成人快手

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

I Am, Yours Sincerely, C Bronte

I Am, Yours Sincerely, C Bronte: Lyndall Gordon on Charlotte Bronte and Robert Southey

Lyndall Gordon examines Charlotte Bronte's response to advice from poet Robert Southey.

• 15 mins

I Am, Yours Sincerely, C Bronte

Jane Shilling on I Shall Soon Be Thirty

Jane Shilling explores a letter Charlotte Bronte wrote shortly before beginning Jane Eyre.

• 15 mins

I Am, Yours Sincerely, C Bronte

Rachel Joyce on Bronte as a Literary Star

Novelist Rachel Joyce on how Charlotte Bronte reacted to becoming a literary sensation.

• 15 mins

Mahler's Symphony No 8

Stephen Johnson considers how Mahler's Symphony no 8 was received by its first audience.

• 13 mins

Byrd: Mass for Four Voices

Stephen Johnson considers how Byrd's Mass for 4 voices was received by its first audience

• 13 mins

Shostakovich: Symphony No 5

Stephen Johnson considers how Shostakovich's Symphony No 5 surprised it's first audience

• 13 mins

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4

Stephen Johnson considers how Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4 thrilled the first audience

• 13 mins

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks

Stephen Johnson studies the audience's reaction to Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks

• 13 mins

Music in Its Time

Haydn: Symphony No 100 (Military)

Exploring the impact of Haydn's Military Symphony on its first audiences in 1790s London.

• 15 mins

Music in Its Time

Victoria: Lamentations

Exploring the impact of Victoria's Lamentations on listeners in Counter-Reformation Rome.

• 15 mins