The Little Secrets of Great Works

Leoš Janáček’s Sinfonietta

Essays on the small, underappreciated aspects of famous artistic pieces.

• 14 mins

Vivaldi - A Man for All Seasons

The seeds of a revival

Phil Hebblethwaite uncovers how a lost composer returned to fame.

• 14 mins

Vivaldi - A Man for All Seasons

Monks, music and Mussolini

Phil Hebblethwaite uncovers how a lost composer returned to fame.

• 14 mins

Vivaldi - A Man for All Seasons

A classic of Italian music

Phil Hebblethwaite uncovers how a lost composer returned to fame.

• 14 mins

Vivaldi - A Man for All Seasons

Let's murder Vivaldi

Phil Hebblethwaite uncovers how a lost composer returned to fame.

• 14 mins

Vivaldi - A Man for All Seasons

Going digital

Phil Hebblethwaite uncovers how a lost composer returned to fame.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2024

Technicolor Wars

Kirsty Sinclair Dootson on the dark side of colour film.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers 2024

A Philosophical Forgery?

Jonathan Egid tells the story of a mysterious Ethiopian thinker named Zera Yacob.

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New Generation Thinkers 2024

Losing Yourself in Books

Janine Bradbury questions our motivation when choosing what to read.

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New Generation Thinkers 2024

Birth Stories

From 'lying in' to bedside cots: Emily Baughan traces childbirth changes.

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New Generation Thinkers 2024

The intimacy of radio

Jacob Downs considers what it means to listen closely to the radio.

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New Generation Thinkers 2024

Land Cinema

Becca Voelcker describes experiments in filmmaking in China, Japan and the Philippines

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New Generation Thinkers 2024

Mothers on trial

Shona Minson explores the pardoxical thinking around sending mothers to prison

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New Generation Thinkers 2024

The crime of creation

Jack Symes considers how we value life and face death

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New Generation Thinkers 2024

Workplace performance

Jaswinder Blackwell-Pal looks at “service with a smile”

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New Generation Thinkers 2024

Digging for Words

Jade Cuttle explores new words in nature writing

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Erland Cooper's Mythic Mountains

Mount Qaf

Erland and author Elif Shafak take an imaginary trip to explore the magic of Mount Qaf

• 14 mins

Erland Cooper's Mythic Mountains

Kunlun Shan

An imaginary adventure in China, exploring the mythical Kunlun mountain.

• 14 mins

Erland Cooper's Mythic Mountains

Hnitbjorg

A late night journey to a mountain from Norse mythology, in search of the mead of poetry

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Erland Cooper's Mythic Mountains

Mount Killaraus

A medieval voyage to Ireland, in search of the origins of Stonehenge

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Erland Cooper's Mythic Mountains

Bald Mountain

A late night visit to Bald Mountain on the witches' sabbath

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Books for Brighter Blackouts

1. Publishing in flames on Paternoster Row

Five surprising stories about books and reading during World War Two.

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Books for Brighter Blackouts

2. A brief encounter with reading on the home front

Emma Smith reveals five surprising stories about books and reading during World War Two.

• 14 mins

Under the Influence

Jon Boden

Jon Boden on the influence of apocalyptic science-fiction on him as a folk singer.

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

The Entrepreneur

Philip Roscoe asks whether our expectations of the lone entrepreneur are unrealistic.

• 15 mins

Under the Influence

Emma Rice

Emma Rice reveals the influences that stamp her work as a theatre director.

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Parallels and Paradoxes

Shahidha Bari examines the ideas behind the founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.

• 15 mins

Under the Influence

Shobana Jeyasingh

Shobana Jeyasingh on how different dance traditions inform her choreography.

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Light in the Dark

Alexandra Harris explores the history of artificial light through literary sources.

• 15 mins

Under the Influence

Tom Hunter

Photographer and artist Tom Hunter on the impact that Vermeer has had on his work.

• 15 mins