Pranks

Matthew Sweet and guests assess the value of pranks and what purpose they may serve.

• 44 mins

Unravelling plainness

Isabella Rosner explains why needlework challenges our idea of Quaker simplicity

• 14 mins

Hobbes, Abba, Waterloo and margarine

Matthew Sweet and guests look back at the week exploring the ideas shaping our lives today

• 56 mins

Change, scrabble and cultural christianity

Matthew Sweet and guests look at ideas about change: political, climate, personal

• 56 mins

Tacitus, Byron's fanmail and Bluey

Mary Beard, Konnie Huq, Helen Carr and Tom Peck join Shahidha Bari

• 57 mins

New Thinking: Exploring the local

New research into local politics, newspapers and the history of the post office

• 43 mins

Kant today, Spice Girls Reunited, Impersonating an Animal

Girl power past and present, the wisdom of goats and seagulls and Kant's ideas on reason

• 57 mins