Podcast Episodes

Ben Okri

Writer Ben Okri chooses his favourite music and talks to Michael Berkeley about the power of stories and their central place in human life.

The author…

11 years, 4 months ago

Nicky Clayton

Nicky Clayton is a Fellow of the Royal Society and Professor of Comparative Cognition at Cambridge, and she's done more than any other scientist to t…

11 years, 5 months ago

Henrietta Bowden-Jones

Henrietta Bowden-Jones has spent the last three decades studying the mind.

Born in Italy to an English father and an Italian mother, she has dedicated…

11 years, 5 months ago

Paul Cartledge

If you want to know how to wield a Spartan spear, or whether Athens really was the cradle of democracy - or indeed what ancient Greek music might hav…

11 years, 5 months ago

Kate Gross

On Private Passions Michael Berkeley's guest is the charity CEO and cancer blogger, Kate Gross, who sadly died on Christmas morning, at the age of on…

11 years, 6 months ago

Roger Moore

James Bond, Simon Templar... Michael Berkeley's guest today can only be Roger Moore. He played Bond for twelve years, in seven films, more than any o…

11 years, 6 months ago

Vivienne Westwood

Dame Vivienne Westwood needs little introduction; her name and her brand are known across the world. Indeed, in the Far East she's made it into the t…

11 years, 6 months ago

Breaking Free - Martin Luther's Revolution: Eamon Duffy

Professor of the History of Christianity at Cambridge, Eamon Duffy has changed for ever the way we view the Reformation. His books, including The Str…

11 years, 6 months ago

Jill Paton Walsh

Jill Paton Walsh lives with the ghost of Lord Peter Wimsey - having taken on the mantle of Dorothy L Sayers and continuing, to great acclaim, her hug…

11 years, 7 months ago

Anthony Green

Anthony Green, senior Royal Academician, is one of the UK's most eminent and best-loved figurative painters. His career as an artist has now spanned …

11 years, 7 months ago