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This has proved much harder then we thought and thank you all for all your comments and suggestions. In the end we had well over 50 title suggestions, from listeners, Radio 4 bloggers, colleagues, presenters and random people we've simply accosted who didn't look like they had anything better to...
Woman's Hour - Guest Presenters in August 2013
Alice Feinstein, Editor of Radio 4's Woman's Hour, discusses the three guest presenters - Victoria Derbyshire, Kirstie Allsopp and Kate Mosse – that will stand in for Jane Garvey over August 2013 while Jane is occupied with Radio 4's new Summer Nights series.
Niall Ferguson: Reith Lecture pt.4 - Civil and Uncivil Societies
Editor's note: In the Reith Lecture this week, Niall Ferguson talked about Civil and Uncivil Societies . The programme is available to listen to online or to download and keep - PMcD ""Over the past 50 years governments have encroached too far on the realm of civil society," says Nial...
Open Air – a collaboration with Artangel
Five leading artists – Christian Marclay, Ruth Ewan, Mark Wallinger, Susan Hiller and Peter Strickland – use three minutes of Radio 4 airtime to create some art.
...and the ironing board
I've just come out of the studio where I've been recording three scenes in the first episode of the day which starts at 0915 with my daughter Pip and husband David. I always like scenes with Pip, played by Helen, as although I haven't got a daughter of my own I do have two nieces who live up in ...
Christmas Puddings for the Christmas Appeal
We are fortunate enough to have somewhere to live, which is one of the reasons why we support the St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal by making and selling Christmas puddings.
Feminine Mystiques: What To Expect - 'the power of the gaze'
Radio 4's Feminine Mystiques series continues with author Aminatta Forna's short story, What To Expect. Here, Aminatta tells us more about the influence of feminist writers Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem on her thinking, in particular'the power of the gaze'.
Adapting The Exorcist - Robert Forrest
Playwritght and award-winning dramatist Robert Forrest on adapting The Exorcist for Radio 4.
Inside the Bermuda Triangle: the Mysteries Solved
The idea behind the series was to find primary sources and to uncover original documents which might give some clues as to why the Bermuda Triangle myth caught on in the first place, and why it has endured for so long - and of course to get a sense of whether there is any truth in it. So it took...
Americana
America is so vast that almost everything you say about it is likely to be true and the opposite is probably equally true. That's how the late Irish-American novelist James T. Farrell summed up the intriguing complexity of the United States. I have found this to be a very useful quote. It cover...
The BBC's International Radio Streams During the Olympics
UPDATE (29 July): After discussion, the IOC and the BBC have agreed that there is no need to block our international streams of Radio 4 programmes with a wide news agenda. Radio 5 Live (apart from the news programme Up All Night) and 5 Live Olympics Extra will remain available only in the UK. ...
From Fact to Fiction - all systems go
Following our initial meeting on Monday, writer Gurpreet Bhatti delivered a first draft this morning. It's amazing what the From Fact to Fiction writers do in the time we give them. Gurpreet's already found her characters and the shape of the play. She's stayed with her original choice of news ...
Noise: A Human History – Week 6 – A world full of noise
Dr Janet Topp Fargion, lead curator of world and traditional music at the British Library, previews the final week of Noise: A Human History.
