Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Proms Plus: Ecstatic States
Christopher Harding, philosopher Mark Vernon & Hetta Howes discuss ecstatic states.
Proms Plus: The Weeping Prophet and Visions of Chaos
With the novelist Salley Vickers and literary historian Joe Moshenska
Proms Plus: Re-working a Classic in Poetry
Faithful but dull or unfaithful and interesting that is the question
Proms Plus: Folklore of Britain and Ireland
Poets Gillian Clarke and Peter Mackay discuss the folktales of the islands of the UK
Proms Plus: London in Fact & Fiction
Novelists John Lanchester & Diana Evans discuss depicting London in their fiction.
Proms Plus: Mountains
Abbie Garrington, Dan Richards discuss how mountains & wild landscapes inspire creativity
Proms Plus: Funny Fiction
Inspired by Beethoven's musical jokes, Meg Rosoff selects an array of comic fiction
Proms Plus: British Countryside real & imagined
Writer Melissa Harrison, archaeologist Francis Pryor on British countryside & rural life
Proms Plus: Birds and Humans
Tim Birkhead and Helen Macdonald on humanity's long relationship with birds
Proms Plus: The Wanderer
Lauren Elkin & Se谩n Williams discuss why walking is an inspiration for writers.
