Italy
Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in early 1960s Italy. Read more
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Living Abroad
Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in early 1960s Italy.
Greece
Writer Frederic Raphael recalls living in Greece in the early 1960s.
I've Never Told Anyone This Before
Tod Wodicka - The Reluctant Shaman
Writer Tod Wodicka describes suffering terrifying night terrors when he was younger.
Kei Miller - The Important Things
The Forward Prize-winning Jamaican poet, novelist and critic examines some awkward truths.
Erica Wagner - A History of My Family in One Object
Erica Wagner examines her mother's stories about her father and an unusual wedding gift.
Jane Stevenson - An Uneasy Feeling
Writer Jane Stevenson tells the true story of an unusual encounter during house-hunting.
5. Suzanne Joinson - 'Somebody Else's Story'
Novelist and market enthusiast Suzanne Joinson shares a story she has never told before.
World War One Round the World
St Petersburg - White Flowers and Revolution
Novelist Tatyana Tolstaya tells a St Petersburg audience how World War I changed Russia.
London - Shell Shock and the Shock of Shells
Joanna Bourke on the emotional, cultural and physical impact of WWI shelling on soldiers.
Sarajevo - Divine Uncertainty
Haris Pasovic explores WWI's effect on the long history of nationalism in the Balkans.
Paris: The Christmas Truce
Christian Carion asks what the mud and degradation of WWI did to the idea of heroism.
Dresden - Targets
Herlinde Koebl discusses World War One, targets and killing.
Sydney - Stories that Bind
Wesley Enoch explores the powerful mythology of the Anzacs in Australia.
Washington - Safe for Democracy
David Frum explains how World War One still defines American foreign policy.
Amman - Jordan, a Country of Nationalists
Lina Attel explores how Jordanian national culture has survived since World War One.
Delhi - Parting Words
Shashi Tharoor explores Indian remembrances of the World War One.
Dar es Salaam - Ubhuche, Invisible Histories of the First World War
Exploring why WWI is almost forgotten in Tanzania despite the casualties it suffered.
The Genius of Disability
The Genius of Disability: Al-Ma'arri - Visionary Free Thinker
Tom Shakespeare discusses the blind tenth-century Arabian poet Al-Ma'arri.
The Genius of Disability: Bryan Pearce - What Would I Do If I Didn't Paint?
Tom Shakespeare on painter Bryan Pearce, born with the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria.
Arturo Bispo do Rosario: The Sculptor Who Saved the World
Tom Shakespeare discusses sculptor Arturo Bispo do Rosario, who had schizophrenia.
Goya, Klee, Matisse: Leaving the Best till Last?
Tom Shakespeare discusses the lives and works of a selection of disabled artists.
Lucy Jones: Crawling to Glory
Tom Shakespeare celebrates painter Lucy Jones, who was born with cerebral palsy.
Venice Unravelled
At 91热爆
Polly Coles on what 'home' and 'house' mean to various types of residents in Venice today.
Tinseltown
Writer Polly Coles focuses on the impact of celebrity on Venice.
The Writing on the Wall
On the recent Biennale fashion of rigging-up neon strips of random text around Venice.
So Near to Venice
Focusing on the residents of Venice who serve the many tourists who arrive each year.
Water Level
Polly Coles discusses the boat-loving residents of Venice.
The Book that Changed Me
Steve Earle on In Cold Blood
Musician and singer Steve Earle discusses the book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.
Jude Kelly on Little Women
Jude Kelly of London's Southbank Centre discusses Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
Jon Ronson on What a Carve Up!
Journalist and writer Jon Ronson discusses Jonathan Coe's book What a Carve Up!
Lolita Chakrabarti on A Tale of Two Cities
Actress and playwright Lolita Chakrabarti on Charles Dickens's book A Tale of Two Cities.