Folk at Home

At Home with Eliza Carthy

From her home in Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire, Eliza Carthy shares a timely song.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Kate Stables

Paris-based Kate Stables muses on being a twin and how starting over can bring strength.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Tenzin Choegyal

Brisbane-based Tenzin Choegyal powerfully recalls his Tibetan homeland in song.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Lizabett Russo

From her home in Edinburgh, Lizabett Russo reflects on her roots in Romania.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Falle Nioke

Falle Nioke plays the music of his native Guinea from his current home in Margate.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Peter Broderick

Oregon-born, Galway-based Peter Broderick sings in praise of the blackberry.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Sam Lee

Sam Lee sings of the sun and the moon and talks movingly about love and hope.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Stick in the Wheel

Stick in the Wheel’s Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter celebrate working lives and hard graft.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Germa Adan

At home in Birmingham, Haitian-born Germa Adan shares thoughts on identity and belonging.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Julie Fowlis

From her home in the Highlands, Julie Fowlis sings of seals, swans and the otherworldly.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Nancy Kerr

From her home in Sheffield, Nancy Kerr sings of old haunts lost and pastures new.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers: The Feurtado's Fire

Christienna Fryar looks at Caribbean earthquakes and fires and lessons for rebuilding now

• 12 mins

New Generation Thinkers Jean Rhys's Dress

Sophie Oliver on motherhood, a dress and rereading Wide Sargasso Sea

• 13 mins

New Generation Thinkers

The Feurtado's Fire

Christienna Fryar looks at Caribbean earthquakes and fires and lessons for rebuilding now.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Jean Rhys's Dress

A pregnant Sophie Oliver found comfort in a floral outfit owned by the Caribbean author.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers

A Social History of Soup

Tom Scott-Smith uses four recipes to track social reforms and changes in what we value.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers

The Inscrutable Writing of Sui Sin Far

Xine Yao suggests that a poker Chinese face can be a good way of fighting back

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Hoarding or Collecting?

Diarmuid Hester sorts through stuff saved by Francis Bacon, Vivian Maier and his own dad.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Battlefield Finds

Seren Griffiths tells the story of the soldier turned archaeologist Francis Buckley.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Colonial Papers

Alexandra Reza's Essay considers the Gilets Noirs, Ousmane Sembène and Nathalie Quintane.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Beyond the Betting Shop

Darragh McGee on the history of gambling, from 18th-century card games to phone apps.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers

A Norwegian Morality Tale

Lucy Weir learns dark lessons from newspaper coverage of Black Metal and satanic rituals.

• 14 mins

New Generation Thinkers

In Praise of Flatness

Noreen Masud finds inspiration in fenlands, polished tables and Kazuo Ishiguro's novels.

• 14 mins

Paris 2021

The People

Key moments in shaping modern Europe, on the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune.

• 14 mins

Paris 2021

Education

Key moments in shaping modern Europe, on the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune.

• 14 mins

Paris 2021

Art

Key moments in shaping modern Europe, on the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune.

• 14 mins

Paris 2021

Destruction

Key moments in shaping modern Europe, on the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune.

• 14 mins

Paris 2021

Women

Key moments in shaping modern Europe, on the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune.

• 14 mins

Churchcrawls in Solitude

Illington, Norfolk

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores his life and work through five of Britain's historic churches

• 14 mins

Churchcrawls in Solitude

Wetherden, Suffolk

Diarmaid MacCulloch explores his life and work through five of Britain's historic churches

• 14 mins