Taking us from Reformation England to the modern day, through the development of concepts like religious tolerance, consciousness, freedom of speech and thought, institutions like the post office, to technological advances like the camera, printing press and wire tapping – Tiffany Jenkins' Strangers and Intimates is a sweeping and thought-provoking exploration of our changing attitudes to public and private life across the centuries.

Today, with social media, OnlyFans, Substack, journalism focused heavily on personal experiences, and politics defined as much by personality as policy – what do we gain, and what do we lose, when the boundaries between public and private life are blurred?

Watch our interview with Tiffany Jenkins here, where she explains why the question of our fundamental need for a private life captured her so strongly: