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Religion in the North

Norse Mythology: Karl Seigfried

Karl Seigfried explores Nordic Yule myths and why Norse mythology still speaks to people.

• 15 mins

Religion in the North

Christmas Father: Lars Petter Sveen

Lars Petter Sveen recalls growing up in an atheist family.

• 15 mins

Religion in the North

A Swedish Christmas: Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown recalls his experience of a Swedish Christmas.

• 15 mins

Five Seismic Moments in New Music

Robert Worby on John Cage's 4'33"

Robert Worby reflects on the first performance of John Cage's 4'33".

• 15 mins

Five Seismic Moments in New Music

Sara Mohr Pietsch on the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Sara Mohr-Pietsch on the appetite in the west for eastern European music after 1989.

• 15 mins

Five Seismic Moments in New Music

Ivan Hewett on Brian Eno's Music for Airports

Ivan Hewett reflects on Brian Eno's creation of a new genre, which he named ambient music.

• 15 mins

Five Seismic Moments in New Music

Sarah Walker on Steve Reich's Four Organs

Sarah Walker reflects on Steve Reich's radically minimalist Four Organs.

• 15 mins

Five Seismic Moments in New Music

Tom Service - Where Have All the Seismic Moments Gone?

Tom Service reflects on the lack of any seismic shocks in 21st-century music.

• 15 mins

Listener, They Wore It

James Whistler's Symphony in White, No 1

Art historian James Fox describes an intriguing 1860s painting of a girl in a white dress.

• 14 mins

Listener, They Wore It

Francoise Sagan's Bonjour Tristesse

Rachel Cooke on a famous pair of 'peddle pushers' in the novel Bonjour Tristesse.

• 14 mins

Listener, They Wore It

Federico Fellini's 8 1/2

Stephen Bayley celebrates some timeless eyewear, carried off brilliantly in a famous film.

• 14 mins

Listener, They Wore It

F Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night

Justine Picardie, editor of Harper's Bazaar, celebrates Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night.

• 14 mins

Listener, They Wore It

Ray Bradbury's The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

Journalist John Walsh recalls a pristine white suit in a short story by Ray Bradbury.

• 14 mins

Secret Admirers (Series 2)

Fiona Talkington on Joseph Canteloube

Radio 3 presenter Fiona Talkington celebrates French composer Joseph Canteloube.

• 14 mins

Secret Admirers (Series 2)

Ian McMillan on Ralph Vaughan Williams

Radio 3 presenter and poet Ian McMillan celebrates the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams.

• 14 mins

Secret Admirers (Series 2)

Clemency Burton-Hill on George Enescu

Clemency Burton-Hill celebrates Romanian composer George Enescu

• 14 mins

Secret Admirers (Series 2)

John Toal on Maurice Ravel

Radio 3 presenter John Toal celebrates French composer Maurice Ravel.

• 14 mins

Secret Admirers (Series 2)

Petroc Trelawny on Lennox Berkeley

Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny celebrates English composer Lennox Berkeley.

• 14 mins

Other People (Hell Is...)

Strangers

AL Kennedy reveals why, despite her fear of them, she hugs strangers in the street.

• 15 mins

Other People (Hell Is...)

My Generation

AL Kennedy contemplates the pitfalls of being old, young or something in between.

• 15 mins

Other People (Hell Is...)

Friends

AL Kennedy ponders friendship, which, as an only child, she put off as long as possible.

• 15 mins

Other People (Hell Is...)

Family

Writer AL Kennedy discusses family.

• 15 mins

Other People (Hell Is...)

Lovers

AL Kennedy discusses romantic love.

• 15 mins

The Secret Mathematician

Architecture

Marcus du Sautoy uncovers the mathematics hidden behind Zaha Hadid's architecture.

• 15 mins

The Secret Mathematician

Art

Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy reveals the maths that inspires the work of visual artists.

• 15 mins

The Secret Mathematician

Music

Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy reveals the maths that inspires the work of musicians.

• 15 mins

The Secret Mathematician

Literature

Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy reveals the maths that inspires the work of writers.

• 15 mins

The Secret Mathematician

Secret Artist

Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy argues that maths is more of an art than a science.

• 15 mins

I Am, Yours Sincerely, C Bronte

Claire Harman on Charlotte Bronte, Governess

Biographer Claire Harman discusses Charlotte Bronte's experience as a governess.

• 15 mins

I Am, Yours Sincerely, C Bronte

Claire Harman on Charlotte Bronte in Belgium

Claire Harman on the two years Charlotte Bronte spent as a mature student in Belgium.

• 15 mins