Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that is some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?

It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream van plays music when it's out of ice cream.

Listen to evil genius on BBC Sounds.

Hello, I'm Shahid Abari.

Thanks for downloading this edition of the Arts and Ideas podcast, which is recorded with an audience before one of the concerts in this year's BBC proms.

This is the BBC.

Tonight's proms revels in the gypsy culture of Central Europe, as filtered for the concert hall by Brahms, List, and Pablo de Sarasati.

Gypsy and Roma culture has appealed to writers, artists and filmmakers, as well as composers.

But what is the reality behind the mythologising? I'm Sophie Colombo,

BBC New Generation Thinker and lecturer at Cardiff University, where I work on Romantic Literature.

This evening I'll be inviting you to take a tour with me through the fascinating and varied

landscape of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Culture and Heritage.

Joining me here on the stage at Bait Hall is Louise Doughty, a novelist, critic and dramatist

of Romani heritage. Her novels, Fires in the Dark and Stone Cradle, address the history of the

Romani people and her own family ancestry.

Also with us is Damien LeBar. He's a writer and filmmaker also of Romani descent,

whose recent memoir, The Stopping Places, a journey through Gypsy Britain, provides an insight

into the hidden world and culture of travellers in Britain today.

So, Louise and Damien, let's talk terms.

When I say the words gypsy, Romani and Traveller, what do I mean?

What's the relationship between these words?

Well, Romani comes from the word Rom, which is an old Indic word, meaning a man or a husband.

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