Mark Constantine on Kahlil Gibran
Businessman Mark Constantine chooses Lebanese-American author of ‘The Prophet’, Khalil Gibran. With Matthew Parris. Snubbed and practically ignored by the literary establishment in the West, but regar...
23 Jan 201427min
Meg Rosoff on Isabella Bird
At home in Edinburgh Isabella Bird was the very picture of the ailing Victorian spinster but the moment her tiny feet hit the gangway of a steamer or squeezed into the stirrups of a horse she was tran...
23 Jan 201427min
Dave Allen chosen by Adil Ray
Comedian Dave Allen is chosen by Adil Ray, creator and star of Citizen Khan. He explains to Matthew Parris how the legendary Irish comic helped shape his own career.Producer: Perminder Khatkar.First ...
14 Jan 201427min
David Baddiel on John Updike
Writer and comedian David Baddiel chooses the American novelist, John Updike. With Matthew Parris and Justin Cartwright. His novels perfectly captured the shifting moral codes of middle America in the...
8 Jan 201427min
Sir David Chipperfield on Le Corbusier
Award-winning architect Sir David Chipperfield chooses the pioneer of modern architectureLe Corbusier aimed to build a better world through radical buildings and the controversial reshaping of whole c...
31 Dec 201328min
Michael Horovitz on Allen Ginsberg
Matthew Parris is joined by Michael Horovitz who nominates fellow poet and founder of the 'Beat Generation', Allen Ginsberg, as his Great Life. Ginsberg's friend and biographer Barry Miles provides bi...
17 Dec 201328min
Ricky Ross on Hank Williams
The life of the 'Hillbilly Shakespeare' Hank Williams is the choice of Deacon Blue singer Ricky Ross. Williams is regarded as being the prototype rock star and continues to be hugely influential on m...
10 Dec 201327min
Nina Simone
The chanteuse, pianist, composer and civil rights activist Nina Simone is the choice of another female musician who has made a career of defying convention; Joanna Macgregor. Presented by Matthew Parr...
27 Nov 201328min
