麻豆社

Meanings of Mountains

Scotland

Poet Kenneth Steven considers the relationship of the Scots to their mountains.

• 15 mins

Meanings of Mountains

Peru

Javier Lizarzaburu on the Inca shrine of Pariacaca and what the mountain means today.

• 15 mins

Listener, They Wore It

Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier on the fate of some sparkling stones in de Maupassant's The Necklace.

• 15 mins

Listener, They Wore It

Justin Cartwright

Justin Cartwright on corporate America and the novel The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit.

• 15 mins

Listener, They Wore It

Laura Cumming

Laura Cumming considers a famous black dress, memorably painted by John Singer Sargent.

• 15 mins

Listener, They Wore It

Peter Bradshaw

Critic Peter Bradshaw on the two red coats worn in the film Don't Look Now.

• 15 mins

Listener, They Wore It

Alexandra Shulman

Alexandra Shulman on the Leonard Cohen song Suzanne and how it dressed young women.

• 15 mins

Montaigne

Alain de Botton

Alain de Botton reads an essay on the life and work of scholar Michel de Montaigne.

• 15 mins

Montaigne

Theodore Zeldin

Philosopher Theodore Zeldin considers to what extent Montaigne's outlook holds true today.

• 15 mins

Montaigne

Jonathan Bate

Shakespeare scholar Jonathan Bate on the relationship between Montaigne and the Bard.

• 15 mins

Montaigne

Sarah Bakewell

Montaigne biographer Sarah Bakewell on the writer's cat, scepticism and animal souls.

• 15 mins

Montaigne

AC Grayling

Philosopher AC Grayling reads an essay on the life and work of Michel de Montaigne.

• 15 mins

Requiem for Networks

Heads in the Clouds

Ken Hollings on the implications of the latest information networks, such as the 'cloud'.

• 15 mins

Earth Music Bristol

The Glee Instinct

Nature writer Richard Mabey reflects on how and why we like to sing together.

• 15 mins

Earth Music Bristol

Birdsong

Behaviour expert Professor Tim Birkhead explores how birds learn to sing.

• 15 mins

Earth Music Bristol

On Lyre Birds and Bell Birds

Composer Edward Cowie shares his enthusiasm for lyre and bell birds.

• 15 mins

Earth Music Bristol

Symphonic Impressions

Bird song recordist Geoff Sample explores whether birds sings symphonically.

• 15 mins

Earth Music Bristol

Woof and Tweet

Poet and writer Paul Farley explores why a bittern can sound like reggae.

• 15 mins

Looking and Looking Away

Not Responsibility: Shame

Christopher Bigsby reflects on WG Sebald's writings on his German homeland.

• 15 mins

Looking and Looking Away

Teaching by Example

Uwe Schutte reflects on the life and work of writer WG Sebald, who was once his teacher.

• 15 mins

Looking and Looking Away

A Translator's View

Anthea Bell offers a translator's view on the life and work of WG Sebald.

• 15 mins

Looking and Looking Away

Sebald the Poet

Poet George Szirtes reflects on German writer WG Sebald's poetry.

• 15 mins

Looking and Looking Away

A History of Memory or a Memory of History?

Amanda Hopkinson lifts the lid on German writer WG Sebald's photographic archive.

• 15 mins

The Writer's Dickens

Tessa Hadley - Rooms and Reality

Tessa Hadley on how Dickens paints the reality of his world through characters' houses.

• 15 mins

The Writer's Dickens

Romesh Gunesekera - The Orphan Eye

Romesh Gunesekera on how Dickens addresses the move from childhood into the world beyond.

• 15 mins

The Writer's Dickens

AL Kennedy - No Hope of Return

AL Kennedy explores Dickens' literary response to the themes of poverty, misery and death.

• 15 mins

The Writer's Dickens

Alexander McCall Smith - Episodic Writing

Writer Alexander McCall Smith salutes Charles Dickens's mastery of the episodic form.

• 15 mins

The Writer's Dickens

Justin Cartwright - Christmas

Justin Cartwright reflects on the place that Christmas occupies in Charles Dickens's work.

• 15 mins

British War Films of the 50s

The Cruel Sea

Simon Heffer on the film The Cruel Sea, about the price of victory in World War Two.

• 15 mins

British War Films of the 50s

The Colditz Story

Simon Heffer discusses the film The Colditz Story, which celebrated British resilience.

• 15 mins