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In the Shadow of the Tower (Exhibition Exposed)
Andrew Hussey visits Paris to understand how the Eiffel Tower has shaped French culture.
A Cultural History of the Plague
Laura Ashe explores how the plague has changed our social and cultural landscape.
The Fundamentalist Queen
Samira Ahmed delves into the mysterious life of Oliver Cromwell's wife, Elizabeth.
Music and the Jews
I've Heard There Was a Secret Chord
Norman Lebrecht explores the role music has played at some key points in Jewish history.
There's a Place for Us
Norman Lebrecht traces the history of female Jewish singers.
It Ain't Necessarily So
Norman Lebrecht on the idea of a 'Jewish thumbprint' in Mendelssohn's and others' music.
The Supernatural North
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough journeys to northern Norway in search of the supernatural.
Matthew Sweet's Palace of Great War Varieties
Matthew Sweet explores WWI popular culture with the help of historians and performers.
Thom Gunn: Appropriate Measures
Author Colm Toibin profiles Anglo-American poet Thom Gunn, who died in 2004.
Zola in Norwood
Michael Rosen traces novelist Emile Zola's exile in Britain as he fled a prison sentence.
Beautiful Death
Stephen Johnson connects Mahler's beliefs about death to Viennese funeral customs.
Palace of Shame
Chris Bowlby uncovers the fate of the imperial summer palace in Beijing.
Eric Ravilious: Chalk and Ice
Alexandra Harris explores the life and work of the elusive artist Eric Ravilious.
Cuba Clasica
Andrew McGregor visits Havana to investigate Cuba's classical music scene today.
The Day of the Locust
Adam Smith unearths the roots of Nathanael West's Hollywood novel The Day of the Locust.
From Convent to Concert Hall
Kate Kennedy reviews four female string players who were pioneering in their own lifetimes
Mission Harpsichord
Mahan Esfahani discovers why the harpsichord is an often misunderstood instrument.
Caucasian Roots
Episode 1
Historian Bettany Hughes follows the trail of the Caucasus in antiquity.
Episode 2
Exploring the idea that the Caucasus was the home of the race known as 'Caucasians'.
Memoirs of the Spacewomen
Matthew Sweet explores the science fiction futures of three neglected female writers.
Doing Goya Justice: The Curator's Story
Feature following the work of Xavier Bray as curates an exhibition of Goya's paintings.
A Secret Life: Uwe Johnson in Sheerness
Patrick Wright investigates why German writer Uwe Johnson chose to live in Sheerness.
In Their Own Write: Notes from the Congress of Vienna
Michael Goldfarb tells the story of the Congress of Vienna and how it still affects us.
John Berger - About Song and Laughter
Sukhdev Sandhu introduces a radio-minded feature by critic and novelist John Berger.
In the Shadow of Kafka: Prophet of Prague
Misha Glenny traces the footsteps of Franz Kafka in his native city.
Contemporary Art and the Church
Fiona Shaw explores the new-found enthusiasm of the Christian church for contemporary art.
Left-Handed Liberty
Andrew Dickson explores a provocative attempt to commemorate the g of Magna Carta.
WB Yeats and the Artifice of Eternity
Theo Dorgan explores the continuing importance of WB Yeats, 150 years after he was born.
An Anatomy of Singing
Mary King explores how advances in our knowledge of anatomy are changing the way we sing.
A Most Ingenious Paradox: Loving G&S to Death?
Martin Handley explores current attitudes to the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
HG and the H-Bomb
Samira Ahmed explores the role of HG Wells in the creation of the nuclear bomb.
