City solutions
Professor Des Fitzgerald explores new thinking on the health impact of city life.
- 14 mins
- 03 Jul 2022
BBC Sounds - Sunday Feature - Available Episodes
Sunday Feature
In-depth documentaries which explore music, history, science, philosophy, film, visual arts and literature.
Episodes (399 Available)
- Afterwords: Thich Nhat Hanh
A radio portrait of Vietnamese Buddhist monk and author Thich Nhat Hanh.
- 44 mins
- 26 Jun 2022
- Afterwords: Chinua Achebe
The work of Chinua Achebe, in his own words, and in the words of those who knew him.
- 44 mins
- 19 Jun 2022
- Afterwords: Muriel Spark
Reflections on the work of Muriel Spark, through archive of the author and new interviews.
- 44 mins
- 12 Jun 2022
- Dylan And The Ferry
Dafydd Mills Daniel investigates the story behind an iconic image of Bob Dylan.
- 14 mins
- 29 May 2022
- Here Be Mermaids
Why are mermaids an ideal tool for describing things that our society does not understand?
- 14 mins
- 15 May 2022
The Ancient AlgorithmEleanor Rosamund Barraclough delves into the history of runes, the ancient alphabet.
- 44 mins
- 24 Apr 2022
- I Arrive without Leaving - The Story of Women Surrealist Poets
Alexandra Reza on the early women surrealist poets and writers who shaped the movement.
- 44 mins
- 03 Apr 2022
Krishnamurti in EnglandPaul Purgas reflects on the legacy of spiritual teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti.
- 44 mins
- 27 Mar 2022
Forbidden FruitWhy the forbidden fruit is not an apple.
- 14 mins
- 20 Mar 2022
Florence Price’s Chicago and the Black Female FellowshipHow a unique Chicago musical sisterhood helped the music of Florence Price to thrive.
- 44 mins
- 06 Mar 2022
Marian Anderson - Of Thee We SingThe life and legacy of pioneering contralto Marian Anderson presented by Linton Stephens.
- 44 mins
- 27 Feb 2022
Nixon in ChinaExploring John Adams' opera on the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's visit to China.
- 44 mins
- 20 Feb 2022
- A Chinese Odyssey: Artists, Poets and Exiles in Interwar London
Paul French explores a unique moment in British-Chinese solidarity between 1937 to 1945.
- 44 mins
- 06 Feb 2022
- The Art of a Day
Why do writers and audiences keep coming back to one day artworks like Joyce's Ulysses?
- 44 mins
- 30 Jan 2022
- The Primitivism of Primitivism
Alastair Sooke reassesses the origins and relevance of primitivism in art history.
- 44 mins
- 23 Jan 2022
Hidden Women and Silenced ScoresLeah Broad uncovers the sometimes shocking stories of three marginalised female composers.
- 44 mins
- 23 Jan 2022
- The Pigeons at the British Museum
Will Abberley reconsiders Richard Jefferies's essay The Pigeons at the British Museum.
- 14 mins
- 16 Jan 2022
- Breaking the Ice
Seán Williams glides through a brief history of lake skating.
- 14 mins
- 09 Jan 2022
Tchaikovsky's Island of InspirationHow a trip to a remote island monastery inspired Pyotr Tchaikovsky's First Symphony.
- 44 mins
- 02 Jan 2022