Silent Witness - John Cage, Zen and Japan

How American experimental composer John Cage came to write his infamous silent 4’33”.

• 44 mins

New Generation Thinkers: Sloe Time

Nature's barbed wire - and giver of a fruit that creates a delicious warming tipple.

• 14 mins

Cave Life For Beginners

Down down, deeper and down - Ben Cottam overnights in a cave in search of inspiration.

• 44 mins

New Generation Thinkers: Short Feature - COVID and the Black Death; the imperfect fit

Dr Seb Falk challenges the repeated pandemic comparison of Covid-19 with the Black Death.

• 14 mins

Tate Modern - Exploding the Canon

For Director Frances Morris, there is an urgency to make Tate Modern fit for the future.

• 44 mins

Curves and Concrete

How did a maverick Scottish architect revolutionise the design of UK skateparks?

• 44 mins

The Silence of My Pain

Hannah French explores an often hidden disability for many musicians: chronic pain.

• 44 mins

Our Birmingham Fathers

Three people meet to share experiences of grieving for their musician fathers.

• 44 mins

The Myth and Mystery of Anja Thauer

Uncovering the tragic story of a lost cellist, once known as Germany’s Jacqueline du Pré.

• 44 mins

The Fake Poet

Why does the image of the forlorn and abandoned poet Thomas Chatterton haunt us today?

• 44 mins

Dissecting Beethoven

Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh and Georgia Mann dissect Beethoven.

• 44 mins

New Generation Thinkers: A Passion for Annotations

Dr Kylie Murray explains her fascination for annotation.

• 14 mins

The Robots Are Us

Ken Hollings explores a century of R.U.R., Karel Capek's staged robot revolution.

• 44 mins

The Apple and the Tree

Carlo Gébler, son of Edna O’Brien, asks why the children of writers often become writers.

• 44 mins

Margaret Fay Shaw's Hebridean Odyssey

An exploration of the life and work of the remarkable American Gaelic folk song collector.

• 44 mins

The Aphorism Now - Failing with Style

New Generation Thinker Dr Noreen Masud examines the 21st-century health of the aphorism.

• 14 mins

John Foulds - Life, Death and Resurrection

Simon Heffer explores the innovative world of John Foulds, a forgotten genius.

• 44 mins

Classical Commonwealth

Errollyn Wallen unravels the story of classical music across the British Commonwealth.

• 44 mins

The Balcony

Dr Islam Issa contemplates the social and cultural significance of the Balcony.

• 14 mins

The Tidal Sense

Signe Lidén reflects on ancient and emerging knowledge about what the tide might mean.

• 44 mins

Hilltop Histories

Archaeologist Seren Griffiths tells the multiple stories of a Sandstone ridge in Cheshire.

• 14 mins

Male Grooming - Past and Present

New Generation Thinkers test their theories in the real world.

• 14 mins

Should Feminists Read Baudelaire?

Michèle Roberts assesses the reputation of the French poet 200 years after his birth.

• 44 mins

Silent Spaces

Soumik Datta explores what’s become of the country's empty music venues.

• 44 mins

Fluxus - 60 Years and Not Counting

Paul Morley celebrates an irreverent art movement.

• 44 mins

Riding the Waves

Artists dive deep beneath the waves of Virginia Woolf's inspirational novel.

• 44 mins

Repeating Patterns in the Street Harassment of Women

Dr Rachel Hewitt explores repeating patterns in the street harassment of women.

• 14 mins

The Kershaw Tapes

The Kershaw Tapes - Andy's Kitchen and On the Road in Africa

Andy Kershaw introduces rare recordings from his personal archive.

• 44 mins

The Kershaw Tapes

The Kershaw Tapes - Andy's Kitchen and On the Road in the Americas

Andy Kershaw introduces rare recordings from his personal archive.

• 44 mins

The Kershaw Tapes

More Kershaw Tapes

Andy Kershaw introduces more rare recordings from his personal archive.

• 44 mins

Even more Kershaw Tapes

Andy Kershaw introduces more rare recordings from his personal archive.

• 44 mins

Clubbing after Lockdown

New Generation Thinker Tom Smith explores post-lockdown club culture and what's changed.

• 14 mins

Regarding the Pain of Others

Allan Little addresses the gulf between the reality of war and our means to comprehend it.

• 44 mins

Archives in the Culture Wars

Tom Charlton explores how his academic career as a historian fits into the ‘culture wars’.

• 14 mins

The Puppet's Gaze

Noreen Masud reflects on what the puppet's gaze can give that the human gaze cannot.

• 14 mins

Unmouthed

Revelations, new poems and music from composer Ivor Gurney’s lost years in an asylum

• 44 mins