Series revealing different aspects of Robert Schumann's life and work
A Robert Schumann Album homepage
Series in which people linked with the world of opera describe their relationship to it
A Passion for Opera homepage
Jonathan Sawday paints a picture of Restoration Britain, exploring politics and science
The King Returned homepage
Series in which Christopher Ricks explores short poems he considers are worth remembering
Five Easy Pieces homepage
Five writers and intellectuals give their views on Istanbul, Turkey's largest city
Postcards from Istanbul homepage
Geographer Hayden Lorimer discusses his obsession with running
Running the World homepage
Writers reflect on the role of inspirational mentor figures in their artistic development.
Mentors homepage
London-based novelist Kamila Shamsie decides to explore Karachi, her city of birth
Karachi Postcards homepage
Artists living on the UK coast on the personal and cultural importance of being there
Land and Sea and Sky homepage
Pianist Piers Lane explores aspects of Fryderyk Chopin's life and work
Chopin homepage
After a bizarre dream, author and critic Michael Bracewell explores all things German
Germany Dreaming homepage
Series exploring Anton Chekhov's legacy to today's theatre actors and writers
Chekhov Essays homepage
Poet and critic Andrew Motion considers the link between walking and writing
The Path and the Poem homepage
Writers former Warsaw Pact nations on the changing meaning of a seemingly banal object
The World Turned Upside Down homepage
Robert Macfarlane walks along the South Downs, discovering its chalk paths and its ghosts.
A Five-Day Journey homepage
Series on the achievements of significant figures and institutions from the North East
North East Free Thinkers homepage
Five writers describe their passions and possibly talents for playing a musical instrument
When Writers Play (Series 2) homepage
Series introducing great scientists, thinkers and activists of the European Enlightenment
Enlightenment Voices homepage
Nature writer Richard Mabey on his relationship with science and the natural world
The Scientist and the Romantic homepage
Writers from across the world reflect on the linguistic heritage of Samuel Johnson
Johnson Now homepage
Poet Craig Raine investigates the mystical dimension of TS Eliot's Four Quartets
Secret Places in the Four Quartets homepage
Author Christopher Hope recalls watching his son Daniel become a renowned violinist
My Son the Fiddler homepage
Four contemporary British poets choose a Tennyson poem and explain its importance to them
Tennyson 200 homepage
Series considering different aspects of Haydn's life, work and reputation
Haydn Essays homepage
Susannah Clapp looks through the postcards she has received from writers and artists
Postcards homepage
Series in which scientists re-examine ground-breaking scientific experiments
Strange Encounters - Series 2 homepage
Artist Antony Gormley discusses key sculptures and art installations of the 20th century
Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture homepage
Michael Goldfarb searches for forgotten figures who were important to Jewish emancipation
Looking for Ghosts homepage
Series on the arts in Northern Ireland since the signing of 1998's Good Friday Agreement
Tomorrow is Today homepage
Adam Nicolson and Sarah Raven observe the arrival of spring as it travels across Crete
A Cretan Spring homepage
