Podcast Episodes

Carole Boyd

Carole Boyd is an accomplished theatre actress: she has recorded some three hundred audio books, and she does all the female voices in Postman Pat. B…

4 years, 11 months ago

Veronica O'Keane

One of the things that stands out, over more than 20 years of Private Passions, is the very strong connection between music and memory: as people cho…

5 years ago

Alastair Campbell

For almost a decade, Alastair Campbell was Tony Blair’s right-hand man, first as Press Secretary and then as Downing Street Director of Communication…

5 years ago

Natalie Haynes

Comedian and classicist Natalie Haynes talks to Michael Berkeley about her favourite music, making the classics funny and the joy of running.

Just lik…

5 years ago

Anya Hurlbert

If you’ve ever wondered why you love blue and hate the colour khaki, or have spent hours arguing over a colour chart because you and your partner can…

5 years, 1 month ago

Laura Cumming

The writer and art critic Laura Cumming talks to Michael Berkeley about the music and art she loves and the extraordinary story of her family.

Laura …

5 years, 1 month ago

Zandra Rhodes

With her shocking pink hair and extravagantly colourful clothes, Dame Zandra Rhodes has been an instantly recognisable figure on the British fashion …

5 years, 1 month ago

George Szirtes

George Szirtes arrived in Britain at the age of eight, wearing only one shoe. It was 1956, and as the Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest, George and h…

5 years, 2 months ago

Camilla Pang

Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at the age of eight, Camilla Pang struggled to understand the world around her; in fact, she asked her mother…

5 years, 2 months ago

Margaret Heffernan

The writer and entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan shares her lifelong passion for classical music with Michael Berkeley and describes how we can best pr…

5 years, 2 months ago