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The Dark
Shadows in art, photography and poetry: Adam Rutherford's guests discuss darkness.
Histories, emotions and identity
Lyndal Roper, Masud Husain and Hannah Durkin.
Space, Quantum Frontiers and Cosmic Clues
Tom Sutcliffe looks to the stars with Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Paul Davies and Caroline Smith
Genes and hands: mapping character and health
Alison Bashford, Matthew Cobb and Charlotte Houldcroft with Adam Rutherford.
Digital Futures and Information Crises
Cory Doctorow, Naomi Alderman and Oliver Moody with Tom Sutcliffe.
Saving Tigers, Green Crime and Cli-fi
Jonathan Slaght, Juhea Kim and Julia Shaw in conversation with Adam Rutherford.
Storytelling: Jeanette Winterson, Rory Stewart and Soweto Kinch
Jeanette Winterson, Soweto Kinch and Rory Stewart, with Tom Sutcliffe.
Crossing genres with Wayne McGregor
Wayne McGregor, Anne Enright and Tanika Gupta talk to Shahidha Bari.
Maps – lost, secret and revealing
James Cheshire, Jerry Brotton and Jenny Uglow, with Tom Sutcliffe.
Endangered languages and vanishing landscapes
Mandana Seyfeddinipur, Klaus Dodds and Sverker Sörlin, with Adam Rutherford