Podcast Episodes
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"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 Farme…
3 years, 4 months ago
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 Mat…
3 years, 5 months ago
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 'M…
3 years, 5 months ago
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…
3 years, 5 months ago
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 an…
3 years, 5 months ago
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 Mor…
3 years, 8 months ago
Bonnie Greer on the Women of the Morant Bay Rebellion
The playwright Bonnie Greer nominates the women of the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica.
3 years, 8 months ago
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 th…
3 years, 8 months ago
Romy Gill on poet Amrita Pritam
Chef Romy Gill remembers her Mother reading Amrita Pritam's poems to her when she was growing up. Romy was drawn to Amrita's fierce independent spiri…
3 years, 8 months ago
Rosalind Franklin picked by Kate Bingham, former head of the UK government's vaccine taskforce
Rosalind Franklin was born in 1920 and studied Natural Sciences. After working in Paris at the Laboratoire Central - where she became an x-ray crysta…
3 years, 9 months ago