CULTURE CLUB
4 BURGER BANTS
“What’s the best burger you’ve ever eaten?” host Charley McKie-Reithoff
asks her guests, leading Cambridge chefs such as Daniel Clifford and Rosie Sykes on a light-hearted, food-filled trip down memory lane. Burgers aren’t the only topic served – though they do feature heavily, which makes sense given that Charley co- owns burger emporium Steak & Honour – but food is at the heart of the episodes, which are bursting with recommendations and anecdotes. Stream the launch episode to hear Charley and Cambridge Edition editor Nicola having a chinwag about the city’s food scene and the origins of S&H. steakandhonour.co.uk
3 IN MY MIND’S EYE
IMAGES Take art to heart with In My Mind’s Eye, courtesy of The FitzwilliamMuseum
What do you see when you picture The Fitzwilliam Museum? That’s
the question at the heart of In My Mind’s Eye, a podcast by the Fitz that launched during the first lockdown. With the help of guests such as author Ali Smith and artist Issam Kourbaj, the podcast explores how works of art continue to exist in our memories and imaginations – even when we cannot see them in person. These rememberings take the listener from the Scottish Highlands to Pakistan, shining a spotlight on everything from soap production in Aleppo to how a 19th-century drawing is now seen in the context of the Black Lives Matter movement. In Ali Smith’s episode, which is the first in the series, the acclaimed writer takes you on a dreamlike journey through the Fitzwilliam’s galleries, pausing at paintings she has known since she first visited the museum as a postgrad in 1985. In episode four, meanwhile, poet and novelist Jackie Kay shares her discovery of Fanny Eaton, the Jamaican- born artist’s model for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood who features in Simeon Solomon’s painting The Mother of Moses . The illuminating series is produced and presented by Carmen Pryce, and you can dive straight in via The Fitzwilliam Museum’s website. fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
5 HISTORY OF IDEAS Get your grey matter working with a listen to History Of Ideas, the new podcast series from the phenomenally clever bunch behind Talking Politics. Hosted by Cambridge University professor David Runciman, the series aims to help listeners make sense of what’s happening in the world, by exploring seminal ideas and the people who had them. Whether learning about Mary Wollstonecraft’s protofeminism or Hobbes’ Leviathan , you’re in the safest of hands with Runciman, who gently guides listeners through dense thickets of political theory. The series has enjoyed huge audiences so far, with more than a million downloads to date, and there are 12 fresh episodes dropping this month to get you through lockdown. talkingpoliticspodcast.com/history-of-ideas
IMAGE Burger Bants host and Steak & Honour co-founder Charley McKie-Reithoff, with her husband Leo
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