Literature
The Essay. 'The Odd Woman', or celebrating five single females, Career Girls. Audio, 14 minutes
Writer Rachel Cooke on the phenomenon of the single woman. In this essay, career girls.
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- Posted5 April 2020
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- Posted3 April 2020
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- Posted2 April 2020
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.
- AttributionBBC Radio 2
- 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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