Sunday Feature Episodes Available now
A Brief History of Being Cold
Alexandra Harris presents a cultural history of the cold from the Anglo-Saxons to today.
Verdi 200: Viva Verdi
Roger Parker explores Verdi's status as an Italian national figure.
Stop Calling Me 'Doctor Sex'
Matthew Sweet uncovers the extraordinary career of Alex Comfort, author of The Joy of Sex.
Reader Meet Author
Exploring unexpected literary influences on Byron, Tennessee Williams and Virginia Woolf.
British Romanticism and Napoleon—On Napoleon
3/3 Simon Bainbridge explores how Napoleon shaped poetry in Britain, especially the Romantics.
Stendhal and Napoleon—On Napoleon
2/3 Andy Martin on how Stendahl followed Napoleon across Europe in 1812 and changed fiction.
Tolstoy and Napoleon—On Napoleon
1/3 Rosamund Bartlett explores the truth and the fiction of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
Way off the Beaten Track
Stephen Smith asks if it matters if travel writing is unreliable.
Queen's University - Belfast Built
The history of Queen's University in political, cultural and intellectual life in Belfast.
The Dragon with Two Tongues
Poet Gwyneth Lewis explores the modern revival of Welsh language.
