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Afterwords: Richard Hoggart
The life and ideas of literary critic and cultural theorist Richard Hoggart.
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Turning Picasso
New evidence that the CIA tried to turn Picasso to the American side in the Cold War.
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While Shepherds Watched: The hidden world of the South Yorkshire village carol sings
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The Divine Ms Bernhardt
Ms Bernhardt lived in a blaze of publicity. We celebrate the first global superstar.
Classical Africa
Leon Bosch explores the remarkable - often unheard - array of art music from Africa.
Bayard Rustin: Activism and Early Music
How the African American Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin used Early Music in activism.
Time Canvasses: Morton Feldman and Abstract Expressionism
How friendship with Philip Guston and Mark Rothko took American music in new directions.
American Rhapsody
Olivia Giovetti examines the legacy of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
Waiting for the Flood
As we brace ourselves for storm tides, storm surges are a way of life in the Wadden Sea.
Bath Time
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Flaming Creatures - Sound of Cinema Sunday
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The Golden Age of the MGM Musical
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Never Failed Me Yet
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Sakamoto - Art Is Long, Life Is Short
Reflecting on the legacy of Ryuichi Sakamoto, a year on from the composer's ing.
The Cello and the Nightingale
Kate Kennedy examines the events surrounding one of the BBC's first outside broadcasts.
Everything Stops
The composer Gavin Higgins considers how Tourette syndrome and OCD has informed his music.
Searching for the Songs of Bukhara
A musical journey into the ancient court music of Central Asia.
A Most Queer House
The story of a London house with a legacy of queer creative and bohemian residents.
The Marvellous, Magical, Musical Box
Art in an age of mechanical reproduction is a surprisingly inspirational, human story.
Cinema City
Alistair Fraser delves into the little-known history of Glasgow’s forgotten cinemas.
Undine Smith Moore - The Dean of Black Women Composers
Discovering a unique 20th-century composer and teacher - and her enduring influence.
Music of the Vikings
What was the soundtrack to a Viking feast? Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough investigates.
Home of Hope and Glory
Katie Derham delves into the fascinating history and legacy of 'Land of Hope and Glory'.
Schoenberg in the USA
Marin Alsop explores the impact of Schoenberg's emigration to the United States.
Light Fantastic
Singer and broadcaster Catherine Bott explores the story of British light music.
New Generation Thinkers: Anjin, the Pilot
Nandini Das tells the story of William Adams, the first Englishman in Japan.
Ishmael Reed - American Trickster
Lindsay Johns meets the polymathic American writer Ishmael Reed.
A Little History of Surreal Music
Ian McMillan finds out why Breton was wrong to exclude music from the Surrealist project.
