Blood and Bronze

Forging the Renaissance

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

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Blood and Bronze

Sex and Death

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

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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.

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Folk at Home

At Home with Rachel Unthank

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

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At Home with Nathaniel Mann

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

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At Home with Owen Shiers

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

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At Home with Karine Polwart

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

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At Home with Fatoumata Diawara

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

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At Home with Chris Wood

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

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At Home with Lisa O'Neill

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

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At Home with Suhail Yusuf Khan

Sarangi player Suhail Yusuf Khan sings an Urdu poem that resonates for him.

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At Home with Eliza Carthy

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

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At Home with Kate Stables

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

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At Home with Tenzin Choegyal

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

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At Home with Lizabett Russo

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

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At Home with Falle Nioke

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

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At Home with Peter Broderick

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

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At Home with Sam Lee

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

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At Home with Stick in the Wheel

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

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At Home with Germa Adan

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

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At Home with Julie Fowlis

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

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At Home with Nancy Kerr

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

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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.

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New Generation Thinkers

Jean Rhys's Dress

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

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New Generation Thinkers

A Social History of Soup

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

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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

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New Generation Thinkers

Hoarding or Collecting?

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

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