Ranked #1
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
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13mins
Ranked #2
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
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44mins
Ranked #3
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
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43mins
Ranked #4
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
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43mins
Ranked #5
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
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43mins
Ranked #6
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
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43mins
Ranked #7
From the Ashes
From the Ashes
Allan Little looks at arts festivals started in the aftermath of World War Two
14 Aug 2018
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43mins
Ranked #8
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
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44mins
Ranked #9
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
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43mins
Ranked #10
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
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43mins
Ranked #11
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
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43mins
Ranked #12
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
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46mins
Ranked #13
Al Andalus - The Legacy
Al Andalus - The Legacy
Andrew Hussey journeys through Andalusia searching for the legacy of Muslim Spain
24 Oct 2019
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43mins
Ranked #14
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
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43mins
Ranked #15
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
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43mins
Ranked #16
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
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13mins
Ranked #17
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
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43mins
Ranked #18
WATERLOG
WATERLOG
Wild swimming enthusiast Alice Roberts examines the legacy of Waterlog by Roger Deakin.
12 May 2019
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43mins
Ranked #19
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
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43mins
Ranked #20
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
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43mins