Culture
World Book Club. Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss. Audio, 50 minutes
Desai’s novel is a profoundly moving cross-continental saga that sweeps around the globe
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Analysis. Silicon Valley Values. Audio, 30 minutes
Are the values of Silicon Valley's tech visionaries now affecting all of us?
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Moral Maze. Who Owns Culture? Audio, 43 minutes
Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.
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The Radio 3 Documentary. Northern Lights: True Norse. Audio, 43 minutes
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough asks if there is a shared culture in the north of Europe.
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Mind the Gap. Audio, 30 minutes
As a reluctantly gap-toothed woman, Patricia Cumper explores their cultural significance.
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Natural Histories. Sharks. Audio, 28 minutes
Brett Westwood examines our fear and fascination with sharks in cultures around the world
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The Why Factor. Television. Audio, 18 minutes
Why does television have such a powerful influence on our lives?
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Thinking Allowed. The Gym: A Social History; Tattoos at Work. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor explores the social history of the gymnasium and the taboo against body art.
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One to One. Adrian Goldberg on Mixed Marriage. Audio, 15 minutes
Adrian Goldberg meets Mandy, of Sikh and Hindu heritage, married to an Afro-Caribbean man.
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One to One. Adrian Goldberg on Mixed Marriage. Audio, 15 minutes
Adrian Goldberg meets Rosalind, a Christian who married a Jewish man in the 1970s.
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One to One. Adrian Goldberg on Mixed Marriage. Audio, 15 minutes
Adrian Goldberg explores the topic of mixed marriage.
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Casa Negra: The Real Casablanca. Audio, 30 minutes
Andrew Hussey on the cultural renaissance affecting Morocco's largest city.
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The Hotel Suite. Audio, 30 minutes
Paul Farley explores and exploits the creative possibilities offered by hotel stop-overs.
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The Why Factor. The Fool. Audio, 18 minutes
Mike Williams asks why the fool or jester has been an important figure in many cultures
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The Why Factor. Dance. Audio, 18 minutes
Why does movement move us?
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Essex, My Essex. Audio, 30 minutes
Essex born and bred, writer Ian Sansom goes back to the county which made him who he is.
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The Essay. Let There Be Dark, Let There Be Dark. Audio, 15 minutes
Rupert Goodwins on what going blind suddenly taught him about science, culture and life.
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Twenty Minutes. British Wagnerism. Audio, 20 minutes
Simon Russell Beale explores the impact of Wagner on fin-de-siecle British culture.
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1913: The Year Before. Cultural Upheaval. Audio, 15 minutes
Michael challenges the idea that modernism was a reaction to the shock and savagery of WWI
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The Why Factor. The Lie. Audio, 18 minutes
Why do we lie? How do different cultures define telling the truth?
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A Room for a View: The Artist's Studio. Audio, 28 minutes
Rats under the floorboards, paint on the floor. What makes an artist's studio?
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Putting the Black Country on the Map. Audio, 28 minutes
Adrian Goldberg tries to work out what the Black Country is - and where it is.
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Twenty Minutes. Tredegar House, Gwent. Audio, 20 minutes
Katie Derham tours Tredegar House in Wales with Lars Tharp and the NT's Derw Thomas.
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