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Rock Transition
A look at how musicians have defied gender boundaries to create era-defining art and music
The Mind in the Media
How stories of mental illness are told in fiction and news.
Moving to the Red Planet
Why go to Mars? Claudia Hammond examines the space-farer's drive to occupy the red planet
1917: Eyewitness in Petrograd
Emily Dicks visits St Petersburg to trace her grandfather's memories of 1917's revolutions
Writing a New Caribbean: Under the Surface
A picture of the Caribbean now, as seen by a new generation of writers and poets.
Radioactive Art
How might artists choose to mark a nuclear waste site for future generations?
Mark Steel Does Hip Hop
Mark Steel celebrates the ever expanding world of foreign hip-hop.
A Brief History of Lust
American satirist Joe Queenan presents a new history of lust.
A Brief History of Failure
Joe Queenan on the romance of failure, or the dreaded 'failure chic'.
Late Returns
Writer Nicholas Royle returns three library books - three decades after he borrowed them.