Jennifer Higgie re-evaluates the influence of spiritualism on art in the past 150 years.
Artists and the Spirit World homepage
Madeleine Bunting explores whether public and private ritual has outlived its usefulness.
The Meaning of Ritual homepage
Five writers explore their relationship with the natural world and British nature writing.
Into the Wild homepage
The hidden histories of a Northern Ireland that outsiders rarely get to hear about.
Another Northern Ireland homepage
Michael Goldfarb tells the stories of Americans who fought in World War II.
Our Fathers' War homepage
Chris Watson recalls his quests to record sound in some of nature's most isolated places.
Sounds of Isolation homepage
Andrew Martin muses on how the day used to be punctuated by rituals, now almost lost.
The Lost Hours homepage
Five commissioned short stories from Europe marking a refugee puppet's astonishing journey
Walk with Amal homepage
Essays from artists engaging with the future of the multicultural city of Coventry.
Postcards from Coventry homepage
Indian author and musician Amit Chaudhuri tells of the songs that shaped his early life.
The Songs That Shaped Me homepage
Christopher Harding portrays Japan through the lives of five figures from history.
Japan in Five Lives homepage
Moments of quiet revolution from the life of Adrian Edmondson: comedian, actor and writer.
Adrian Edmondson - Signs of Life homepage
A new series of Essays for 麻豆社 Radio 3
Caribbean Voices homepage
Five personal takes on what it is like to be part of the deaf community in Britain today.
My Deaf World homepage
Joanna Robertson tells fascinating stories from when she lived in Albania in the 1990s.
In Albania homepage
Migration is the theme of Edmund DeWaal's series - how ideas and artefacts travel in time.
De Waal's Itinerant Pots homepage
Opera singer Peter Brathwaite shares his passion for five very different singers.
In Their Voices homepage
Key moments in shaping modern Europe, on the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune.
Paris 2021 homepage
Ten academics make and present radio programmes for Radio 3 based on their research.
New Generation Thinkers homepage
Diarmaid MacCulloch explores his life and work through five of Britain's historic churches
Churchcrawls in Solitude homepage
Jerry Brotton's explores Benvenuto Cellini and a darker side to the Italian Renaissance.
Blood and Bronze homepage
Five New Generation Thinkers each propose a novel they consider worthy of reappraisal.
Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf homepage
Lucy Powell explores the work of brilliant siblings through their relatedness to genius.
Shakespeare's Sisters homepage
Nandini Das brings stories of rain and the way it informs cultures across the globe.
Rainsong in Five Senses homepage
Five writers each choose different animals and imagine what it's like to become them.
Becoming Animal homepage
Broadcasting legend James Burke connects his twin passions of science and classical music.
Science Notes homepage
Acting Unrehearsed. New series of essays for 麻豆社 Radio 3
Acting Unrehearsed homepage
Five Essex-lovers reclaim the county that they grew up in or now call home.
Odes to Essex homepage
Writer Polly Coles looks at five different aspects of portraiture.
Mug Shots homepage
A perilous winter pilgrimage to the source of Britain's highest river, the River Dee.
The Frozen River homepage