Writing
The Essay. Open Endings, AL Kennedy on The Wind in the Willows. Audio, 14 minutes
AL Kennedy chooses Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
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The Essay. Open Endings, Bernardine Evaristo on Mrs Dalloway. Audio, 14 minutes
Man Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo chooses Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
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The Essay. Open Endings, Ian Rankin on Lord of the Flies. Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Rankin chooses William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
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Four Thought. Recovery After Rape. Audio, 21 minutes
Winnie M Li talks about her traumatic experience as a survivor of sexual violence.
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Four Thought. Life In Transit. Audio, 21 minutes
Novelist Louise Doughty discovers her own past sheds light on the experience of others.
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Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. George the Poet. Audio, 38 minutes
George talks to Nihal about the new series of his BBC podcast.
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Write Brummie. Audio, 28 minutes
A portrait of a writing day in Birmingham.
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Who Will Call Me Beloved? Audio, 28 minutes
Writer Tania Hershman on the word ‘beloved’ and commemorating single people when they die.
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Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Dawn O’Porter. Audio, 29 minutes
Dreaming about Beyonce and her new novel, So Lucky.
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Welcome to the World of George the Poet. Video, 72 minutes
A mix of poetry, music and conversation exploring what rap can teach us about education.
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Arts & Ideas. Writing Real Life from Brexit to Grenfell. Audio, 45 minutes
Ali Smith, Jay Bernard and James Graham at the British Library with Matthew Sweet
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Arts & Ideas. Landmark: The Yorkshire Feminist Winifred Holtby. Audio, 53 minutes
Matthew Sweet is joined by Rachel Reeves MP, Jane Thomas and Katie Cooper in Hull.
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Sunday Feature. The Hidden Reservoir. Audio, 44 minutes
Carlo Gebler on the role of the arts in healing and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
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Open Book. Literary Norwich Special. Audio, 28 minutes
A visit to Norwich, England's first Unesco City of Literature
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Profile. Bernardine Evaristo. Audio, 14 minutes
Bernardine Evaristo is the first black British woman to win the Booker Prize.
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Three Minute Epiphany. Sabrina Mahfouz: Slow Readers Book Club. Audio, 5 minutes
From Blue Peter & Danielle Steele to The Royal Society of Literature
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Open Book. Dana Czapnik, Black Death novels, Imani Perry on Corregidora. Audio, 28 minutes
Dana Czapnik discusses her debut novel The Falconer.
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The Essay. Beyond Borders, Wendy Erskine - Knock Knock, Who's There? Audio, 14 minutes
Writer Wendy Erskine takes us through doorways that open up portals into other worlds.
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The Essay. Beyond Borders, Stephen Sexton - The Tory Islanders. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Stephen Sexton talks about the margins between language and image.
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The Essay. Beyond Borders, Sinead Gleeson - Pain, Borders and Averting Our Gaze. Audio, 14 minutes
Irish writer Sinead Gleeson talks about how pain, inequality and borders separate us.
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Open Book. Robert Harris. Audio, 28 minutes
Robert Harris discusses his new novel The Second Sleep and reflects on 30 years of writing
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Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Margaret Atwood. Audio, 27 minutes
The Handmaid's Tale author talks politics, power and feminism with Emma Barnett.
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Four Thought. Life in Letters. Audio, 20 minutes
Helen Cullen makes the case for the art of letter writing.
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