Poetry
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Akala. Audio, 42 minutes
The poet, rapper, and activist talks to Nihal about his new book.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
Between the Ears. The Sheep of Art. Audio, 30 minutes
Writer Chris Stewart knows a thing or two about sheep. Alexandra Harris knows art. Baa!
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Open Country. Coventry Edgelands. Audio, 25 minutes
Helen Mark visits Coventry to discover its Edgelands, the places in between landscapes.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. New Generation Thinkers at 10, When Shakespeare Travelled with Me. Audio, 14 minutes
New Generation Thinker Islam Issa looks at Shakespeare in 1916 Egypt to Arabic pop songs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Art of Now. Dangerous Places. Audio, 28 minutes
Errollyn Wallen meets artists working in places of conflict and danger around the world.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Archive on 4. The Advance Guard of the Avant-garde. Audio, 60 minutes
DJ Taylor tells the story of an influential group of experimental 1960s British writers.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. What Lies Beneath; Neanderthal Cave Art to Fatbergs. Audio, 45 minutes
Poetic and archaeological trip round our fascination with what comes up when we dig down.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Patrick Kavanagh: the Inexhaustible Adventure of a Gravelled Yard. Audio, 44 minutes
Theo Dorgan finds out why Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh, who died in 1968, is so loved now.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. All Miss Brodie's Girls, Kate Clanchy. Audio, 14 minutes
Kate Clanchy discusses the work of Muriel Spark - poet.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Transformations: 5 stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Philemon and Baucis. Audio, 15 minutes
The fifth of five dramas about love drawn from tales told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Transformations: 5 stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Byblis and Cannus. Audio, 15 minutes
The fourth of five dramas about love drawn from tales told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Transformations: 5 stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Orpheus and Eurydice. Audio, 15 minutes
The third of five dramas about love drawn from tales told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Transformations: 5 stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Pygmalion. Audio, 15 minutes
The second of five dramas about love drawn from tales told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Transformations: 5 stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Ceyx and Alcyone. Audio, 15 minutes
The first of five stories about love dramatized from tales told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
In the Studio. Lorna Goodison: Jamaica's history in poetry. Audio, 30 minutes
Documenting the history of slavery and the cultivation of sugar
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Essay. More Letters to Writers, Dear Marianne ... Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom writes to poet Marianne Moore to finally ask her about that tricorn hat
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Dear Marianne Moore. Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom writes to poet Marianne Moore and asks her about that tricorn hat
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. More Letters to Writers, Dear Dante... Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom drops a quick line to Dante.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Art of Living. Frank Ormsby's Parkinson's. Audio, 30 minutes
Marie-Louise Muir traces poet Frank Ormsby's creative response to illness.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Short Cuts. Series 14, Incantations. Audio, 30 minutes
Josie Long hears stories of spell craft, poetry and art coming to life.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Radio 3 Documentary. Resurrecting Mayakovsky. Audio, 44 minutes
Ian Sansom attempts to resurrect the spirit of poet Vladimir Mayakovsky
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Resurrecting Mayakovsky. Audio, 44 minutes
Ian Sansom looks at the life and legacy of Soviet poet and artist, Vladimir Mayakovsky.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Ten Artists that Shook the World, 7 Akhmatova and Tsvetaeva. Audio, 15 minutes
Writer Elaine Feinstein compares the impact of the Revolution on two great Russian poets.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
