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Gut instinct
From gut feelings in your stomach to the language of disgust: Matthew Sweet hosts
Diva
As the V&A opens an exhibition about performers, Naomi Paxton discusses what makes a diva
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The book of the Sturm und Drang generation: Anne McElvoy explores the ideas behind it
Life, art and drama in the kitchen
Sarah Kent, Marianne Hem Eriksen, Melanie Williams and Angela Hui join Matthew Sweet
Glenda Jackson and Filming Sunday Bloody Sunday
With the death of Glenda Jackson announced here's a conversation she recorded last year
Portraits
As the NPG re-opens we look at portraiture in art, photography, documentary & oral history
Ideas about health
Gavin Francis on Thomas Browne, Polly Morland on John Berger, Matt Smith on mental health
Adam Smith
From the East India Company to Silicon Valley: the big ideas in his tercentennial year
Yellowface, AI and Asian stereotypes
Novelist R F Kuang, Dr Kerry McInerney, Ghislaine Boddington and MIT's Daron Acemoglu
Michel Piccoli
Matthew Sweet on the French actor who worked with Bu帽uel, Varda, Ferreri and Godard.