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Secret Admirers

Tom McKinney on Olivier Messiaen

Radio 3 presenter Tom McKinney celebrates French composer Olivier Messiaen.

• 14 mins

Secret Admirers

Kathryn Tickell on Percy Grainger

Radio 3 presenter Kathryn Tickell celebrates composer and folksong fanatic Percy Grainger.

• 14 mins

Secret Admirers

Andrew McGregor on Thomas Tallis

Radio 3 presenter Andrew McGregor celebrates Thomas Tallis's powerful Lamentations.

• 14 mins

Secret Admirers

Kate Molleson on Eliane Radigue

Radio 3 presenter Kate Molleson celebrates French composer Eliane Radigue.

• 14 mins

Dark Blossoms

Deer Cry Hall

Japan's uneasy embrace of modernity, exemplified by a controversial 19th-century building.

• 14 mins

Dark Blossoms

Happy Families

Chris Harding explores contrasting models of 'family' in turn-of-the-century Japan.

• 14 mins

Dark Blossoms

Rebranding the Buddha

How Buddhism was reimagined in the service of Japanese militarism.

• 14 mins

Dark Blossoms

The Art of the Heist

How a famous crime is also a metaphor for 1960s Japan.

• 14 mins

Dark Blossoms

Japan Refusal

Does mental illness in Japan indicate a rejection of a narrow modernity?

• 14 mins

My Life in Music

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Folk singer Chris Wood remembers singing in Canterbury Cathedral as a child.

• 14 mins

My Life in Music

Cage Sonatas and Hancock's Head Hunters

Composer Kerry Andrew discovered she had two CDs in common with her boyfriend.

• 15 mins

My Life in Music

Craigie Hill

On the eve of her Grampa's funeral, Karine Polwart received a song.

• 14 mins

My Life in Music

The Silver Swan

Oboist George Caird wonders if he has the courage for a swan song of his own.

• 15 mins

My Life in Music

Shostakovich's Second Piano Trio

Composer Sally Beamish remembers her mother's love of Shostakovich's Second Piano Trio.

• 14 mins

Migrants

Survival

Birdwatcher Tom McKinney reads Survival, the first of his essays on migration.

• 14 mins

Migrants

Adventure

Birdwatcher Tom McKinney reads Adventure, the next in his series of essays on migration.

• 14 mins

Migrants

Seasons

Birdwatcher Tom McKinney reads Seasons, the next in his series of essays on migration.

• 14 mins

Migrants

Lifestyle

Birdwatcher Tom McKinney reads Lifestyle, the next in his series of essays on migration.

• 14 mins

Migrants

Obsession

Birdwatcher Tom McKinney reads Obsession, the final essay in his series on bird migration.

• 14 mins

To the Barricades!

One Book Above All Others

Michael Goldfarb remembers the books and films that influenced the events of 1968.

• 14 mins

To the Barricades!

French Philosophy

Michael Goldfarb remembers the books and films that influenced the events of 1968.

• 14 mins

To the Barricades!

Czech Cinema

Michael Goldfarb remembers the books and films that influenced the events of 1968.

• 14 mins

To the Barricades!

Marx, Mao, Marcuse

Michael Goldfarb remembers the books and films that influenced the events of 1968.

• 14 mins

To the Barricades!

Race

Michael Goldfarb remembers the books and films that influenced the events of 1968.

• 14 mins

Naomi Alderman: The Intestines

Five writers choose an organ of the body to reflect on. In this edition, Naomi Alderman.

• 14 mins

Bettany Hughes on Helen of Troy

Bettany Hughes on her favourite fictional female. Recorded at the Hay Festival 2018.

• 13 mins

Fiona Sampson on Mother Courage

Fiona Sampson on her favourite fictional female. Recorded at the Hay Festival 2018.

• 13 mins

Wisdom from fictional females

Afua Hirsch on Maggie Tulliver

Afua Hirsch on her favourite fictional female. Recorded at the Hay Festival 2018.

• 15 mins

Wisdom from fictional females

Bettany Hughes on Helen of Troy

Bettany Hughes on her favourite female from literature. Recorded at the Hay Festival 2018.

• 15 mins

Wisdom from fictional females

Fiona Sampson on Mother Courage

Fiona Sampson on her favourite fictional female. Recorded at the Hay Festival 2018.

• 15 mins