Sarah Dillon goes on the hunt for the story behind how Great Expectations was written.

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough asks if there is a shared culture in the north of Europe.

Lesley Riddoch examines the changing relationship between man and nature in the North.

Sarfraz Manzoor charts the history of Asian theatre in Britain

The history of the science of baby laughter. The Life of Richard Baxter

Alasdair Cochrane on Thomas Hardy and animals; Will Abberley on evolutionary psychology.

Adam Thorpe visits Azincourt to find out what really happened at the battle.

Cultural historian Dai Smith interrogates the Celtic myth.

Philip Ball asks scientists and musicians why music is such a universal human trait.

Drawing on rare archive Alan Dein explores the making & meanings of Rebel Without a Cause