Interview with Neil Brand

The Canadian indigenous law expert on listening to rocks and learning from a Hollywood ‘bad guy’ grandfather

4 February

The Yale professor talks about racism in post-war Britain, mixing the personal and the academic in her writing and her advice to her younger self

21 January

The British artist on working with refugees, the similarities between art and science and growing up next door to Twiggy

7 January

Epigeneticist on searching for life’s secrets, distinguishing stem cell science from snake oil and pondering the perfect size for a university

24 December

The BBC presenter and composer explains why students need music more than ever and how his drama school training influences his music