A weekly journey of discovery, weaving together a range of music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.
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BBC weather presenter Chris Fawkes explains the meteorological intricacies of twilight.
Forget social media influencers - the meat-free movement started with the Victorians.
Get closer to books with in-depth articles, quizzes and our picks from radio & TV.
Poetry and music exploring feelings and ideas about the nature of 'warmth'.
Lenny Henry reads advice for West Indian migrants from a 1959 BBC pamphlet.
An evocative description of tea and cake from Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.
An extract of Agathon’s speech, from Plato's symposium.
