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Blood and Bronze
Cellini’s violent life leaves behind a controversial legacy.
Folk at Home
At Home with Greg Russell
Greg Russell shares a Labi Siffre song with Verity Sharp that’s resonating under lockdown.
At Home with Rachel Unthank
Rachel Unthank shares warm family memories of songs she now sings to her own children.
At Home with Nathaniel Mann
Nathaniel Mann shares a song with Verity Sharp from his allotment outside Nottingham.
At Home with Owen Shiers
Owen Shiers shares a song with Verity Sharp that reminds him of his Welsh roots.
At Home with Karine Polwart
Karine Polwart shares a song about The Diggers to celebrate getting back to the land.
At Home with Fatoumata Diawara
Singer Fatoumata Diawara recalls early experiences that made her the singer she is today.
At Home with Chris Wood
Kent-based musician Chris Wood sings about solitude and sofas.
At Home with Lisa O'Neill
From her apartment in Dublin, Lisa O’Neill shares songs she’s written in recent months.
At Home with Suhail Yusuf Khan
Sarangi player Suhail Yusuf Khan sings an Urdu poem that resonates for him.
At Home with Eliza Carthy
From her home in Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire, Eliza Carthy shares a timely song.
At Home with Kate Stables
Paris-based Kate Stables muses on being a twin and how starting over can bring strength.
At Home with Tenzin Choegyal
Brisbane-based Tenzin Choegyal powerfully recalls his Tibetan homeland in song.
At Home with Lizabett Russo
From her home in Edinburgh, Lizabett Russo reflects on her roots in Romania.
At Home with Falle Nioke
Falle Nioke plays the music of his native Guinea from his current home in Margate.
At Home with Peter Broderick
Oregon-born, Galway-based Peter Broderick sings in praise of the blackberry.
At Home with Sam Lee
Sam Lee sings of the sun and the moon and talks movingly about love and hope.
At Home with Stick in the Wheel
Stick in the Wheel’s Nicola Kearey and Ian Carter celebrate working lives and hard graft.
At Home with Germa Adan
At home in Birmingham, Haitian-born Germa Adan shares thoughts on identity and belonging.
At Home with Julie Fowlis
From her home in the Highlands, Julie Fowlis sings of seals, swans and the otherworldly.
At Home with Nancy Kerr
From her home in Sheffield, Nancy Kerr sings of old haunts lost and pastures new.
New Generation Thinkers: The Feurtado's Fire
Christienna Fryar looks at Caribbean earthquakes and fires and lessons for rebuilding now
New Generation Thinkers Jean Rhys's Dress
Sophie Oliver on motherhood, a dress and rereading Wide Sargasso Sea
New Generation Thinkers
The Feurtado's Fire
Christienna Fryar looks at Caribbean earthquakes and fires and lessons for rebuilding now.
Jean Rhys's Dress
A pregnant Sophie Oliver found comfort in a floral outfit owned by the Caribbean author.
A Social History of Soup
Tom Scott-Smith uses four recipes to track social reforms and changes in what we value.
The Inscrutable Writing of Sui Sin Far
Xine Yao suggests that a poker Chinese face can be a good way of fighting back
Hoarding or Collecting?
Diarmuid Hester sorts through stuff saved by Francis Bacon, Vivian Maier and his own dad.
Battlefield Finds
Seren Griffiths tells the story of the soldier turned archaeologist Francis Buckley.
Colonial Papers
Alexandra Reza's Essay considers the Gilets Noirs, Ousmane Sembène and Nathalie Quintane.
Beyond the Betting Shop
Darragh McGee on the history of gambling, from 18th-century card games to phone apps.