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Crime and punishment medieval to modern

Matthew Sweet's guests include Lord Sumption and criminal barrister Joanna Hardy-Susskind.

Depictions of working class life on TV and in culture and how they've changed.

The history of an idea that's shaped political philosophy, from Plato to Carl Schmitt.

Anne McElvoy and guests discuss labour in terms of both work and childbirth.

From spying behind enemy lines in WWII France to lives lived online.

Gisela Stuart, AN Wilson, Fern Riddell, Sarah Williams, Matthew Stallard and Matthew Sweet

Matthew Sweet explores the cultures of novelty.

Travel past and present and broadening the mind? Travel journalists and historians debate.

Is idleness ever a virtue? Matthew Sweet investigates.

Matthew Sweet and guests ask who makes history and debate arguments in the Reith lectures.