Is idleness ever a virtue? In a world that seems to privilege utility and productivity above all else, Matthew Sweet considers whether we can rethink the importance of doing nothing. His guests for Radio 4's late night ideas discussion programme are:Tom Hodgkinson, editor of The ...Show more
Influencing History
Do individuals or broader forces shape history? In the 2025 Reith lectures on BBC Radio 4, Rutger Bregman argues that small groups of individuals can have an outsize influence and he looks to examples in history from suffragism to the ending of slavery. In the Free Thinking studi ...Show more
The Equinox is a time of change, and at a special recording for Radio 3's After Dark Festival, The Verb's master of metamorphosis Ian McMillan presents a plethora of poets from Sage Gateshead. Our contribution to this major new live music festival, it's a feast of contemporary, c ...Show more
ظهرت المهرجانات في مصر في أواخر سنة 2007 بعد تحول سريع وصاخب عرفته الأغاني الشعبية. في خضمّ هذا التطور، أحاطت بالمهرجانات العديد من التساؤلات، وكان للنخب الفنية تحفظ كبير في الاعتراف بها كفن بكل ما تحمله الكلمة من معنى.في هذه الحلقة لن نتساءل عن ما إذا كانت المهرجانات فنا أم لا، ...Show more
Overnight Film Festival is a communal cinema experience at the legendary Queens Hotel in the seaside town of Eastbourne in the UK. The festival includes guest curators, a programme of unique screenings (many on 35mm prints), communal eating, immersive discussions and fabulous par ...Show more
This week we celebrate the spirit of the Ledbury Poetry Festival. With a distinctly international programme, Ledbury is one of the best-loved events in the UK literary calendar. The festival has been, like many events, sadly cancelled this year. Ian McMillan is joined by Sandeep ...Show more