Series on sleeplessness and the creative life
The Darkest Hour homepage
Series of programmes devoted to the life and work of composer and pianist Percy Grainger
Aspects of Grainger homepage
Series exploring different aspects of novelist William Golding's life and work
Golding Remembered homepage
Julian Jackson tells the story of France's imperial past
The Other Empire homepage
Musicologist Richard Witts describes the development of Music Appreciation
The Music Appreciation Movement homepage
Series exploring the history of an idea
Dark Arcadias homepage
Series in which writers discuss how new technology has changed student travel forever
InterRail Postcards homepage
Series exploring key developments in the history of money
It Talks homepage
Jane Shaw on a renewed interest in mysticism from the late 19th to the early 20th century.
The Mystical Turn homepage
Thomas Lynch, a poet, essayist and funeral director, discusses his favourite poets
The Feast of Language homepage
Writer Lou Stein explores the connections between being a father and artistic creativity
The Essay: The Father Instinct homepage
Series of new dramas updating stories from the Old Testament to contemporary settings
New Mystery Plays homepage
People working in the arts discuss important influences on their careers
Under the Influence homepage
Ken Hollings discusses the history, power and revolutionary change of information networks
Requiem for Networks homepage
Writers, academics and journalists discuss the books that inspired them in their careers
The Book that Changed Me homepage
Series in which writers, composers and poets explore how ageing affects creative artists
The Age of Creativity homepage
Critic James Wood explores aspects of novelistic technique through a fictional character
The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel homepage
Writers discuss a team photo from their past and consider when one is captured in a group.
The Team Photo homepage
Series about relationships that different peoples of the world have with their mountains
Meanings of Mountains homepage
Poet and writer Ruth Padel explores our reactions to five British wild animals
Wild Things homepage
Writers explore the meaning of clothes and accessories in a particular work of art
Listener, They Wore It homepage
Series of essays on the life and work of French philosopher and writer Michel de Montaigne
Montaigne homepage
Series in which academics discuss the Virgin Mary within and outside of Christianity
Visions of Mary homepage
Series exploring the history and importance of chess around the world
Checkmate homepage
Series in which people explain their passion for Tolstoy's works and the Russia he evokes.
Tolstoy homepage
Series recorded in front of an audience at 麻豆社 Radio 3's Free Thinking festival 2010
Free Thinking 2010 homepage
Architect Sunand Prasad discusses the importance to us of buildings
Architecture: The Fourth R homepage
Writers, scientists and environmental campaigners trace the roots of the green movement
Before 'Silent Spring' homepage
Writers and historians discuss different aspects of the Stewart dynasty and their rule
The Stewarts homepage
Thinkers, artists and writers ask themselves how they relate to their own bodies
A Letter to My Body homepage
