Tim Key Delves Into Daniil Kharms and That's All
Daniil Kharms (1905-1942) is one of Russia's great lost absurdists - a writer whose world still alarms, shocks and bewitches more than half a century after he died in prison during the siege of Lening...
15 Mars 201629min
A Brief History of Disobedience
"Oh my goodness, look at that sign over there. Keep Off The Grass. Makes me wonder who put it there. Makes me wonder why I should keep off the grass. And it makes me want to go on the grass!" American...
11 Mars 201657min
Glad to Be Grey
Professor Mary Beard is a distinguished Cambridge Classical scholar with a string of highly-regarded books on Ancient Rome to her name, so it's slightly irksome to her that she is almost better known ...
8 Mars 201628min
Laverne in the Willows
Lauren Laverne has long been a firm fan of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book 'The Wind in the Willows', in particular that most sparky of characters Mr. Toad, whose desire to have everything a...
4 Mars 201629min
Six Degrees of Connection
Is everyone in the world really connected by only six links?A famous experiment by social psychologist Stanley Milgram in the 1960s claimed that it took on average only six steps for a message to pass...
1 Mars 201629min
Musical Variations: The Life of Angela Morley
Stuart Barr uncovers the colourful career of British composer and transgender pioneer, Angela Morley.In 1972, Wally Stott's transition to Angela Morley made front page news. Wally was famous. He was c...
26 Feb 201629min
Batman and Ethan
Ethan was born blind. He's now a 10 year-old boy who collects sounds on his 51 dictaphones, composes music, and performs on stage in concerts. Until now he's been home-schooled, but last year he was o...
19 Feb 201629min
Reaction Time
"Your breasts look fantastic in that dress." From abysmal chat-up lines like this, to love at first sight in Victoria Train Station, BBC Radio Four listeners have some incredible relationship stories...
14 Feb 201631min
