Culture
The Why Factor. Television. Audio, 18 minutes
Why does television have such a powerful influence on our lives?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Thinking Allowed. The Gym: A Social History; Tattoos at Work. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor explores the social history of the gymnasium and the taboo against body art.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
One to One. Adrian Goldberg on Mixed Marriage. Audio, 15 minutes
Adrian Goldberg meets Mandy, of Sikh and Hindu heritage, married to an Afro-Caribbean man.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
One to One. Adrian Goldberg on Mixed Marriage. Audio, 15 minutes
Adrian Goldberg meets Rosalind, a Christian who married a Jewish man in the 1970s.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
One to One. Adrian Goldberg on Mixed Marriage. Audio, 15 minutes
Adrian Goldberg explores the topic of mixed marriage.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Casa Negra: The Real Casablanca. Audio, 30 minutes
Andrew Hussey on the cultural renaissance affecting Morocco's largest city.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
The Hotel Suite. Audio, 30 minutes
Paul Farley explores and exploits the creative possibilities offered by hotel stop-overs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. The Fool. Audio, 18 minutes
Mike Williams asks why the fool or jester has been an important figure in many cultures
- AttributionBBC World Service
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The Why Factor. Dance. Audio, 18 minutes
Why does movement move us?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Essex, My Essex. Audio, 30 minutes
Essex born and bred, writer Ian Sansom goes back to the county which made him who he is.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
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The Essay. Let There Be Dark, Let There Be Dark. Audio, 15 minutes
Rupert Goodwins on what going blind suddenly taught him about science, culture and life.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Twenty Minutes. British Wagnerism. Audio, 20 minutes
Simon Russell Beale explores the impact of Wagner on fin-de-siecle British culture.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
1913: The Year Before. Cultural Upheaval. Audio, 15 minutes
Michael challenges the idea that modernism was a reaction to the shock and savagery of WWI
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. The Lie. Audio, 18 minutes
Why do we lie? How do different cultures define telling the truth?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
A Room for a View: The Artist's Studio. Audio, 28 minutes
Rats under the floorboards, paint on the floor. What makes an artist's studio?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Putting the Black Country on the Map. Audio, 28 minutes
Adrian Goldberg tries to work out what the Black Country is - and where it is.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Twenty Minutes. Tredegar House, Gwent. Audio, 20 minutes
Katie Derham tours Tredegar House in Wales with Lars Tharp and the NT's Derw Thomas.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Twenty Minutes. Ham House, Surrey. Audio, 20 minutes
Katie Derham is joined by Lars Tharp and curator Victoria Bradley for a tour of Ham House.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Twenty Minutes. Clandon Park, Surrey. Audio, 20 minutes
Katie Derham, Lars Tharp and Katherine Sharp take a tour of the treasures of Clandon Park.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Twenty Minutes. National Baroque. Audio, 20 minutes
Katie Derham tours Powis Castle for a closer look at its many Baroque splendours.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Black. Audio, 18 minutes
Mike Williams peers into the world of black and asks why it has so many different meanings
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Digital Human. Series 1, Conceal. Audio, 30 minutes
What is the biggest threat to privacy: governments, corporate entities or our friends?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Word of Mouth. Stories from other cultures. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Rosen hears the traditional stories that are being passed down the generations.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
