Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough talks to Professor Sarah Churchwell and Victoria Bazin about the way reading habits and office conversation changed in the 1920s. Show more

From health fads to Virginia Woolf having a premonition of the microwave, New Generation Thinker John Gallagher is joined by food historians Annie Gray and Elsa Richardson. Show more

Agatha Christie learnt to surf in 1922 in South Africa. That's one of the hobbies New Generation Thinker John Gallagher hears about as he explores leisure trends 100 years ago. Show more

Michael Goldfarb and Mark Glancy tell Lisa Mullen how the Hollywood Bowl became a cultural backdrop and a silent character in both film and television. Show more

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the All England Club's move to a new home in 1922 and the status of tennis then, talking to historian David Berry and poet Matt Harvey. Show more