Tuner of the World
Tuner of the World
"For the next hour, I need your ears". It's 1974 and someone is trying to recruit you for a listening experiment on publ... Read more
12 Jun 2023
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43mins
Supply Lines
Supply Lines
Via ports and truck-stops, fulfilment centres and ring roads, Aidan Tulloch follows the supply chain and reimagines the ... Read more
4 Jun 2023
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28mins
New Generation Thinkers: The Perfect Balance
New Generation Thinkers: The Perfect Balance
Dr Anindya Raychaudhuri searches for different perspectives on the idea of balance.
15 May 2023
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13mins
The Pleasures and Pains of Denton Welch
The Pleasures and Pains of Denton Welch
Denton Welch lived the last years of his short life in Kent during the Second World War. His writing career took off in ... Read more
7 May 2023
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44mins
The Black Cantor
The Black Cantor
Known in Yiddish as Der Schvartze Khazn--the Black Cantor--Thomas LaRue Jones was an African American tenor who sang Jew... Read more
23 Apr 2023
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43mins
Sunday Feature - Shakespeare's Brum Ting
Sunday Feature - Shakespeare's Brum Ting
Over a century ago, in 1881, the city of Birmingham purchased a copy of Shakespeare's first folio. It was to be the crow... Read more
26 Mar 2023
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13mins
X-Ray Vision: Rudolph Fisher in Harlem
X-Ray Vision: Rudolph Fisher in Harlem
Lindsay Johns makes the case for writer Rudolph Fisher's portraits of Black American life
19 Mar 2023
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43mins
Heinrich Heine: The First Modern European
Heinrich Heine: The First Modern European
One day, three decades after the event, the German poet and man of letters, Heinrich Heine, stood on the site of the bat... Read more
13 Mar 2023
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43mins
Government Song Woman
Government Song Woman
American musician Rhiannon Giddens investigates the fascinating life and recordings of the folk song collector Sidney Ro... Read more
5 Mar 2023
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43mins
Tutu - A Portrait of Nigeria
Tutu - A Portrait of Nigeria
Chibundu Onuzo tells the fascinating story of ‘Africa’s Mona Lisa’ and artist Ben Enwonwu
12 Feb 2023
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43mins