My Life in Music

The Protecting Veil by John Tavener

Steven Isserlis recalls the impact of a commission and his friendship with its composer.

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My Life in Music

Now, oh now I needs must part by John Dowland arranged by Percy Grainger

Kenneth Hamilton's mind is filled with Dowland's song of parting at his mother's death.

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The Escape Artist

1: The Poet

The extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan and his influence on modern art.

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The Escape Artist

2: The Boxer

The extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan and his influence on modern art.

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The Escape Artist

3: The Most Hated Art Critic in France

The extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan and his influence on modern art.

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The Escape Artist

4: The Living Artwork

The extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan and his influence on modern art.

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The Escape Artist

5: The Deserter

The extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan and his influence on modern art.

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The Escape Artist

6: The Persona

The extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan and his influence on modern art.

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The Escape Artist

7: The Love Story

The extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan and his influence on modern art.

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The Escape Artist

8: The Echo

The extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan and his influence on modern art.

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The Escape Artist

9: The Missing

The extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan and his influence on modern art.

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The Escape Artist

10: The Resurrection

The extraordinary life of Arthur Cravan and his influence on modern art.

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Between the Essays Retrospective

Episode 1

Audio producers from around the world bring a touch of Between the Ears to The Essay.

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Between the Essays Retrospective

Episode 2

Audio producers from around the world bring a touch of Between the Ears to The Essay.

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Between the Essays Retrospective

Episode 3

Audio producers from around the world bring a touch of Between the Ears to The Essay.

• 14 mins

Between the Essays Retrospective

Episode 4

Audio producers from around the world bring a touch of Between the Ears to The Essay.

• 14 mins

Between the Essays Retrospective

Episode 5

Audio producers from around the world bring a touch of Between the Ears to The Essay.

• 14 mins

Between the Essays

How to Get Stuck in Traffic

Radio producers from around the world present miniature Between the Ears features.

• 14 mins

Between the Essays

Perfect Love

Radio producers from around the world present miniature Between the Ears features.

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Between the Essays

Baked Beans and Pigeon Feed

Radio producers from around the world present miniature Between the Ears features.

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Strange Strolls

Jenn Ashworth - The Abiding Mental Riches of Preston

Lancastrian writer Jenn Ashworth ponders the promises of Preston's Harris Library.

• 14 mins

Strange Strolls

Michael Donkor - On Wandsworth Bridge

Writer Michael Donkor crosses Wandsworth Bridge, from childhood memory to adulthood

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Strange Strolls

Stephanie Victoire - Dark Hollow Falls

Writer Stephanie Victoire has a haunting hike in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Appalachia.

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Strange Strolls

Nat Segnit - The Other Ibiza

Writer and walker Nat Segnit seeks recovery and retreat in the unseen mountains of Ibiza.

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Strange Strolls

Sophie Coulombeau - Walking Matilda

In York, author and academic Sophie Coulombeau finds a city and self changed by motherhood

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Top of the Bill

Adrian Edmondson on the pursuit of laughter

Adrian Edmondson remembers a riotous act from the early days of alternative comedy.

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Top of the Bill

Susan Calman on Victoria Wood

Susan Calman recalls how first seeing Victoria Wood helped shape her own career.

• 14 mins

Top of the Bill

Mark Watson on The Simpsons

Comedian Mark Watson on The Simpsons and the show's impact on his own work.

• 14 mins

Top of the Bill

Deborah Frances-White on Fleabag

Deborah Frances-White remembers the very first appearance of Fleabag.

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Top of the Bill

Stephen K Amos on Redd Foxx

Comedian Stephen K Amos on American performer Redd Foxx and his impact on his own career.

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