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Sunday Feature Episodes

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    Here Be Mermaids

    Why are mermaids an ideal tool for describing things that our society does not understand?

  2. The Primitivism of Primitivism

    Alastair Sooke reassesses the origins and relevance of primitivism in art history.

  3. The Ancient Algorithm

    Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough delves into the history of runes, the ancient alphabet.

  4. I Arrive without Leaving - The Story of Women Surrealist Poets

    Alexandra Reza on the early women surrealist poets and writers who shaped the movement.

  5. Krishnamurti in England

    Paul Purgas reflects on the legacy of spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti.

  6. Forbidden Fruit

    Why the forbidden fruit is not an apple.

  7. Florence Price’s Chicago and the Black Female Fellowship

    How a unique Chicago musical sisterhood helped the music of Florence Price to thrive.

  8. Marian Anderson - Of Thee We Sing

    The life and legacy of pioneering contralto Marian Anderson presented by Linton Stephens.

  9. Nixon in China

    Exploring John Adams' opera on the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's visit to China.

  10. A Chinese Odyssey: Artists, Poets and Exiles in Interwar London

    Paul French explores a unique moment in British-Chinese solidarity between 1937 to 1945.

  11. The Art of a Day

    Why do writers and audiences keep coming back to one-day artworks like Joyce's Ulysses?

  12. Hidden Women and Silenced Scores

    Leah Broad uncovers the sometimes shocking stories of three marginalised female composers.

  13. The Pigeons at the British Museum

    Will Abberley reconsiders Richard Jefferies's essay The Pigeons at the British Museum.

  14. Breaking the Ice

    SeΓ‘n Williams glides through a brief history of lake skating.

  15. Tchaikovsky's Island of Inspiration

    How a trip to a remote island monastery inspired Pyotr Tchaikovsky's First Symphony.

  16. Aida at 150

    Flora Willson tells the story of Verdi's operatic masterpiece from an Egyptian lens.

  17. This Land of Words and Water

    A journey into the Ireland of Louis MacNeice’s poetic imagination.

  18. In Search of the Sublime

    In Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, artist Emma Stibbon RA explores the idea of the sublime.

  19. Afterwords: Stuart Hall

    The writer and academic Stuart Hall in his own words and those of admirers of his work.

  20. Afterwords: Mary Oliver

    A dive into the world of American writer Mary Oliver, with recordings of the poet herself.

  21. Afterwords: Simone de Beauvoir

    A portrait of Simone de Beauvoir through her own words and those of critics and admirers.

  22. A Tree Story

    Martin Handley traces the journey of a violin from forest to concert hall via its builder.

  23. Nuit Blanche

    What is it about the night? Artists and writers reveal their nocturnal creative processes.

  24. A Trip to My Grave

    Sophie Coulombeau reflects on the contemporary reluctance to face death.

  25. Malcolm Arnold, the Tortured Composer

    Simon Heffer champions one of Britain’s greatest symphonists, composer Malcolm Arnold.

  26. The Gorbals - Past and Present

    A New Generation Thinker brings their research into the modern mainstream.

  27. Dear Phillis

    The legacy of Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American poet.

  28. How to Rebuild a City

    Dr Lisa Mullen tells the story of how postwar Coventry became the City of Tomorrow.

  29. The Many Diagnoses of Robert Schumann

    Phil Hebblethwaite traces the explanations for Schumannβ€˜s illness and death.

  30. Studio in the Sky

    How 9/11 influenced the work of artists who were part of a residency in the Twin Towers.

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