Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
1922: Leisure and the Body
From surfing to weightlifting, 1920s style.
1922: Food
John Gallagher explores eating fads in the 1920s with Annie Gray and Elsa Richardson
1922: Wimbledon
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the All England Club's move to a new home.
1922: Reader's Digest
The "agreggator" of trending stories of its day - how a magazine revolutionised reading.
New Thinking: Archiving the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Ties
What Birmingham can learn from Scotland and commonwealth commercial connections.
New Thinking: Citizen Researchers and the History of Record Keeping
Dr William Butler and Jenny Bunn from the National Archives discuss record keeping.
New Thinking: India in the Archives
Dr Naomi Paxton explores archives for stories of Indian culture and history.
New Thinking: Waiting
What does it mean to wait and how has that changed over time?
New Thinking: Uncovering Queer Communities
Hidden LGBTQ+ histories in Northern Ireland and queer cinema in contemporary China
New Thinking: Flooding and Energy
Can old field names and labelling energy sources help us cope better with climate change?
