Literature
Profile. Hanif Kureishi. Audio, 15 minutes
The writer whose updates from his hospital bed are captivating the world.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted16 January 2023
Sunday Feature. Unlocking Anne. Audio, 44 minutes
Clare Pollard pieces together the life and work of forgotten 16th-century poet Anne Lock.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted6 January 2023
The Forum. Forugh Farrokhzad: A trailblazing voice for women in Iran. Audio, 39 minutes
How the courage and audacity of an Iranian writer continues to inspire
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Warsan Shire on a Nation of Poets. Audio, 28 minutes
British-Somali poet Warsan Shire investigates and showcases Somalia's rich poetic life.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted29 December 2022
How We Hustle with Yianni. Jade LB. Audio, 29 minutes
Yianni links up with author, Jade LB, to talk about the business of storytelling.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted20 December 2022
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- Posted15 December 2022
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- Posted8 December 2022
Arts & Ideas. New Thinking: Language, the Victorians and Us. Audio, 45 minutes
From Lancashire dialect protest poetry to Hardy's Dorset vowels. John Gallagher hosts.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted5 December 2022
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- Posted5 December 2022
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- Posted30 November 2022
Sunday Feature. Briggflatts - A Northern Poetic Odyssey. Audio, 44 minutes
Rory Stewart in search of Basil Bunting’s neglected masterpiece about love, loss and time.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted24 November 2022
The Forum. The Epic of Gilgamesh: A quest for immortality. Audio, 39 minutes
One of the oldest works of literature can speak to us even today
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted23 November 2022
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- Posted22 November 2022
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- Posted21 November 2022
