Sunday Feature Episodes Available now
Lead Me Not into Temptation—The Idea of Sin
2/3 Richard Coles on temptation and the practical challenges of sin in the contemporary world.
In the Beginning Was Sinning—The Idea of Sin
1/3 The Rev Richard Coles explores what is meant by sin and its origins.
Modernism Redux
Will Self rebroadcasts an imaginary archive of modernist radio.
Margaret Are You Grieving? A Cultural History of Weeping
Thomas Dixon explores the history of weeping as an aesthetic response to works of art.
A Brief History of Being Cold
Alexandra Harris presents a cultural history of the cold from the Anglo-Saxons to today.
Verdi 200: Viva Verdi
Roger Parker explores Verdi's status as an Italian national figure.
Stop Calling Me 'Doctor Sex'
Matthew Sweet uncovers the extraordinary career of Alex Comfort, author of The Joy of Sex.
Reader Meet Author
Exploring unexpected literary influences on Byron, Tennessee Williams and Virginia Woolf.
British Romanticism and Napoleon—On Napoleon
3/3 Simon Bainbridge explores how Napoleon shaped poetry in Britain, especially the Romantics.
Stendhal and Napoleon—On Napoleon
2/3 Andy Martin on how Stendahl followed Napoleon across Europe in 1812 and changed fiction.
