Brothers Grimm
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Forests
Dare to enter the dark Germanic forest of the Brothers Grimm.
Mirkwood
The forests of Middle Earth explored by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough.
The Jungle Book
Join Mowgli and Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough in the forest of Kipling's imagination
100 Acre Wood
Brian Sibley guides Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough around the home of Winnie the Pooh.
Telegraph Wires - Five Views of Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes and Animal Encounters
Poet Helen Mort reads Hughes's poems about creatures in light of her own animal phobia.
Ted Hughes v Philip Larkin
Sean O'Brien returns to his native Hull to consider the work of two very different poets.
Crows, Loss and a Violent Melancholia
Poet Karen McCarthy Woolf on finding solace in Hughes's work during a troubled childhood.
Ted Hughes and the River of Time
Poet Zaffar Kunial explores Ted Hughes's personal obsession with dates and anniversaries.
Ted Hughes and Tenderness
Poet Simon Armitage talks about finding an unexpected in tenderness Ted Hughes's work.
A Body of Essays: Series 3
The Liver
British Pakistani poet Imtiaz Dharker regards the liver as the true seat of our feelings.
The Eyes
Poet Abi Curtis considers how our eyes both connect us to and alienate us from the world.
The Blood
Poet Kayo Chingoni chooses the blood, and reveals a tragic personal story of HIV AIDS.
The Ear
Author Patrick McGuinness explores the grottiness of the labyrinthine ear.
The Nose
Scottish writer AL Kennedy reflects on the ability of our nose to conjure memories.
Minds at War: Series 5
Episode 1
The impact of World War One on great artists through the prism of a single work of art.
Episode 2
The impact of World War One explored through single works of art by great artists.
Episode 3
Episode 4
Letters to Artists
Dear Albrecht Dürer
Ian Sansom thanks Albrecht Durer for his instructive, selfless vanity.
Dear Picasso
Ian Sansom asks Picasso about his mid-life crisis.
Dear Julia Margaret Cameron
Ian Sansom pens a missive to Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.
Dear Frida Kahlo
Ian Sansom wonders how Frida Kahlo feels about her merchandise.
Dear Caravaggio
Ian Sansom corresponds with Caravaggio on the links between fine art and violence.
Contagious Cities
HIV AIDS in Nairobi: Polly of Kinshasa Street, by Okwiri Oduor
Five international writers consider an epidemic from the viewpoint of their own city
Polio in New York, by Dava Sobel
Five international writers consider an epidemic from the viewpoint of their own city.
Zika in Maceio, North East Brazil by Debora Diniz
Five international writers consider an epidemic from the view point of their own city.
London and TB. TB Stories by Frances Wilson
Five international writers consider an epidemic from the view point of their own city
SARS in Hong Kong, by Dorothy Tse
The Lost World of the LP
David Hepworth discusses the golden age, and recent resurgence, of vinyl records.
David Hepworth reflects on the golden age, and recent resurgence, of the vinyl album.