Podcast Episodes

Kirsty MacColl

Broadcaster Janice Long tells Matthew Parris why singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl led a "great life" despite her tragically early death in a boating …

14 years, 9 months ago

Graham Greene

The Third Man, Brighton Rock, Travels With My Aunt - the books of Graham Greene all still have a definite ring. But the the man himself was an enigma…

14 years, 10 months ago

Harold Pinter

Matthew Parris is joined by Diane Abbott MP and biographer and critic Michael Billington to explore the life of playwright and Nobel Laureate Harold …

15 years ago

Jack Johnson

It was the fight of the century, July 4th 1910, when Tim Jeffries, the so-called Great White Hope, was stopped by Jack Johnson in the 15th round. Sud…

15 years ago

Petra Kelly

Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives. Green MP Caroline Lucas nominates Ge…

15 years ago

Lewis Carroll

Writer Lynne Truss chooses the creator of Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll.

Famous for the Alice books, Carroll was also a brilliant mathematician …

15 years ago

Kathleen Ferrier

Kathleen Ferrier was a British contralto singer who died in 1953 from breast cancer. Her professional career had lasted just 14 years but in that tim…

15 years, 1 month ago

Simone de Beauvoir

Actress Diana Quick tells Matthew Parris why she believes that existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir lived a great life, despite living in th…

15 years, 1 month ago

Leonard Bernstein

The conductor Charles Hazlewood chooses the great American composer Leonard Bernstein, music director of the New York Philharmonic and creator of Wes…

15 years, 1 month ago

Thomas Edison

Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives. Here, Sir Clive Sinclair nominates f…

15 years, 1 month ago