Podcast Episodes

Patsy Rodenburg

Michael Berkeley talks to Patsy Rodenburg, the most highly acclaimed voice teacher of her generation, about the music she loves.

Patsy Rodenburg has …

9 years ago

Nishat Khan

Nishat Khan is one of India's finest musicians; born into a dynasty of famous sitar players, he first went on stage with his father and uncle when he…

9 years, 1 month ago

Ivo van Hove

Michael Berkeley talks to the award-winning theatre director Ivo van Hove about his musical passions.

The director of Amsterdam's prestigious Toneelgr…

9 years, 1 month ago

Bettany Hughes

Bettany Hughes talks to Michael Berkeley about the music that's shaped her family life, and the music she's come to love during her travels as a hist…

9 years, 1 month ago

Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall was only twenty-four when in she went to live among the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park in Tanzania, and she went on to spend more th…

9 years, 1 month ago

Gabriele Finaldi

Gabriele Finaldi, the Director of the National Gallery, talks to Michael Berkeley about his artistic and musical passions.

When Gabriele Finaldi took …

9 years, 2 months ago

AL Kennedy

It's not easy starting out to make a living as a writer, and A.L. Kennedy began with one of the most challenging jobs ever: as a puppeteer and clown,…

9 years, 2 months ago

Mark Padmore

Over the last 20 years Mark Padmore has established a reputation as one of Britain's most outstanding tenors. His performances combine emotional powe…

9 years, 2 months ago

Thomas Ostermeier

Michael Berkeley talks to the director Thomas Ostermeier about his musical passions.

Thomas is the outstanding German theatre director of his generati…

9 years, 3 months ago

Juliet Nicolson

Juliet Nicolson's childhood was dominated by secrets. She spent a lot of time - she now confesses - listening at doors, picking up the telephone and …

9 years, 3 months ago