Literature
The Forum. Inside the mind of crime writer Patricia Highsmith. Audio, 43 minutes
A 20th century master of the psychological thriller
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. Hans Christian Andersen. Audio, 28 minutes
Author of The Little Mermaid and The Emperor's New Clothes, he was 'a very strange orchid'
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted2 August 2021
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- Posted29 July 2021
Shedunnit. Is Agatha Christie A Good Writer? Audio, 22 minutes
Her plots are second to none. But is the Queen of Crime a true literary great?
- AttributionBBC Sounds
- Available for 5 months
- Attribution
- Posted27 July 2021
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- Posted26 July 2021
Sunday Feature. Great Scott. Audio, 44 minutes
A fresh perspective on Sir Walter Scott, more than 250 years on from his birth.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted21 July 2021
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- Posted18 July 2021
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- Posted18 July 2021
- AttributionBBC Two
- AttributionBBC Two
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- Posted13 July 2021
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- Posted6 July 2021
Profile. The World of Philip Pullman. Video, 39 minutes
Philip Pullman explores Oxford, where he was a student in the 1960s. (2001)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Caribbean Voices, Colin Grant on VS Naipaul. Audio, 14 minutes
A personal memory of the controversial Nobel laureate, who began his career in radio.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Caribbean Voices, Jen McDerra on Gladys Lindo. Audio, 14 minutes
The Jamaican woman of letters behind Henry Swanzy discovered hidden in the archives
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted30 June 2021
The Essay. Caribbean Voices, Paul Mendez on Andrew Salkey. Audio, 14 minutes
Reimagining the man at the centre of the black literary scene in the mid-20th century
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Guide Books. On Nature with Helen Macdonald and Melissa Harrison. Audio, 28 minutes
Books to help us navigate everyday life, with Damian Barr.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Margaret Busby, publisher. Audio, 37 minutes
Margaret Busby, publisher, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
