Literature
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Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Lynda La Plante. Audio, 36 minutes
The best-selling author talks to Nihal about her new book, Buried.
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- Posted26 March 2020
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Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Harlan Coben. Audio, 28 minutes
Nihal speaks to the author about The Boy From The Woods
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- Posted12 March 2020
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- Posted11 March 2020
Pause For Thought: 'There's a question that I have come to dread...' Pause For Thought. Audio, 00:01:44
Jo Jepson on finding guidance in unexpected places.
- AttributionBBC Radio 2
- Posted6 March 2020
The Essay. Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf, Yolande Mukagasana. Audio, 14 minutes
Zoe Norridge describes translating the testimony of a Rwandan survivor.
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- Posted5 March 2020
The Essay. Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf, Storm Jameson. Audio, 14 minutes
A Yorkshire-born writer with a European outlook who campaigned for World War II refugees.
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Pause For Thought: 'We become what we think.' Pause For Thought. Audio, 00:01:50
Lalitavira reflects on a life-changing read.
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- Posted3 March 2020
Pause For Thought: 'As I grieved for my father, I found him again in a book.' Pause For Thought. Audio, 00:02:00
Huma Qureshi on seeing ourselves in literature.
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- Posted2 March 2020
The Essay. Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf, Margaret Oliphant. Audio, 14 minutes
The Scottish writer whose comic heroine Miss Marjoribanks bucks 19th-century conventions.
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The Essay. Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf, Lady Mary Wroth. Audio, 14 minutes
The English Renaissance poet whose reputation at court was ruined by her writing.
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The Essay. Women Writers to Put Back on the Bookshelf, Charlotte Turner Smith. Audio, 14 minutes
The Romantic poet who inspired Wordsworth is profiled by Sophie Coulombeau.
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The Essay. The Art of Apology, Episode 5. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Helen Mort reflects on when apology stands in for a sense of sorrow and guilt.
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The Essay. The Art of Apology, Episode 4. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Helen Mort explores over-apologising through some of the poems that have shaped her.
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The Essay. The Art of Apology, Episode 3. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Helen Mort explores whether apologies sometimes stand in for a failure to understand.
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New Thinking: Everything to Everybody - Shakespeare for the people. Audio, 39 minutes
Islam Issa hears how Adrian Lester and Ewan Fernie are taking Shakespeare to the people
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The Essay. The Art of Apology, Episode 2. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Helen Mort explores non-apology through some of the poems that have shaped her.
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The Essay. The Art of Apology, Episode 1. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Helen Mort reflects that saying sorry is often not just about contrition.
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- Posted14 February 2020
