or do they?

• 14 mins

Stuff Happens

Books and Letters

Getting rid of stuff is hard at the best of times, but books and personal letters?

• 14 mins