Shakespeare's Sisters

Fanny Dickens

The brilliant women whose success was often eclipsed by their more famous brothers.

• 14 mins

Shakespeare's Sisters

Katharine Wright

Where is Katharine Wright's place in aviation history?

• 14 mins

Shakespeare's Sisters

Madame E Toussaint Welcome

Lucy Powell remembers one of the first African American film directors.

• 14 mins

John Halifax, Gentleman

2/5 Clare Walker Gore explores how Dinah Mulock Craik subverted Victorian expectations

• 13 mins

Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf: Sindhubala

Preti Taneja on the writing and politics of Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi

• 13 mins

Books to Make Space For On The Bookshelf: Closer

4/5 New Generation Thinker Diarmuid Hester on the transgressive writing of Dennis Cooper

• 13 mins

Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf: There's No Story There

Lisa Mullen looks at depictions of war-time factory workers in the novel by Inez Holden

• 13 mins

Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf

The Black Lizard

New Generation Thinker Christopher Harding reads the Japanese equivalent of Conan Doyle.

• 14 mins

Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf

John Halifax, Gentleman

Clare Walker Gore explains how Dinah Mulock Craik subverted Victorian expectations.

• 14 mins

Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf

Sindhubala

Preti Taneja on the writing and politics of Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi.

• 14 mins

Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf

Closer

Diarmuid Hester looks at the George Miles Cycle from punk radical Dennis Cooper.

• 14 mins

Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf

There's No Story There

Lisa Mullen looks at the depiction of war-time factory workers in a novel by Inez Holden.

• 14 mins

Blood and Bronze

A Portrait of the Artist

Professor Jerry Brotton explores the darker side of the Italian Renaissance.

• 14 mins

Blood and Bronze

Overture

Cellini’s early years are spent training as a musician.

• 14 mins

Blood and Bronze

Storming the Capitol

Having built a career as a goldsmith, Cellini becomes a soldier during the Sack of Rome.

• 14 mins

Blood and Bronze

Death in Florence

On his return to Florence, Cellini experiences the horrors of the plague.

• 14 mins

Blood and Bronze

The Scorpion

Cellini roams between the great Italian courts, making art and causing trouble.

• 14 mins

Blood and Bronze

Crime and Punishment

Cellini is imprisoned for over a year in Rome, enduring various attempts on his life.

• 14 mins

Blood and Bronze

Golden Years

Cellini arrives in Fontainebleau to work for Francis I.

• 14 mins

Blood and Bronze

Forging the Renaissance

Back in Florence, Cellini works for Cosimo de’ Medici and creates his greatest work.

• 14 mins

Blood and Bronze

Sex and Death

Cellini’s misconduct leads him back to jail, where he completes another masterpiece.

• 14 mins

Blood and Bronze

Rebirth

Cellini’s violent life leaves behind a controversial legacy.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Greg Russell

Greg Russell shares a Labi Siffre song with Verity Sharp that’s resonating under lockdown.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Rachel Unthank

Rachel Unthank shares warm family memories of songs she now sings to her own children.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Nathaniel Mann

Nathaniel Mann shares a song with Verity Sharp from his allotment outside Nottingham.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Owen Shiers

Owen Shiers shares a song with Verity Sharp that reminds him of his Welsh roots.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Karine Polwart

Karine Polwart shares a song about The Diggers to celebrate getting back to the land.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Fatoumata Diawara

Singer Fatoumata Diawara recalls early experiences that made her the singer she is today.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Chris Wood

Kent-based musician Chris Wood sings about solitude and sofas.

• 14 mins

Folk at Home

At Home with Lisa O'Neill

From her apartment in Dublin, Lisa O’Neill shares songs she’s written in recent months.

• 14 mins