Exploring different aspects of history, science, philosophy and the arts.
Radio 3,·113 episodes
Why does the image of the forlorn and abandoned poet Thomas Chatterton haunt us today?
29 Nov 2020,·43 mins
Hannah French explores a hidden disability for many musicians: pain.
08 Nov 2020,·44 mins
Medievalist Dr Seb Falk questions the comparisons between COVID19 and The Black Death.
18 Oct 2020,·13 mins
How experimental composer John Cage came to write his infamous silent piece, 4’33”
15 Jul 2020,·43 mins
New Generation Thinker Elsa Richardson on the radical 20th century publisher C.W.Daniel.
26 Apr 2020,·13 mins
Maureen O’Hara’s journey from Dublin's suburbs to star of the Golden Age.
13 Mar 2020,·43 mins
We are used to getting a worldview from the west, but what did the east make of us?
12 Mar 2020,·43 mins
David Bramwell with actors whose lives were transformed by director Ken Campbell.
19 Jan 2020,·43 mins
Daisy Black, Radio 3 New Generation Thinker, investigates the camp villain in history.
29 Dec 2019,·13 mins
Ken Hollings assesses the legacy of the American electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott.
22 Dec 2019,·43 mins
The unknown tale of cold war communist Poland’s love affair with electronic music
15 Nov 2019,·43 mins
Carlo Gebler on the role of art in remembrance and reconciliation in Northern Ireland
How theatre challenged the East German government - but was swept aside as communism fell
03 Nov 2019,·43 mins
Andrew Hussey journeys through Andalusia searching for the legacy of Muslim Spain
24 Oct 2019,·43 mins
Actor Lily Cole plays Elizabeth Siddall who climbs out of her grave to tell her story.
16 Oct 2019,·46 mins
Kevin Le Gendre discovers how Louis Armstrong came to play jazz in communist East Germany
14 Jul 2019,·44 mins
Dafydd Mills Daniel investigates Isaac Newton's more obscure studies in Alchemy.
30 Jun 2019,·13 mins
Hetta Howes sets off to find the unicorn of myth in 21st century Britain.
27 Jun 2019,·14 mins
Golding's classic novel was saved from being rejected by Faber by the luckiest chance.
02 Jun 2019,·43 mins
300 years since Robinson Crusoe was published, Emma Smith traces it across the centuries
26 May 2019,·43 mins
Matthew Sweet unearths the film-maker Alexander Korda's wartime role as a British agent.
19 May 2019,·43 mins
Wild swimming enthusiast Alice Roberts examines the legacy of Waterlog by Roger Deakin.
12 May 2019,·43 mins
Colm Toibin presents an intimate portrait of the American poet John Ashbery
05 May 2019,·44 mins
Sally Marlow uncovers the creative legacy of residents at the Institute for Advanced Study
26 Apr 2019,·43 mins
Dr Seán Williams takes a first class trip through the enduring contradictions of luxury.
24 Mar 2019,·43 mins
An exploration of the rich and surprising history of jazz in Japan.
11 Mar 2019,·42 mins
A succulent & mouth watering portrait of one of the least talked about organs of the body.
11 Feb 2019,·43 mins
Sarah Dillon explores the stories behind how great works of literature were written.
30 Dec 2018,·43 mins
The magical story of the tree that sits at the heart of Christmas day - the Pine tree.
23 Dec 2018,·43 mins
Afua Hirsch goes on the search of a long-lost masterpiece from the Harlem Renaissance
25 Nov 2018,·43 mins
