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The Radio 3 Documentary

In-depth documentaries which explore a different aspect of history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature. The Sunday Feature is broadcast every Sunday at 6.45pm on BBC Radio 3.

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The Crankiness of C.W.Daniel

The Crankiness of C.W.Daniel

New Generation Thinker Elsa Richardson on the radical 20th century publisher C.W.Daniel.

26 Apr 2020

13mins

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Jan Morris, Travels Round My House

Jan Morris, Travels Round My House

Writer Anthony Sattin visits Jan Morris's Welsh home on the 60th anniversary of the ascent of Everest to talk about her ... Read more

13 May 2013

44mins

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A Flapper's Guide to the Opera

A Flapper's Guide to the Opera

Opera Historian Dr Alexandra Wilson dons her cloche hat and steps into the shoes of a flapper for a journey back to 1920... Read more

22 Oct 2017

43mins

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Japan's Never Ending War

Japan's Never Ending War

Rana Mitter visits Tokyo to explore how Japan remembers World War Two today through film.

11 May 2018

43mins

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Japan's Never-Ending War

Japan's Never-Ending War

Rana Mitter visits Tokyo to explore how Japan remembers World War Two today through film.

29 Apr 2018

43mins

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Literary Pursuits: Victor Hugo's Les Miserables

Literary Pursuits: Victor Hugo's Les Miserables

Sarah Dillon explores the stories behind how great works of literature were written.

30 Dec 2018

43mins

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From the Ashes

From the Ashes

Allan Little looks at arts festivals started in the aftermath of World War Two

14 Aug 2018

43mins

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John Ashbery - Portrait in a Convex Mirror

John Ashbery - Portrait in a Convex Mirror

Drawing on the testimony of many who knew him, Colm Toibin presents an intimate portrait of the brilliant, playful, Puli... Read more

5 May 2019

44mins

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Binary and Beyond: part two

Binary and Beyond: part two

Emma Smith on how coverage of gender in the arts might help us understand today's debate

1 Jul 2018

43mins

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Sunday Feature: W B Yeats and the Artifice of Eternity

Sunday Feature: W B Yeats and the Artifice of Eternity

Theo Dorgan explores the continuing importance of W B Yeats, 150 years after he was born.

7 Jun 2015

43mins

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Sunday Feature: In Their Own Write: Notes from the Congress of Vienna

Sunday Feature: In Their Own Write: Notes from the Congress of Vienna

Using diaries and memoirs Michael Goldfarb tells the story of the Congress of Vienna and how it still affects us 200 yea... Read more

26 Apr 2015

43mins

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Kitty Marion and The Poetry of Science

Kitty Marion and The Poetry of Science

Gregory Tate explores why many C19th scientists wrote poetry, as do several today. Fern Riddell rediscovers the astonish... Read more

3 Nov 2014

46mins

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Al Andalus - The Legacy

Al Andalus - The Legacy

Andrew Hussey journeys through Andalusia searching for the legacy of Muslim Spain

24 Oct 2019

43mins

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Sunday Feature: Educating Isaac

Sunday Feature: Educating Isaac

Could your child compose like Mozart? While searching for a creative and fun way to teach his 3-year-old son, Nick Barag... Read more

28 Apr 2014

43mins

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Harlem on Fire

Harlem on Fire

'Fire!!' was a short-lived literary magazine from the Harlem Renaissance published in 1926, created by and for the young... Read more

25 Nov 2018

43mins

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Sir Isaac Newton and the Philosopher's Stone

Sir Isaac Newton and the Philosopher's Stone

Dafydd Mills Daniel investigates Isaac Newton's more obscure studies in Alchemy.

30 Jun 2019

13mins

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Hotel Genius

Hotel Genius

It’s been described as one of the most remarkable collections of minds on the planet. It has a brilliant international f... Read more

26 Apr 2019

43mins

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WATERLOG

WATERLOG

Wild swimming enthusiast Alice Roberts examines the legacy of Waterlog by Roger Deakin.

12 May 2019

43mins

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In Search of Yves Klein

In Search of Yves Klein

Liliane Lijn explores the work of postwar French artist Yves Klein, famous for patenting ultramarine blue and jumping fr... Read more

16 Jul 2018

43mins

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Literary Pursuits - Jekyll and Hyde

Literary Pursuits - Jekyll and Hyde

Sarah Dillon discovers the story behind the writing of R.L. Stevenson's horror classic

26 Feb 2018

43mins

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