This week, Kathryn Hughes introduces her new book on the cat craze that swept Edwardian England; and she also tells us about an exhibition of the work of Julia Margaret Cameron and Francesca Woodman. Plus a review of Sunjeev Sahota's The Spoiled Heart.

'Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World', by Kathryn Hughes

'Portraits to Dream In', at the National Portrait Gallery, London, until 16 June, 2024

'The Spoiled Heart', by Sunjeev Sahota

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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Nos 50 anos da Revolução dos Cravos, uma reconstituição do dia que inaugurou a democracia em Portugal e pôs fim a um império colonial. Episódio em formato narrativo, com participação de quem viveu o 25 de Abril e suas consequências culturais, políticas e sociais: os jornalistas Leão Serva, Joana Gorjão Henriques e Ruy Castro, os historiadores Luiz Felipe de Alencastro e Fernando Rosas, e a escritora Dulce Maria Cardoso. Apoio Instituto Camões-CCP Brasília e Fundação Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Apoie o 451 MHz: https://bit.ly/Assine451

For the first episode in our new series about the hold of bad ideas David talks to the geneticist and science broadcaster Adam Rutherford about eugenics: from its origins in the 19th century through its heyday in the 20th century to its continuing legacy today. Is eugenics bad science, bad morality, bad politics – or all three? What are the fears that keep drawing people back to trying to control the consequences of human reproduction? And is a new age of consumerist eugenics upon us?

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Next time on The History of Bad Ideas: Helen Thompson on the Gold Standard

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