Letters
- Attribution
- Posted18 July 2019
- Attribution
- Posted13 August 2019
- Attribution
- Posted14 August 2019
Arts & Ideas. Proms Plus: 'Queering' Tchaikovsky. Audio, 26 minutes
Shahidha Bari and Rolf Hind discuss Tchaikovsky’s letters, with readings from Tom Stuart
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Sound of Cinema. ... Yours faithfully. Audio, 24 minutes
Matthew Sweet explores the world of film music
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Untold. A Trip to Death Row. Audio, 28 minutes
Laura visits a death row inmate in Florida for answers about her late father's final years
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Between the Ears. The Letter. Audio, 29 minutes
How the music of Janacek and a letter from the BBC saved the Hollander family from Nazism.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Classic Stories. Stories for Christmas, At Christmas Time by Anton Chekhov. Audio, 13 minutes
An illiterate couple worry when their daughter doesn't reply to their letters.
- AttributionBBC Sounds
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The Essay. Letters to Artists, Dear Caravaggio. Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom corresponds with Caravaggio on the links between fine art and violence.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Letters to Artists, Dear Frida Kahlo. Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom wonders how Frida Kahlo feels about her merchandise.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Letters to Artists, Dear Julia Margaret Cameron. Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom pens a missive to Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Letters to Artists, Dear Picasso. Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom asks Picasso about his mid-life crisis.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Letters to Artists, Dear Albrecht Dürer. Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom thanks Albrecht Durer for his instructive, selfless vanity.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Between the Ears. Miss Birdie's Letter. Audio, 29 minutes
Poet Karen McCarthy Woolf is on the trail of a letter sent to her Jamaican grandmother.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Dear Agatha Christie... Audio, 15 minutes
Novelist Ian Sansom has a theory to put to Queen of crime, Agatha Christie.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Dear Virginia Woolf... Audio, 15 minutes
A letter of apology to Virginia Woolf from novelist, Ian Sansom.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Dear George Eliot... Audio, 15 minutes
Novelist Ian Sansom pens a missive to George Eliot...
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Dear Geoffrey Chaucer... Audio, 14 minutes
Novelist Ian Sansom fires off a letter to Geoffrey Chaucer...
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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Short Cuts. Series 15, The Answer. Audio, 30 minutes
Josie Long hears stories of seeking an answer.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Essay. More Letters to Writers, Dear William... Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom writes to William Trevor to ask if every silver lining must have a cloud.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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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
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The Essay. More Letters to Writers, Dear Oscar... Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom is in the gutter looking at the stars again as he writes to Oscar Wilde.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. More Letters to Writers, Dear Mary... Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom writes to Frankenstein author, Mary Shelley, to ask her how on earth she coped?
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Dear William Trevor. Audio, 14 minutes
Ian Sansom writes to Irish novelist and playwright, William Trevor
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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