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Joanna Robertson tells fascinating stories from when she lived in Albania in the 1990s.
In Albania homepage
Migration is the theme of Edmund DeWaal's series - how ideas and artefacts travel in time.
De Waal's Itinerant Pots homepage
Opera singer Peter Brathwaite shares his ion for five very different singers.
In Their Voices homepage
Key moments in shaping modern Europe, on the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune.
Paris 2021 homepage
Ten academics make and present radio programmes for Radio 3 based on their research.
New Generation Thinkers homepage
Diarmaid MacCulloch explores his life and work through five of Britain's historic churches
Churchcrawls in Solitude homepage
Jerry Brotton's explores Benvenuto Cellini and a darker side to the Italian Renaissance.
Blood and Bronze homepage
Five New Generation Thinkers each propose a novel they consider worthy of reappraisal.
Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf homepage
Lucy Powell explores the work of brilliant siblings through their relatedness to genius.
Shakespeare's Sisters homepage
Nandini Das brings stories of rain and the way it informs cultures across the globe.
Rainsong in Five Senses homepage
Five writers each choose different animals and imagine what it's like to become them.
Becoming Animal homepage
Broadcasting legend James Burke connects his twin ions of science and classical music.
Science Notes homepage
Acting Unrehearsed. New series of essays for BBC Radio 3
Acting Unrehearsed homepage
Five Essex-lovers reclaim the county that they grew up in or now call home.
Odes to Essex homepage
Writer Polly Coles looks at five different aspects of portraiture.
Mug Shots homepage
A perilous winter pilgrimage to the source of Britain's highest river, the River Dee.
The Frozen River homepage
Radio 3 presenters share personal stories of the composer who has inspired them the most.
Secret irers homepage
Veteran broadcaster Geoffrey Smith reflects on different perceptions of jazz in Britain.
Jazz Among the British homepage
New insights into famous composers' lives through their devotion to particular dog breeds.
Composers and Their Dogs homepage
Lindsay Johns takes a tour of five cities which have been influenced by African migration.
Africa in the City homepage
Peter Brathwaite takes us into the world of his Rediscovering Black Portraiture project.
Discovering Black Portraiture homepage
The stories of five individuals who have each attempted to challenge the boundary of race.
Thinking Black homepage
Five different Beethovens - from a poet, an actor, an MP, a professor and a musician.
Five Kinds of Beethoven homepage
Reflection on the impact of the Pilgrims setting sail on the Mayflower 400 years ago.
Mayflower Portraits homepage
Geoff Sample takes us through the seasons, rediscovering how nature can enrich our lives.
A Birdsong Garden homepage
A five-part series exploring the impact of the global crisis on musicians.
Culture in Quarantine: Sounds of Silence homepage
Unfamiliar and often bizarre folk tales from innovative theatre company 1927.
Decameron Nights homepage
The latest crop of New Generation Thinkers stretch their broadcasting wings.
New Generation Thinkers 2020 homepage
The history of the changes in news reporting in US journalism over the last 40 years.
It's a Hack's Life homepage
Kenneth Steven visit five islands and responds to their landscapes in poetry and prose.
Islands homepage
