Series in which leading writers reflect on the culture of the city of Derry-Londonderry
If Walls Could Talk homepage
Audio producers from around the world bring a touch of Between the Ears to The Essay.
Between the Essays Retrospective homepage
Series in which people discuss aspects of film soundtracks
Sound of Cinema: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet homepage
An exploration of films made by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Praising Powell and Pressburger homepage
Simon Heffer discusses British taboo-breaking films of the post-war period
Heffer on British Film homepage
A selection of people choose their favourite picture by photojournalist Robert Capa
Portraits of Capa homepage
Series in which five US authors describe the foods they associate with long, hot summers
A Taste of Summer in America homepage
Series about the Cairo Genizah, a collection of documents from the synagogue in Old Cairo
Life in Fragments: Stories from the Cairo Genizah homepage
Series exploring the philosophical influences on Wagner
Wagner's Philosophers homepage
Frederic Raphael reads essays about his time living abroad across Europe since the 1940s
Living Abroad homepage
Series in which five writers recall a favourite city that is off the beaten track
Unknown Cities homepage
Series in which writers discuss aspects of the Baroque
A Taste for the Baroque homepage
Series in which writers considers the motivations for and challenges in writing about sex
Explaining the Explicit homepage
Writers' observations while walking in a landscape that had been transformed by the cold
Winterwalks homepage
Writers examine how an item of clothing or an accessory figures memorably in a work of art
Listener, They Wore It homepage
Richard Mabey tells the story of a lifetime of weather
Changing Climates homepage
Series considering how five real-life scientists have been portrayed in culture
Five Portraits of Science homepage
Series exploring why 1913 was an annus mirabilis for French and European culture
Paris 1913 homepage
New Testament stories revisited and set in present-day pre-Christmas London
A New Cycle of Mystery Plays homepage
Fiona Stafford explores the symbolism, importance, topicality and surprises of trees
The Meaning of Trees homepage
Series in which five people explore how aspects relating to Napoleon have affected them
Napoleon and Me homepage
Series focusing on different aspects of the subject of poverty as part of a 麻豆社 season
Why Poverty? homepage
Leading American writers write about the cultural history of their favourite comfort food.
TV Dinners to Roadside Diners homepage
Celebrating a decade of stimulating ideas from the New Generation Thinkers scheme.
New Generation Thinkers at 10 homepage
Four personal responses to Michelangelo's Genesis paintings in the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
Painting Genesis homepage
Portraits of ground-breaking Anglo-Saxon men and women from the era between 550 and 1066AD
Anglo-Saxon Portraits homepage
Talks about artistic insprations delivered by artists based in Scotland
Inspirations of Visual Art homepage
Series of reflections on what has been called 'liquid modernity'
At the Speed of Thought homepage
Series of programmes focusing on the piano
The Piano in Five Pieces homepage
Key figures in the world of environmentalism consider important writing on the subject
Beyond 'Silent Spring' homepage
