Sunday Feature Episodes Episode guide
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Silent Spaces
Soumik Datta explores what’s become of the country's empty music venues.
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Should Feminists Read Baudelaire?
Michèle Roberts assesses the reputation of the French poet 200 years after his birth.
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Male Grooming - Past and Present
New Generation Thinkers test their theories in the real world.
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Hilltop Histories
Archaeologist Seren Griffiths tells the multiple stories of a Sandstone ridge in Cheshire.
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The Tidal Sense
Signe Lidén reflects on ancient and emerging knowledge about what the tide might mean.
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The Balcony
Dr Islam Issa contemplates the social and cultural significance of the Balcony.
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Classical Commonwealth, Part 1
Errollyn Wallen unravels the story of classical music across the British Commonwealth.
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John Foulds - Life, Death and Resurrection
Simon Heffer explores the innovative world of John Foulds, a forgotten genius.
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The Aphorism Now - Failing with Style
New Generation Thinker Dr Noreen Masud examines the 21st-century health of the aphorism.
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Margaret Fay Shaw's Hebridean Odyssey
An exploration of the life and work of the remarkable American Gaelic folk song collector.
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The Apple and the Tree
Carlo Gébler asks why the children of writers often become writers themselves.
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The Robots Are Us
Ken Hollings explores a century of R.U.R., Karel Capek's staged robot revolution.
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New Generation Thinkers: A Passion for Annotations
Dr Kylie Murray explains her fascination for annotation.
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Dissecting Beethoven
Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh and Georgia Mann dissect Beethoven.
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The Fake Poet
Why does the image of the forlorn and abandoned poet Thomas Chatterton haunt us today?
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The Myth and Mystery of Anja Thauer
The story of a lost cellist, who was once a rival to Jacqueline du Pré.
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Our Birmingham Fathers
Three people meet to share experiences of grieving for their musician fathers.
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The Silence of My Pain
Hannah French explores an often hidden disability for many musicians: chronic pain.
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Curves and Concrete
How did a maverick Scottish architect revolutionise the design of UK skateparks?
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Tate Modern - Exploding the Canon
For Director Frances Morris, there is an urgency to make Tate Modern fit for the future.
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New Generation Thinkers: Short Feature - COVID and the Black Death; the imperfect fit
Dr Seb Falk challenges the repeated pandemic comparison of Covid-19 with the Black Death.
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Cave Life for Beginners
Down down, deeper and down - Ben Cottam overnights in a cave in search of inspiration.
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New Generation Thinkers: Sloe Time
Nature's barbed wire - and giver of a fruit that creates a delicious warming tipple.
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Andy's Kitchen and On the Road in the Americas
Andy Kershaw introduces rare recordings from his personal archive.
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Andy's Kitchen and On the Road in Africa
Andy Kershaw introduces rare recordings from his personal archive.
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Silent Witness - John Cage, Zen and Japan
How American experimental composer John Cage came to write his infamous, silent 4’33”.
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Afterwords: Toni Morrison
Reflections on American writer Toni Morrison in her own words and those of her peers.
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Writing Across Distance
Writing Across Distance. New Sunday Feature from ѿý Radio 3.
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Electronic India
Musician Paul Purgas investigates the lost history of India’s electronic avant-garde.
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New Generation Thinkers: The Crankiness of CW Daniel
Dr Elsa Richardson explores the impact and legacy of radical publisher CW Daniel.