Roger Deakin, wild swimmer and author of Waterlogged
Matthew Parris travels along the Thames to meet Nick Hayes - illustrator and author of The Book of Trespass - to discuss the life of Roger Deakin. They also enjoy a naked swim. Joining them, in his pa...
9 Jan 202327min
Minette Batters on Henry Plumb
"I was born an Englishman but I'll die a European." Those are the words of Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, a farmer who was President of the National Farmers Union in the 1970s and who became the first Brit...
3 Jan 202327min
Bob Harris on Sir Matt Busby, Manchester United manager
The voice behind The Old Grey Whistle Test and Radio 2’s country music show, Bob Harris, tells us why Manchester United Football Club manager Sir Matt Busby is his Great Life. Bob and Matthew hear how...
27 Des 202227min
Noddy Holder on Chuck Berry
In 1972 Chucky Berry was onstage in Coventry. Seeking some audience participation Chuck launched into a cover of an unusual novelty record called 'My Ding-a-Ling'. One of the men who can be heard in ...
20 Des 202227min
Olivia Laing on Christopher Lloyd, Gardener and Writer
Known to his friends as Christo, Lloyd spent his whole life, from childhood until his death aged 85, at work in the same garden: Great Dixter in East Sussex. He wrote a weekly column for Country Life ...
13 Des 202227min
Olia Hercules on Alla Horska, Ukrainian painter
"Cooking is like therapy to us. I grew up where my big extended family would come together in summer under the walnut tree. The adults would drink and we’d eat, stories would be told and we'd break in...
9 Des 202227min
Bonnie Greer on the Women of the Morant Bay Rebellion
Bonnie Greer OBE, playwright and critic, joins Matthew Parris to make a case for seven women from Jamaica who were hung or shot in 1865 after the Morant Bay Rebellion. Bonnie makes a case that this pe...
28 Sep 202227min
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood nominated by Lesley Garrett
As Grandson of George V, George Lascelles was a first cousin to Queen Elizabeth II and with his distinguished beard and Nero style jackets, he was the very image of aristocracy, moving in the highest ...
13 Sep 202227min
