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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

Maidens, Matriarchs and Crones

The Essay reaches journeys end across Britain. Mandy Haggith imagines Albion's women.

• 14 mins

The Well-Tempered Clavier

Armando Iannucci

Satirist Armando Iannucci contemplates the connection between music and comedy.

• 14 mins

The Well-Tempered Clavier

Clive Myrie

Clive Myrie considers Bach's role his constant travel companion.

• 14 mins

The Well-Tempered Clavier

Rachel Cooke

Journalist and writer Rachel Cooke considers The Well-Tempered Clavier as domestic music.

• 14 mins

The Well-Tempered Clavier

Thomas Guthrie

Opera director and performer Thomas Guthrie reflects on what it means to be well-tempered.

• 14 mins

The Well-Tempered Clavier

Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell-Boyce marvels at the enduring freshness of Bach.

• 14 mins

Fashion Stories

Body Armour

Sophie Oliver looks at a Mina Loy corselet and the history of reshaping bodies.

• 14 mins

Fashion Stories

In a Handbag

Shahidha Bari looks at what the contents of a handbag can tell us.

• 14 mins

Fashion Stories

Drama, Dressing-up and Droopy & Browns

Jade Halbert looks at the designs inspired by English history created by Angela Holmes.

• 14 mins

Fashion Stories

Uniforms - An Alternative History

Tom Smith links school blazers and clothes worn by East German soldiers to clubbing.

• 14 mins

Fashion Stories

Boy with a Pearl Earring

Lauren Working explores the cavalier look from Charles I to Harry Styles.

• 14 mins

Multitudes

Unread

A visit to an uninhabited house where old texts offer clues to the person who lived there.

• 14 mins

Multitudes

Sounds from an Armenian Childhood

Olivia Melkonian explores the sounds from an Armenian childhood in her grandmother's home.

• 14 mins

Multitudes

Peace at Last

Zoologist Hamza Yassin uncovers the hidden ways our noise pollution impacts marine life.

• 14 mins

The Sounds of Tyne

In the Dark

A soundscape from Segedunum Fort at Wallsend, Newcastle.

• 14 mins

The Sounds of Tyne

The Swing Bridge

The first crossing point of the Tyne, the birthplace of the city of Newcastle.

• 14 mins

The Sounds of Tyne

Benwell Temple

Noreen Masud considers communities old and new.

• 14 mins

The Sounds of Tyne

The Castle Keep

The Castle Keep in Newcastle with Tara Bergin.

• 14 mins

The Sounds of Tyne

The Spirit of Antenociticus

Poet Jake Morris-Campbell evokes the spirit of local god Antenociticus.

• 14 mins

Ways of Being

Kate Davis on Thomas Hardy

Poet Kate Davis explores her fascination with Thomas Hardy's poem Afterwards.

• 14 mins

Ways of Being

David Bower on Tom Waits

Actor David Bower explores his fascination with singer-songwriter Tom Waits's music.

• 14 mins

Ways of Being

Kate Fox on Doctor Who

Stand-up poet Kate Fox explores her fascination with Doctor Who and the Tardis.

• 14 mins

Ways of Being

Rachael Boast on The Book of Job

Poet Rachael Boast explores her fascination with the Book of Job.

• 14 mins

Ways of Being

Tom Shakespeare on J.R.R. Tolkien

Tom Shakespeare explores his relationship with J.R.R. Tolkien's characters.

• 14 mins

Talking about Silence

An Invitation to Silence

Diarmaid MacCulloch introduces us to the theme of spiritual silence.

• 14 mins

Talking about Silence

The Wild Track

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the 'wild track' of Christian silences.

• 14 mins

Talking about Silence

In a Monastery Garden

Diarmaid MacCulloch takes us inside the spiritual homes of Christian silence.

• 14 mins

Talking about Silence

Reformation: Losing Silence

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores how the Reformation rewrote Christian silence.

• 15 mins

Talking about Silence

Good Silence, Bad Silence

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores how Christianity contains silences that need ending.

• 14 mins

Words for War

Oksana Maksymchuk-Hear Their Words

War came to Ukraine in 2014. Its poets have been responding to it ever since.

• 14 mins