成人快手

The Meaning of Flowers

Sunflower

Fiona Stafford explores the meanings and importance to us of the sunflower.

• 15 mins

The Meaning of Flowers

Lily

Professor Fiona Stafford explores our contradictory relationship with the lily.

• 15 mins

The Meaning of Flowers

Rose

Professor Fiona Stafford discusses our millennia-long understanding of roses.

• 15 mins

The Meaning of Flowers

Magnolia

Fiona Stafford discusses magnolias, which are among the oldest plants in the world.

• 15 mins

The Meaning of Flowers

Daisy

Fiona Stafford discusses the daisy, an almost indestructible, pest-resistant flower.

• 15 mins

Poet Kenneth Steven reflects on Scottish island life

Kenneth Steven writes on the Hebridean island of Iona.

• 13 mins

Poet Kenneth Steven on Scottish island life

Poet Kenneth Steven writes on Hoy in the archipelago of the Orkney islands

• 13 mins

Poet Kenneth Steven reflects on Scottish island life

Kenneth Steven looks at Rum, a wild and windswept Hebridean island.

• 13 mins

Poet Kenneth Steven reflects on Scottish island life

Poet Kenneth Steven writes on Raasay, an island close to Skye.

• 13 mins

Poet Kenneth Steven on the Scottish islands

Poet Kenneth Steven writes on the remote islands of St Kilda.

• 13 mins

Islands

Iona

Poet Kenneth Steven reflects on Scottish island life.

• 14 mins

Islands

Hoy

Kenneth Steven explores Hoy, the only place of cliffs and mountains in the Orkney islands.

• 15 mins

Islands

Rum

Poet Kenneth Steven reflects on on Scottish island life.

• 15 mins

Islands

Raasay

Kenneth Steven on Raasay, an island close to Skye and once home to poet Sorley MacLean.

• 15 mins

Islands

St Kilda

Poet Kenneth Steven on the Scottish islands.

• 15 mins

The Birthday Treat

Lisa Appignanesi: A Visit to the Savoy Hotel

Lisa Appignanesi visits the Savoy Hotel, where she reflects on the glamorous Belle Epoque.

• 15 mins

The Birthday Treat

Michael Rosen: On the Trail of DH Lawrence

Michael Rosen visits Eastwood and the childhood home of DH Lawrence, who inspired him.

• 15 mins

The Birthday Treat

Gervase Phinn: On the Camino de Santiago

Gervase Phinn recalls joining the pilgrims on a visit to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

• 15 mins

The Birthday Treat

Gervase Phinn: On the Camino de Santiago

Gervase Phinn joins the pilgrims on a visit to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

• 13 mins

The Birthday Treat

Edwina Currie: A Ferry Across the Mersey

Edwina Currie returns to the Mersey, where she once took part in a schoolgirl ritual.

• 15 mins

The Birthday Treat

Marina Lewycka - Up the Eiffel Tower

Marina Lewycka takes a trip up the Eiffel Tower to reflect on a lifetime of visiting Paris

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Food: Are We What We Eat?

Christopher Kissane explores the role of food in past and present conflicts over identity.

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Partitioned Memories

Anindya Raychaudhuri considers people's memories of India and Pakistan in 1947.

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Telephone Terrors

Poet Sarah Jackson explores the phone and its voices in philosophy and fiction.

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

Strindberg and 'the Woman Question'

Leah Broad considers 'the woman question' in 19th-century Scandinavian countries.

• 15 mins

New Generation Thinkers

The Rise and Fall of the Hairdresser

New Generation Thinker Se谩n Williams on the depiction of hairdressers in prints and prose

• 15 mins

Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel

288a Main Road

Novelist Mark Haddon reflects on the house in Northamptonshire that was his childhood home

• 15 mins

Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel

Impington College, Cambridge

Painter Humphrey Ocean introduces Impington College, built by architect Walter Gropius.

• 15 mins

Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel

Chesterfield's Crooked Spire, Derbyshire

Poet Helen explains why Chesterfield's Crooked Spire Church has inspired her.

• 15 mins

Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel

Queensferry Crossing, Scotland

Dr Gavin Francis on the largest balanced cantilever bridge ever to be built.

• 15 mins