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Sunday Feature Episodes

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    Briggflatts - A Northern Poetic Odyssey

    Rory Stewart in search of Basil Bunting鈥檚 neglected masterpiece about love, loss and time.

  2. The Most Contrary Region

    Paul Muldoon on how the arts influenced a century of broadcasting at the 蜜芽传媒 in Belfast.

  3. The Microphone

    Alan Dein explores the world-changing cultural history of an overlooked object.

  4. Chasing the Dream

    Dr Hetta Howes examines the creative power of a disturbed night's sleep.

  5. The Sonic Century: A New Art

    A kaleidoscopic montage exploring the life and work of radio pioneer Lance Sieveking.

  6. Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On

    Simon Heffer explores what lies behind the Sixth Symphony by Vaughan Williams.

  7. An Unconventional Teacher

    Ralph Vaughan Williams's legacy as a teacher of women composers.

  8. Frank Johnson, Queen Victoria and the Black Brass Band

    Uchenna Ngwe tracks down the remarkable story of an African American musical pioneer.

  9. Yellowstone - The Art of America

    How art played a crucial role in creating the world's first national park.

  10. Classical Commonwealth, Part 2

    Errollyn Wallen unravels more stories of classical music across the British Commonwealth.

  11. City solutions

    Professor Des Fitzgerald explores new thinking on the health impact of city life.

  12. Afterwords: Thich Nhat Hanh

    A radio portrait of Vietnamese Buddhist monk and author Thich Nhat Hanh.

  13. Afterwords: Chinua Achebe

    The work of Chinua Achebe, in his own words, and in the words of those who knew him.

  14. Afterwords: Muriel Spark

    Reflections on the work of Muriel Spark, through archive of the author and new interviews.

  15. Dylan and the Ferry

    Dafydd Mills Daniel investigates the story behind an iconic image of Bob Dylan.

  16. Here Be Mermaids

    Why are mermaids an ideal tool for describing things that our society does not understand?

  17. The Primitivism of Primitivism

    Alastair Sooke reassesses the origins and relevance of primitivism in art history.

  18. The Ancient Algorithm

    Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough delves into the history of runes, the ancient alphabet.

  19. I Arrive without Leaving - The Story of Women Surrealist Poets

    Alexandra Reza on the early women surrealist poets and writers who shaped the movement.

  20. Krishnamurti in England

    Paul Purgas reflects on the legacy of spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti.

  21. Forbidden Fruit

    Why the forbidden fruit is not an apple.

  22. Florence Price鈥檚 Chicago and the Black Female Fellowship

    How a unique Chicago musical sisterhood helped the music of Florence Price to thrive.

  23. Marian Anderson - Of Thee We Sing

    The life and legacy of pioneering contralto Marian Anderson presented by Linton Stephens.

  24. Nixon in China

    Exploring John Adams' opera on the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's visit to China.

  25. A Chinese Odyssey: Artists, Poets and Exiles in Interwar London

    Paul French explores a unique moment in British-Chinese solidarity between 1937 to 1945.

  26. The Art of a Day

    Why do writers and audiences keep coming back to one-day artworks like Joyce's Ulysses?

  27. Hidden Women and Silenced Scores

    Leah Broad uncovers the sometimes shocking stories of three marginalised female composers.

  28. The Pigeons at the British Museum

    Will Abberley reconsiders Richard Jefferies's essay The Pigeons at the British Museum.

  29. Breaking the Ice

    Se谩n Williams glides through a brief history of lake skating.

  30. Tchaikovsky's Island of Inspiration

    How a trip to a remote island monastery inspired Pyotr Tchaikovsky's First Symphony.

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