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Three prize-winning authors in today's discussion programme hosted by Tom Sutcliffe: The G... more

What can the cosmos tell us about our past and future? Tom Sutcliffe and guests look skywa... more

What can genetics and palmistry tell us about how we understand identity, character and he... more

How can we reclaim the internet? Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the digital age - its su... more

Threats to the natural world are the focus of today’s conversation. Adam Rutherford talks ... more

In her latest novel, One Aladdin Two Lamps, the writer Jeanette Winterson takes inspiratio... more

The internationally renowned choreographer Sir Wayne McGregor swaps stage for gallery in a... more

The Library of Lost Maps by James Cheshire, Professor of Geographic Information and Cartog... more

Of the 7,000 languages estimated to exist, half will have disappeared by the end of this c... more

The economist Yanis Varoufakis found himself in the eye of the storm as Greece’s Minister ... more

The experimental cognitive psychologist and popular science writer, Steven Pinker delves i... more

At the Contains Strong Language Festival in Bradford, Tom Sutcliffe and guests explore the... more

Lyse Doucet tells the history of Afghanistan in recent decades through the story of the In... more

The Booker prize winning novelist Arundhati Roy looks back at her foremost influences in h... more

Sanctuary is an ancient idea of a place of refuge or freedom from harm. It has deep roots ... more

We think we know what a genius is: a tortured poet; rebellious scientist; monstrous artist... more

There is a parallel world which operates under different rules and benefits those with mon... more

Professor Frank Close looks at how the quest to understand radioactivity and the atomic nu... more

In front of an audience at the Hay Literary Festival Tom Sutcliffe talks to The archaeolog... more

In his new book, Blueprints, Marcus du Sautoy traces the connections between mathematics a... more

The cultural historian Tiffany Jenkins looks at the long history of the private life from ... more

Our sense of smell is vital to appreciating food and drink, it can warn us of danger, and ... more

In his new book, Robert Macfarlane takes the reader on a river journey, through history an... more

As congregations age and dwindle, what are we to make of the decline of Christianity in En... more

The lawyer Philippe Sands weaves together a story of historical crimes, impunity and the l... more

In 1967 a group of writers in the US pulled off an ingenious hoax – the publication of a s... more

The celebrated artist, Sir Grayson Perry, has a new exhibition of work, Delusions of Grand... more