麻豆社

Back up to: 2015

1. Joyce's Big Lie

   A reading of Joyce's Big Lie, a story by Deborah Moggach about looking for love.
2. Singing Machines

   Trevor Cox asks if technology will ever match the human voice.
3. The World of Yesterday

   A reading from Zweig's The World of Yesterday, recalling precocious schooldays in Vienna.
4. The Biggest Bonfire in the World

   Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough investigates the Nordic culture of fire.
5. Stalin's Ghost

   Martin Sixsmith asks how the idea, image and interpretation of Stalin has haunted Russia.
6. Some Versions of Pastoral

   A story by DJ Taylor about an ageing couple's association with a bygone literary set.
7. Goethe and the West-Eastern Divan

   Paul Farley explores Goethe's verse tribute to Persian poetry, The West-Eastern Divan.
8. The Summer House

   Kate Clanchy on the importance of the summer house to people in Scandinavia and Russia.
9. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Remembers

   Arthur Conan Doyle reflects on his career and his relationship with Sherlock Holmes.
10. Turquerie

    Nandini Das reveals how Turkish culture influenced European fashion in Mozart's lifetime.
11. The Arts in 1945

    Exploring how World War II helped give Britain a new cultural appetite and understanding.
12. Puck, by Edith Pearlman

    Edith Pearlman's short story Puck, describing amusing escapades in a Boston antique shop.
13. Composer's Eye View

    A discussion about the challenges of writing a musical comission.
14. The Landscapes of Charles Jencks

    Anna Magnusson learns about the inspiration behind Charles Jencks's landscape art.
15. Miss Pulkinhorn

    Nicholas Farrell reads William Golding's story involving intrigue in an English cathedral.
16. The Writing on the Wall

    An exploration of the reasons behind the fall of the Babylonian empire.