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Writing Our Mothers

A journey into the ways women writers have written the mother.

Shirin Wheeler reflects on the legacy of her father, BBC journalist Charles Wheeler.

Michael Symmons Roberts celebrates a century of BBC Radio Drama.

To mark her 90th birthday, this is Yoko Ono on her own terms, in her own words.

Emily Berry presents a personal meditation on the life and afterlife of Sylvia Plath.

Crash! bang! wallop! Composer Sarah Angliss celebrates the power of sound effects.

Matthew Parris explores the rise of media training in politics and the political interview

Annie Nightingale explores the links between new music and comedy during the 1960s.

Mark Thomas explores why the British believe they’re born to queue.

A celebration of 'A Visit from St Nicholas' with the poet Luke Wright