Eclectic arts magazine programme, exploring a range of fascinating people, places and events
Radio 3,路92 episodes
Katie Derham tours Powis Castle for a closer look at its many Baroque splendours.
A portrait in sound of Washington DC created by people who live there.
Katie Derham explores the history of The Vyne, a 16th-century country house in Hampshire.
Vocal coach and voice expert Mary King charts the rise and fall of the castrati.
Cliff Eisen traces the history of Leopold Mozart's influential violin treatise of 1756.
Three trombone experts talk about the life of an orchestral trombone player.
Distinguished pianist and teacher Katharina Wolpe talks to Martin Handley.
Ian Christie explores the life and work of Polish film director Andrzej Wajda.
Jonathan Coffey explores the life and legacy of American virtuoso violinist Michael Rabin.
Writer Ronald Blythe talks to Mark Cocker about his career and times.
Ian Sansom reflects on the art of taxidermy and our need to preserve life by stuffing it.
Matthew Sweet meets architect Spencer de Grey whose designs include The Sage Gateshead.
How 1930s novelists and composers used the pastoral mode to address the legacy of WWI.
Soweto Kinch explores the profound impressions Miles Davis made on his fellow artists.
Lesley Chamberlain tells the story of German artist and architect Heinrich Vogeler.
Adrian Mourby examines the history of the operatic plot.
David Bramwell meets natural weather forecaster David King.
Andrew Brown and Diarmaid MacCulloch consider why we burned heretics and why we stopped.
Simon Barnes on the sounds of the Suffolk coast, which inspired Britten's Peter Grimes.
The history of a traditional song that influenced Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes.
Catherine Bott and guests on the benefits of ballet music without accompanying dance.
Robert Worby explores the adventures undertaken by performers tackling John Cage's music.
Author Ian Sansom explores the meaning and mystery of invitation giving and receiving.
Richard Holloway explores the myth of Judas Iscariot and his depiction through the ages.
Keith Waithe gives Julian May a tour of his collection of 207 flutes from around the globe
Danny Karlin considers Robert Browning's Sordello: is it the best worst poem ever?
The story of Herschel Grynszpan, whose actions provided the pretext for Kristallnacht.
A mysterious discovery prompts Anna Pavord to celebrate her botanical hero William Turner.
Poet Michael Rosen visits the Aardman Studios to meet Nick Park and Wallace and Gromit.
Exploring how in Edwardian Britain Tchaikovsky became a symbol of male homosexuality.
