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Moments of Being

The Lives of Others

Joanna Robertson celebrates the minutiae of daily life by imagining the lives of others.

• 14 mins

Moments of Being

Miracle

Sitting in a cafe becomes miraculous when all around it coalesces into the one moment.

• 14 mins

Bohemians in T-Shirts

Actors

Michael Goldfarb on why Marlon Brando and Stanley Kowalski took to wearing T-shirts.

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Bohemians in T-Shirts

Writers

Michael Goldfarb explores why black US writer James Baldwin took to wearing T-shirts.

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Bohemians in T-Shirts

Artists

Michael Goldfarb tells the story of Jackson Pollock, another T-shirt-wearing bohemian.

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Bohemians in T-Shirts

Musicians

Michael Goldfarb, in his study of US bohemians, turns to Charlie Parker and Miles Davis.

• 14 mins

Bohemians in T-Shirts

Beats

The influence of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg on postwar US non-conformists.

• 14 mins

Larkin and Believing

The Mower

Raymond Antrobus explores faith and belief in response to Philip Larkin's The Mower.

• 14 mins

Larkin and Believing

Absences

Sinead Morrissey explores questions of faith in response to Larkin's poem Absences.

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Larkin and Believing

Water

Jean Sprackland explores her own faith in response to Philip Larkin's poem Water.

• 14 mins

Larkin and Believing

Ambulances

Vidyan Ravinthiran explores questions of belief in response to Larkin's poem Ambulances.

• 14 mins

Larkin and Believing

Going

Helen Mort explores questions of faith and belief in response to Larkin's poem Going.

• 14 mins

Sign Language Is My Language

Sign Language through the Ages (Robert Adam)

Personal essays exploring the history, layers and nuances of British Sign Language.

• 14 mins

Sign Language Is My Language

Tina Kelberman

Personal essays exploring the history, layers and nuances of British Sign Language.

• 14 mins

Sign Language Is My Language

Deepa Shastri

Personal essays exploring the history, layers and nuances of British Sign Language.

• 14 mins

Sign Language Is My Language

Robert Adam

Personal essays exploring the history, layers and nuances of British Sign Language.

• 14 mins

Sign Language Is My Language

Christopher Laing

Personal essays exploring the history, layers and nuances of British Sign Language.

• 14 mins

Coming 麻豆约拍

Helen Cross

Memories of clubbing in 90s Birmingham and an encounter with an oil painting

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Coming 麻豆约拍

Dr Shahed Yousaf

Driving home to Birmingham after a very demanding day at work in prison.

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Coming 麻豆约拍

Professor Thomas Glave

Returning from London on a train at night to home in Birmingham.

• 14 mins

Coming 麻豆约拍

Naush Sabah

Re-visiting a childhood home in Sparkbrook, Birmingham

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Coming 麻豆约拍

Casey Bailey

Returning to Birmingham after a holiday and reliving childhood memories in Nechells.

• 14 mins

Double Vision

Tishani Doshi

Tishani Doshi performs an essay recorded at the 麻豆约拍's Contains Strong Language Festival.

• 14 mins

Double Vision

Roy McFarlane

Roy McFarlane performs an essay recorded at the 麻豆约拍's Contains Strong Language Festival.

• 14 mins

Double Vision

Isabelle Baafi

Isabelle Baafi performs an essay recorded at the 麻豆约拍's Contains Strong Language Festival.

• 14 mins

Double Vision

Anil Pradhan

Anil Pradhan performs an essay recorded at the 麻豆约拍's Contains Strong Language Festival.

• 14 mins

Double Vision

Alvin Pang

Alvin Pang performs an essay recorded at the 麻豆约拍's Contains Strong Language Festival.

• 14 mins

Vaughan Williams: Belonging

Vaughan Williams - Clare Shaw

Personal essays on what Vaughan Williams means to five different writers.

• 14 mins

Vaughan Williams: Belonging

Vaughan Williams - Dr Rommi Smith

Personal essays on what Vaughan Williams means to five different writers.

• 14 mins

Vaughan Williams: Belonging

Vaughan Williams - Adrian McNally

Personal essays on what Vaughan Williams means to five different writers.

• 14 mins