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Nintendo and the plumber who conquered the world

14 March 2026 9:00 am

Keza MacDonald describes how Mario, the company’s mascot, became not only an icon of Japanese culture but a global hero

Aristotle on the Lego chair

20 June 2015 9:00 am

So Cambridge University has accepted £4 million from the makers of Lego (snort) to fund a Lego chair (Argos sells…

In sickness and in health

20 September 2014 9:00 am

Last week on Front Row (Radio 4) the singer Joyce DiDonato recalled the advice she gave the new graduates of…