Sunday Feature Episodes Episode guide
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Afterwords: Chinua Achebe
The work of Chinua Achebe, in his own words, and in the words of those who knew him.
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Afterwords: Muriel Spark
Reflections on the work of Muriel Spark, through archive of the author and new interviews.
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Dylan and the Ferry
Story behind the iconic image on a poster for a Bob Dylan film - with Dafydd Mills Daniel.
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Here Be Mermaids
Why are mermaids an ideal tool for describing things that our society does not understand?
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The Primitivism of Primitivism
Alastair Sooke reassesses the origins and relevance of primitivism in art history.
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The Ancient Algorithm
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough delves into the history of runes, the ancient alphabet.
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I Arrive without Leaving - The Story of Women Surrealist Poets
Alexandra Reza on the early women surrealist poets and writers who shaped the movement.
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Krishnamurti in England
Paul Purgas reflects on the legacy of spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti.
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Forbidden Fruit
Why the forbidden fruit is not an apple.
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Florence Price鈥檚 Chicago and the Black Female Fellowship
How a unique Chicago musical sisterhood helped the music of Florence Price to thrive.
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Marian Anderson - Of Thee We Sing
The life and legacy of pioneering contralto Marian Anderson presented by Linton Stephens.
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Nixon in China
Exploring John Adams' opera on the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's visit to China.
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A Chinese Odyssey: Artists, Poets and Exiles in Interwar London
Paul French explores a unique moment in British-Chinese solidarity between 1937 to 1945.
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The Art of a Day
Why do writers and audiences keep coming back to one-day artworks like Joyce's Ulysses?
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Hidden Women and Silenced Scores
Leah Broad uncovers the sometimes shocking stories of three marginalised female composers.
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The Pigeons at the British Museum
Will Abberley reconsiders Richard Jefferies's essay The Pigeons at the British Museum.
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Breaking the Ice
Se谩n Williams glides through a brief history of lake skating.
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Tchaikovsky's Island of Inspiration
How a trip to a remote island monastery inspired Pyotr Tchaikovsky's First Symphony.
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Aida at 150
Flora Willson tells the story of Verdi's operatic masterpiece from an Egyptian lens.
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This Land of Words and Water
A journey into the Ireland of Louis MacNeice鈥檚 poetic imagination.
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In Search of the Sublime
In Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, artist Emma Stibbon RA explores the idea of the sublime.
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Afterwords: Stuart Hall
The writer and academic Stuart Hall in his own words and those of admirers of his work.
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Afterwords: Mary Oliver
A dive into the world of American writer Mary Oliver, with recordings of the poet herself.
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Afterwords: Simone de Beauvoir
A portrait of Simone de Beauvoir through her own words and those of critics and admirers.
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A Tree Story
Martin Handley traces the journey of a violin from forest to concert hall via its builder.
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Nuit Blanche
What is it about the night? Artists and writers reveal their nocturnal creative processes.
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A Trip to My Grave
Sophie Coulombeau reflects on the contemporary reluctance to face death.
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Malcolm Arnold, the Tortured Composer
Simon Heffer champions one of Britain鈥檚 greatest symphonists, composer Malcolm Arnold.
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The Gorbals - Past and Present
A New Generation Thinker brings their research into the modern mainstream.
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Dear Phillis
The legacy of Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American poet.
