Writing
Desert Island Discs. Frank McCourt. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is Pulitzer prize-winning writer Frank McCourt
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Agenda. Taking a World View – Interview with Noam Chomsky. Audio, 26 minutes
Noam Chomsky talks about his political writing – and what makes a "rogue state"
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Margaret Drabble. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Margaret Drabble
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Agenda. Allegiance to Philosophy. Audio, 26 minutes
Life guides: a new wave of philosophical writing addressing the big issues of our age
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Ronald Blythe. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Ronald Blythe
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Sir John Mortimer. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer and barrister Sir John Mortimer
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Agenda. More to Write Than Ever – Interview with André Brink. Audio, 26 minutes
Why "in the new South Africa, there's incomprabably more to write about than ever before"
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. George MacDonald Fraser. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer George MacDonald Fraser
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Agenda. Literature and Writing Politics. Audio, 26 minutes
Is the pen mightier than the sword? Literature as vehicle for political thought and change
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Agenda. Armistead Maupin – Telling Stories. Audio, 26 minutes
San Francisco novelist Armistead Maupin discusses his new work about love and fatherhood
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Ian McEwan. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Ian McEwan
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Harriet O'Carroll - Minuet. Audio, 60 minutes
A young Jane Austen falls in love fuelling her desire to become a writer.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. A Woman for Bulawayo. Audio, 30 minutes
A look at the city of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe and the award winning writer Yvonne Vera
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Agenda. 'I Wanted to Share My Success,' says Arundhati Roy. Audio, 29 minutes
Indian author Arundhati Roy talks about her writing and becoming an environmental activist
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Document of Identity. Audio, 28 minutes
An indepth look at Wole Soyinka's play Document of Identity
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Femi Osofisan. Audio, 30 minutes
Interview with the Nigerian writer and academic Femi Osofisan
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Sybille Bedford. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is novelist Sybille Bedford
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Spotlight. The Process of Editing. Audio, 4 minutes
The role an editor plays in whittling down a play when it is considered too long
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Spotlight. Bernard Kops. Audio, 4 minutes
Bernard Kops talks about the Holocaust poet Paul Celan and his own writing
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. John Julius Norwich. Audio, 40 minutes
Sue Lawley's castaway is historian and television personality John Julius Norwich
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
