"As soon as we die, we enter into fiction." Hilary Mantel on the power of art to bring the dead to life. Listen to the full Reith Lecture 👉 https://bbc.in/31GCj43 | BBC Radio 4

23K views · 100 reactions | Historian Rutger Bregman previews his 2025 Reith Lectures, ‘Moral Revolution’. He explores the decline of today’s elites, lessons from past movements like the fight to abolish the slave trade, and how small groups can spark big change. The Reith Lectures | Listen on BBC Sounds | BBC Radio 4 | Facebook

How we will miss that mind. Stephen Hawking in chalk on a blackboard. | BBC Radio 4

34K views · 189 reactions | "You are not, in fact, squalid. You are not flea-ridden." Hilary Mantel dispels some myths about the 1500s and the notion of the 'dirty past'. | BBC Radio 4 | Facebook

Rutger Bregman’s 2025 Reith Lectures, Moral Revolution, explore the decline of today’s elites and how small groups can spark big change. In his final talks, he calls for a ‘conspiracy of decency,’ bold ideas like UBI and fair taxation—and warns of AI’s risks. The Reith Lectures | Listen on BBC Sounds | BBC Radio 4

In his first Reith Lecture, Rutger Bregman takes aim at today’s elites - calling out decadence and decline. In the second, he dives into the abolitionist movement, revealing how cultural shifts made virtue fashionable. Could these lessons spark a new moral revolution? The Reith Lectures | Listen on BBC Sounds | BBC Radio 4