The Deluxe Edition

Dr Seán Williams takes a first class trip through the enduring contradictions of luxury.

• 43 mins

Hotel Genius

Sally Marlow uncovers the creative legacy of residents at the Institute for Advanced Study

• 43 mins

John Ashbery - Portrait in a Convex Mirror

Colm Toibin presents an intimate portrait of the American poet John Ashbery

• 44 mins

WATERLOG

Wild swimming enthusiast Alice Roberts examines the legacy of Waterlog by Roger Deakin.

• 43 mins

Alexander Korda: Producer, Director, Exile, Spy

Matthew Sweet unearths the film-maker Alexander Korda's wartime role as a British agent.

• 43 mins

Robinson Crusoe Road-Trip

300 years since Robinson Crusoe was published, Emma Smith traces it across the centuries

• 43 mins

Literary Pursuits: Lord of the Flies

Golding's classic novel was saved from being rejected by Faber by the luckiest chance.

• 43 mins

A Unicorn Quest

Hetta Howes sets off to find the unicorn of myth in 21st century Britain.

• 14 mins

Sir Isaac Newton and the Philosopher's Stone

Dafydd Mills Daniel investigates Isaac Newton's more obscure studies in Alchemy.

• 13 mins

Cold War in Full Swing - Louis Armstrong in the GDR

Kevin Le Gendre discovers how Louis Armstrong came to play jazz in communist East Germany

• 44 mins

Plot 5779: Unearthing Elizabeth Siddall

Actor Lily Cole plays Elizabeth Siddall who climbs out of her grave to tell her story.

• 46 mins

Al Andalus - The Legacy

Andrew Hussey journeys through Andalusia searching for the legacy of Muslim Spain

• 43 mins

Power Plays

How theatre challenged the East German government - but was swept aside as communism fell

• 43 mins

The Hidden Reservoir

Carlo Gebler on the role of art in remembrance and reconciliation in Northern Ireland

• 43 mins

Poles Apart

The unknown tale of cold war communist Poland’s love affair with electronic music

• 43 mins

Rewiring Raymond Scott

Ken Hollings assesses the legacy of the American electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott.

• 43 mins

Glitter and Villainy

Daisy Black, Radio 3 New Generation Thinker, investigates the camp villain in history.

• 13 mins

Ken Campbell as Never Heard Before

David Bramwell with actors whose lives were transformed by director Ken Campbell.

• 43 mins

The East Speaks Back

We are used to getting a worldview from the west, but what did the east make of us?

• 43 mins

The Queen Of Technicolor

Maureen O’Hara’s journey from Dublin's suburbs to star of the Golden Age.

• 43 mins

The Crankiness of C.W.Daniel

New Generation Thinker Elsa Richardson on the radical 20th century publisher C.W.Daniel.

• 13 mins

Silent Witness: John Cage, Zen and Japan

How experimental composer John Cage came to write his infamous silent piece, 4’33”

• 43 mins

New Generation Thinker short Feature: COVID and The Black Death, an imperfect fit.

Medievalist Dr Seb Falk questions the comparisons between COVID19 and The Black Death.

• 13 mins

The Silence of My Pain

Hannah French explores a hidden disability for many musicians: pain.

• 44 mins

Sunday Feature: The Fake Poet

Why does the image of the forlorn and abandoned poet Thomas Chatterton haunt us today?

• 43 mins

Sunday Feature - Dissecting Beethoven

An exploration of Beethoven’s music through the body that gave him so much trouble.

• 43 mins

Everybody Likes Music Don’t They?

How can a song mean terror for one person and boredom for another?

• 43 mins

The Apple and the Tree

Carlo Gébler, son of Edna O’Brien, asks why the children of writers often become writers

• 43 mins