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Double Lives
From spying behind enemy lines in WWII France to lives lived online.
Victorian Values
Gisela Stuart, AN Wilson, Fern Riddell, Sarah Williams, Matthew Stallard and Matthew Sweet
Innovation
Matthew Sweet explores the cultures of novelty.
Travel
Travel past and present and broadening the mind? Travel journalists and historians debate.
Idleness
Is idleness ever a virtue? Matthew Sweet investigates.
Influencing History
Matthew Sweet and guests ask who makes history and debate arguments in the Reith lectures.
Marriage
Shahidha Bari is joined by guests including Prof Diarmaid MacCulloch and Zoe Strimpel.
Rocks
How can earth sciences like geology transform our understanding of history and society?
Revenge and reconciliation
In the week we mark the Armistice of World War I, Anne McElvoy and guests discuss revenge.
The end of civilisations and societies
Peter Hitchens, Rhiannon Firth, Neville Morley, Phil Tinline, Luke Kemp join Shahidha Bari
