Another Northern Ireland

4. Darran Anderson: Map Making

Darran Anderson draws an alternative map of Ulster for his young son.

• 14 mins

Another Northern Ireland

5. Bernie McGill: Our Art

During the Troubles, Bernie McGill was often told to be careful about what she said.

• 14 mins

Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s

William Styron

Should a white man write about a black revolutionary?

• 14 mins

Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s

Amiri Baraka

How poet and playwright Amiri Baraka cancelled himself in a single public appearance.

• 14 mins

Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s

Norman Mailer

Michael Goldfarb looks at how Norman Mailer's misogyny eventually caught up with him.

• 14 mins

Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s

Philip Roth

How Philip Roth's writing alienated him from the Jewish community in America.

• 13 mins

Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s

Joan Williams

Novelist Joan Williams, after a promising start, just disappeared. Why?

• 14 mins

Five Cellos: Lost and Found

The Soul of Music

Kate Kennedy reflects on her quest to find Pal Hermann's cello, and his soul.

• 14 mins

Five Cellos: Lost and Found

The Bee Cello

The story of an abandoned cello that a physicist has filled with 400,000 bees.

• 14 mins

Five Cellos: Lost and Found

The Auschwitz Cello

How the cellist of Auschwitz, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch's life was saved by her cello.

• 14 mins

Five Cellos: Lost and Found

The Shipwrecked Cello

The unlikely story of the reconstruction of the 'Mara' Stradivarius.

• 14 mins

Five Cellos: Lost and Found

The Flat-Pack Cello

Kate Kennedy reflects on a reimagined cello whose story is yet to begin.

• 14 mins

Highland Tails

The Reindeer

An Essay and reflection in poetry on the reintroduction of wild animals into the Highlands

• 14 mins

Highland Tails

The Sea Eagle

An Essay and reflection in poetry on the reintroduction of wild animals into the Highlands

• 14 mins

Highland Tails

The Wallabies

An Essay and reflection in poetry on the reintroduction of wild animals into the Highlands

• 14 mins

Highland Tails

The Beaver

An Essay and reflection in poetry on the reintroduction of wild animals into the Highlands

• 14 mins

Highland Tails

The Bison

An Essay and reflection in poetry on the reintroduction of wild animals into the Highlands

• 14 mins

On Disappointment

Creative

Rachel Cooke takes a wry look at artistic disappointment.

• 14 mins

On Disappointment

Love

Rachel Cooke takes a wry look at the let-downs and disappointments of love.

• 14 mins

On Disappointment

Food

Rachel Cooke takes a wry look at disappointment with food.

• 14 mins

On Disappointment

Politics

Rachel Cooke looks at why political ambition invariably turns to disappointment.

• 14 mins

On Disappointment

Travel

Rachel Cooke takes a wry look at disappointing holidays, and how to avoid them.

• 14 mins

Multitrack

The Djembe Drum: Beyond West Africa

A journey into the history and present of West Africa’s djembe drum.

• 14 mins

Multitrack

Rhythm of the Run

Radio-maker and runner Ricardo Burt hits the London streets with DJ run crews.

• 14 mins

Multitrack

An Turas / The Journey

A linguistic tour of modern Scotland, created as part of the Multitrack Audio Fellowship.

• 14 mins

To Odesa

1. Ears

Ukrainian-American poet Ilya Kaminsky (author of Deaf Republic) on the city of his birth.

• 14 mins

To Odesa

2. Departure

Ukrainian-American poet Ilya Kaminsky (author of Deaf Republic) on the city of his birth.

• 14 mins

To Odesa

3. Watching

Ukrainian-American poet Ilya Kaminsky (author of Deaf Republic) on the city of his birth.

• 14 mins

To Odesa

4. Crossing

Ukrainian-American poet Ilya Kaminsky (author of Deaf Republic) on the city of his birth.

• 14 mins

To Odesa

5. Return

Ukrainian-American poet Ilya Kaminsky (author of Deaf Republic) on the city of his birth.

• 14 mins