Audio & Video
Bill Bailey: Why I love the collective nouns for birds
From a 'charm of goldfinches' to a 'coil of wigeon'; the comedian's favourite bird terms.
Bill Bailey: Why I love the collective nouns for birds- Philippe Sands on the Manchester bombing
- Philippe Sands: I stumbled upon an unbelievable coincidence
- Nadya Tolokno: What you need to know about Putin
- Bill Bailey: Why St Kilda haunts my dreams
- Tracey Emin: The Tent was misunderstood
- Helena Kennedy: Why right-wing populism is bad for women
- Stephen Fry: The Enlightenment bit itself on the backside
- Will Self: The death of the novel?
- Frank Cotterell Boyce: The importance of reading for reading's sake
- James Rhodes' dedication to the people of Manchester
- Jeanette Winterson: We all need an education in love
- Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
Featured Collections
Act Videos
- Bernie Sanders
- Bettany Hughes
- Bill Bailey
- Charlotte Rampling
- Chris Riddell
- Christina Lamb, Helena Kennedy, Rachael Jolley and Joan Bakewell
- Colm TóibÃn
- David Mitchell
- Ed Balls
- Elif Shafak
- Frank Cotterell Boyce
- Garry Kasparov
- Graham Norton
- Helen Fielding
- Ian Rankin
- James Rhodes
- Jeanette Winterson
- Lemn Sissay
- Lucy Worsley
- Michael Sheen
- Nadya Tolokno
- Neil Gaiman and Stephen Fry
- Nicholas Hytner
- Paul Beatty
- Paula Byrne
- Stephen Fry
- Stephen Fry, Bettany Hughes, Lawrence Krauss and Martin Rees
- Tom Daley
- Tony Robinson
- Tracey Emin
- Will Self