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A Monday morning discussion that sets the cultural agenda, with writers, thinkers and artists exploring big ideas.

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Cover of Your Life Is Manufactured

Your Life Is Manufactured

by Tim Minshall
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Jan 9, 2026
Cover of The Penguin Book of Penguins

The Penguin Book of Penguins

by Peter Fretwell
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 29, 2025
Cover of Humanish

Humanish

by Justin Gregg
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 29, 2025
Cover of Psyche Running

Psyche Running

by Durs Grünbein
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 22, 2025
Cover of Poems from an Attic

Poems from an Attic

by Iris Murdoch
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 22, 2025
Cover of The New Carthaginians

The New Carthaginians

by Nick Makoha
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 22, 2025
Cover of Night Vision

Night Vision

by Jean Sprackland
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 15, 2025
Cover of Our Brains, Our Selves

Our Brains, Our Selves

by Masud Husain
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 8, 2025
Cover of Summer of Fire and Blood

Summer of Fire and Blood

by Lyndal Roper
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 8, 2025
Cover of Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade

by Hannah Durkin
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Dec 8, 2025