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Sunday Feature Episodes

  2. John Milton's Adventurous Song

    David Norbrook traces Milton from his age to ours, and considers his importance today.

  3. Yiddish: A Struggle for Survival

    Dennis Mark travels to New York to discover what has become of the Yiddish language.

  4. Buying a Culture in Abu Dhabi

    Anthony Sattin explores the attempts in Abu Dhabi to 'buy culture'.

  5. A New Image for the Housing Estate

    Author Dreda Say Mitchell investigates the issues relating to today's housing estates.

  6. Rebellion and Fear: Artists in the Great War

    Richard Cork on how the First World War influenced Europe's early avant-garde artists.

  7. Byzantium

    Prof Judith Herrin traces the history of the Roman city of Byzantium.

  8. Elegy

    Poet Michael Symmons Roberts embarks on a personal exploration of the role of the elegy.

  9. Hark: An Acoustic Archaeology of Elizabethan England

    Chris Brookes and Alan Hall sift the sound-worlds of two modern English environments.

  10. The First War on Terror

    Hari Kunzru on writers' responses to the Anarchists of the Victorian and Edwardian era.

  11. Remember, Remember

    Susan Blackmore explores how we are outsourcing the memory of our lives to digital devices

  12. Broken Images

    Louisa Buck discusses the life and work of British painter Francis Bacon.

  13. Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth

    Stephen Johnson presents an elegiac portrait of Vaughan Williams the man and composer.

  14. A Brief History of Cunning

    American writer and satirist Joe Queenan traces the history of cunning through the ages.

  15. Louis MacNeice: The Cat, the Celt and the Cave

    Paul Muldoon and other poets offer personal assessments of the Irish poet's work.

  16. Wee Have Also Sound-Houses

    Examining the life and legacy of electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram.

  17. Waiting for Netaji?

    Sunil Khilnani questions the myths surrounding the man they call Netaji, or 'great leader'

  18. Forster in India: Sex, Books and Empire

    The links between EM Forster's homosexuality, his politics and his ability to mix cultures

  19. The Trial of Ezra Pound

    The story of poet Ezra Pound, accused of treason by the US and held in a mental hospital.

  21. Flowers in the Backyard - China and its Minority Cultures

    Isabel Hilton reports from Beijing on China's relationship with its minority cultures.

  22. Piano fever in China

    Petroc Trelawny visits China to find out why the country is now gripped by piano fever.

  23. A Tale of Two Skulls

    Artist Jane Wildgoose traces the history of two human skulls in her private collection.

  24. Soundings

    An interview from 1998, in which American artist Robert Rauschenberg discusses his career.

  25. Burney and Hawkins: A Tale of Two Histories

    A tale of rivalry, character assassination and social climbing in 18th century London.

  26. Paradise or Nightmare - DH Lawrence in Cornwall

    Looking at the DH Lawrence's time in Cornwall after the bad reception of The Rainbow.

  27. Enter the Garden: Toru Takemitsu

    Exploring the works of Japanese artist Toru Takemitsu.

  28. Herzl from Here

    Frances Stonor Saunders discusses Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism.

  29. Minghella Remembered

    A tribute to the filmmaker and playwright Anthony Minghella who died in March 2008.

  30. The Splintered City

    Story of the biggest man-made explosion before the atomic bomb, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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