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Women at the Keyboard
Natasha Loges on Chinese pianist Gu Shengying.
Chiquinha Gonzaga
Natasha Loges on Chiquinha Gonzaga - the woman who forged the sound of the Rio carnival.
Philippa Schuyler
Natasha Loges on the life and music of American composer-pianist Philippa Schuyler.
The Little Secrets of Great Works
You've Got Mail
Children's novelist Elle McNicoll discusses one line from Nora Ephron's romantic comedy.
Sibelius's Fifth Symphony
Financial Times journalist Stephen Bush on the third movement of Sibelius's Symphony No 5.
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Sam Leith on his fascination with a background figure in Judith Kerr's classic book.
Field of Dreams
Writer Sarfraz Manzoor discusses one moment in the Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams.
Frida Kahlo's Broken Column
Art historian Katy Hessel on the symbolism of the spine in Frida Kahlo's Broken Column.
Neil Young’s ‘Out On The Weekend’
Essays on the small, underappreciated aspects of famous artistic pieces.
Howard’s End
Spirited Away
Ulysses
Leoš Janáček’s Sinfonietta
Vivaldi - A Man for All Seasons
The seeds of a revival
Phil Hebblethwaite uncovers how a lost composer returned to fame.
Monks, music and Mussolini
A classic of Italian music
Let's murder Vivaldi
Going digital
New Generation Thinkers 2024
Technicolor Wars
Kirsty Sinclair Dootson on the dark side of colour film.
A Philosophical Forgery?
Jonathan Egid tells the story of a mysterious Ethiopian thinker named Zera Yacob.
Losing Yourself in Books
Janine Bradbury questions our motivation when choosing what to read.
Birth Stories
From 'lying in' to bedside cots: Emily Baughan traces childbirth changes.
The intimacy of radio
Jacob Downs considers what it means to listen closely to the radio.
Land Cinema
Becca Voelcker describes experiments in filmmaking in China, Japan and the Philippines
Mothers on trial
Shona Minson explores the pardoxical thinking around sending mothers to prison
The crime of creation
Jack Symes considers how we value life and face death
Workplace performance
Jaswinder Blackwell-Pal looks at “service with a smile”
Digging for Words
Jade Cuttle explores new words in nature writing
Erland Cooper's Mythic Mountains
Mount Qaf
Erland and author Elif Shafak take an imaginary trip to explore the magic of Mount Qaf
Kunlun Shan
An imaginary adventure in China, exploring the mythical Kunlun mountain.
Hnitbjorg
A late night journey to a mountain from Norse mythology, in search of the mead of poetry
