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Sunday Feature Episodes

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    This Story Shall the Good Man Teach His Son - Agincourt, England and France

    Adam Thorpe on what the Battle of Agincourt means in Britain and France.

  2. Ginsberg in India

    Writer Jeet Thayil retraces beat poet Allen Ginsberg's travels round India in the 1960s.

  3. Arthur Miller - Speaking of New York

    Ben Brantley of the New York Times describes how the city informed Arthur Miller's work.

  4. How Celtic Are We?

    What is Celtic identity? Professor Dai Smith searches for the essence of Celticism.

  5. You're Tearing Me Apart: Rebel Without a Cause at 60

    Alan Dein explores the making and meanings of the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause.

  6. Looking for the Moor

    Hugh Quarshie seeks resolution to the dilemmas of a black actor playing Othello.

  7. HG and the H-Bomb

    Samira Ahmed explores the role of HG Wells in the creation of the nuclear bomb.

  8. A Most Ingenious Paradox: Loving G&S to Death?

    Martin Handley explores current attitudes to the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan.

  9. An Anatomy of Singing

    Mary King explores how advances in our knowledge of anatomy are changing the way we sing.

  10. WB Yeats and the Artifice of Eternity

    Theo Dorgan explores the continuing importance of WB Yeats, 150 years after he was born.

  11. Left-Handed Liberty

    Andrew Dickson explores a provocative attempt to commemorate the signing of Magna Carta.

  12. Contemporary Art and the Church

    Fiona Shaw explores the new-found enthusiasm of the Christian church for contemporary art.

  13. In the Shadow of Kafka: Prophet of Prague

    Misha Glenny traces the footsteps of Franz Kafka in his native city.

  14. John Berger - About Song and Laughter

    Sukhdev Sandhu introduces a radio-minded feature by critic and novelist John Berger.

  15. In Their Own Write: Notes from the Congress of Vienna

    Michael Goldfarb tells the story of the Congress of Vienna and how it still affects us.

  16. A Secret Life: Uwe Johnson in Sheerness

    Patrick Wright investigates why German writer Uwe Johnson chose to live in Sheerness.

  17. Doing Goya Justice: The Curator's Story

    Feature following the work of Xavier Bray as curates an exhibition of Goya's paintings.

  18. Memoirs of the Spacewomen

    Matthew Sweet explores the science fiction futures of three neglected female writers.

  20. Mission Harpsichord

    Mahan Esfahani discovers why the harpsichord is an often misunderstood instrument.

  21. From Convent to Concert Hall

    Kate Kennedy reviews four female string players who were pioneering in their own lifetimes

  22. The Day of the Locust

    Adam Smith unearths the roots of Nathanael West's Hollywood novel The Day of the Locust.

  23. Cuba Clasica

    Andrew McGregor visits Havana to investigate Cuba's classical music scene today.

  24. Eric Ravilious: Chalk and Ice

    Alexandra Harris explores the life and work of the elusive artist Eric Ravilious.

  25. Palace of Shame

    Chris Bowlby uncovers the fate of the imperial summer palace in Beijing.

  26. Beautiful Death

    Stephen Johnson connects Mahler's beliefs about death to Viennese funeral customs.

  27. Zola in Norwood

    Michael Rosen traces novelist Emile Zola's exile in Britain as he fled a prison sentence.

  28. Thom Gunn: Appropriate Measures

    Author Colm Toibin profiles Anglo-American poet Thom Gunn, who died in 2004.

  29. Matthew Sweet's Palace of Great War Varieties

    Matthew Sweet explores WWI popular culture with the help of historians and performers.

  30. The Supernatural North

    Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough journeys to northern Norway in search of the supernatural.

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