Proms Extra: Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark - 31 August 15
The American novelist Willa Cather's 'The Song of the Lark' was first published a hundred years ago in 1915. Her biographer Dame Hermione Lee talks to New Generation Thinker Sarah Dillon about Cather'...
31 Aug 201520min
Proms Extra: The Lumiere Brothers in 1895 - 22.08.15
Ian Christie on the Lumiere brothers' invention of the world's first film camera in 1895.
22 Aug 201518min
Proms Extra: Hans Christian Andersen 20 August 15
Why has Denmark played such a significant role in shaping modern ideas about childhood? The Danish-born historian and lecturer Lars Tharp and the writer on children's literature Julia Eccleshare explo...
20 Aug 201521min
Proms Extra: The National Trust - 17.08.15
The history of the National Trust with Dame Helen Ghosh and Patrick Barkham.
17 Aug 201521min
Proms Extra: DH Lawrence's The Rainbow 09 August 15
The novelists Helen Dunmore and Louise Welsh discuss DH Lawrence's 'The Rainbow', first published a hundred years ago in 1915, with Rana Mitter. The novel, which was banned on publication, tells the s...
9 Aug 201520min
Proms Extra: Oscar Wilde in 1895: 3 Aug 2015
Philip Hoare and Merlin Holland discuss Wilde's tumultuous year. With Shahidha Bari.
3 Aug 201520min
Proms Extra: Memory in Performance – 2 Aug 15
Actress Lisa Dwan and singer Susan Bullock discuss the role of memory in performance.
2 Aug 201520min
Proms Extra: Alice in Wonderland 30 July 15
Its early readers included Queen Victoria and a young Oscar Wilde. 150 years after it became a publishing sensation the writer Lynne Truss and children's novelist Philip Ardagh discuss 'Alice's Advent...
30 Juli 201520min
