Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMaurice Riordan
Maurice Riordan is a poet much preoccupied with time - how time suddenly stands still, or speeds up, or loops you back in dreams to childhood - in hi…
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Stephen Poliakoff
Stephen Poliakoff made his mark as a playwright very early; he began writing plays as a schoolboy and got first review in The Times when he was only …
8 years, 9 months ago
Sebastian Barry
Sebastian Barry's great-grand-father was a traditional Irish musician, who played on the wooden flute and piccolo. His mother was an actress at the A…
8 years, 10 months ago
Michael Craig-Martin
Michael Craig-Martin is one of our most influential artists, celebrated for his huge black and white wall drawings and intensely coloured paintings o…
8 years, 10 months ago
Vivien Duffield
Dame Vivien Duffield is one of our leading philanthropists, and her passion for the arts - and particularly opera - is reflected in her giving. Her F…
8 years, 10 months ago
Nick Davies
Nick Davies is an expert in the art of deception - as practised by the cuckoo. He has spent his career studying that deceiving, murderous bird, and l…
8 years, 11 months ago
Shirley Hughes
A chance to hear a programme recorded in 2017 with Michael Berkeley talking to the children's author Shirley Hughes, who died in February this year. …
8 years, 11 months ago
Dan Pearson
Dan Pearson discovered his passion for gardens very young, building landscapes for his toy trolls out of stones. He's now one of our most influential…
9 years ago
Lindsey Davis
Lindsey Davis is best known for her series of historical crime stories about a laid-back amateur sleuth called Marcus Didius Falco. Set against the t…
9 years ago
Canada 150: Madeleine Thien
As part of Canada 150, a week of programmes marking the 150th anniversary of the founding of the nation, Michael Berkeley talks to Canadian novelist …
9 years ago