Churches
- Attribution
- Posted17 October 2019
- Attribution
- Posted3 September 2019
The Reunion. York Minster Fire. Audio, 42 minutes
Sue MacGregor reunites those who saved York Minster from the devastating fire of 1984.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted13 August 2019
The Essay. Brick, Stone, Steel, Glass, Rame Head Chapel. Audio, 14 minutes
Author Natasha Carthew on Rame Head Chapel, near Whitsand Bay, Cornwall.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted22 January 2019
The Essay. Italy Outdoors, The Church. Audio, 14 minutes
Writer Polly Coles reads The Church, her final essay about Italy’s public spaces.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Living World. An English Churchyard. Audio, 22 minutes
Derek Jones explores a Sussex churchyard for signs of wildlife. From 1988.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Are You Paying Attention? Prayer and Snake Oil. Audio, 14 minutes
Writer Madeleine Bunting explores some key moments in the history of attention.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Living with the Gods. The House of God. Audio, 14 minutes
Neil MacGregor on sacred spaces, from a 4,000-year-old temple to a brand new cathedral.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Unavailable
Beyond Belief. Immigration and the Church. Audio, 30 minutes
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the impact of immigration on the church in Britain.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel, Chesterfield's Crooked Spire, Derbyshire. Audio, 15 minutes
Poet Helen explains why Chesterfield's Crooked Spire Church has inspired her.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Religion in the North, Forests and Faith under the Northern Lights. Audio, 15 minutes
Per Rosenberg on wooden churches in Scandinavia and the symbolic importance of the forest.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Disused Chapel on the Cornish Skyline. Audio, 30 minutes
Petroc Trelawny on Cornwall's disused chapels and the changing identity of the county
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Music in the Shadow of Ground Zero. Audio, 30 minutes
The story of two New York churches that survived 9/11 and are now healing the community.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. England Ejects, On Sunday Church-Going. Audio, 15 minutes
Novelist Andrew discusses the decline of Sunday church-going.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. Lalibela, Lalibela: The New Jerusalem. Audio, 27 minutes
Celeste Hicks visits the unique Ethiopian churches of Lalibela.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. The Power And The Faith: Romania's Orthodox Church, The Power and the Faith: Romania’s Orthodox Church. Audio, 27 minutes
Can Romania afford to fund religion and build new churches with its economy in decline?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. The Ideas that Shaped the Baroque. Audio, 45 minutes
Professor Tim Blanning explores the shifting ideas that nurtured and shaped the Baroque.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Africans and UK Churches. Audio, 30 minutes
Do the churches in Britain fulfil the need for the Africans living in the UK?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
