Blog posts by year and monthJune 2012
Posts (22)
Book At Beachtime: Readings for the Summer
Editor's note: The producers of Book at Beachtime write about a special season of readings for the summer on BBC Radio 4 Extra. The programmes can be heard from Monday 2 July at 2.30pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra.. Replay Marina Lewycka's live question and answer chat where she answered questions about...
Feedback: Honest Doubt
"I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken". Those words were spoken by the Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell in 1650. He was addressing the general assembly of the Church of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh. Over 350 years later a former Bishop of Edinbur...
In Our Time: Al-Kindi
Editor's note: In Thursday's programme Melvyn Bragg and his guests discussed the Arab philosopher Al-Kindi. As always the programme is available to listen to online or to download and keep - PMcD Hello The range of al-Kindi was almost limitless, it seems. After the programme I w...
Niall Ferguson: Reith Lecture pt.2 - The Dawinian Economy
Editor's note: In the Reith Lecture this week, Niall Ferguson talked about The Darwinian Economy. The programme is available to listen to online or to download and keep - PMcD There will always be greedy people around banks," says Niall Ferguson "after all they are where the money is -...
Radio 4 Comedy Round-Up - 23/06/12
"Star Trekkin' is a song that no-one has ever covered on The X Factor... why is that?" - Charlie Brooker, So Wrong It's Right There has been some great comedy on Radio 4 this week - including the last in the current series of So Wrong It's Right with Charlie Brooker, Richard Osman, R...
Feedback - Hackney Weekend
King Henry 8th had a palace there, and principal members of his court, such as Sir Ralph Sadleir, had their houses in the surrounding area. In 1727 the author of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, said that "This town is so remarkable for the retreat of wealthy citizens, that there is at this tim...
In Our Time: Annie Besant
Editor's note: In Thursday's programme Melvyn Bragg and his guests discussed the life of the campaigner and writer Annie Besant. As always the programme is available to listen to online or to download and keep - PMcD Hello Well, after that gallop through the life of Annie Besant t...
Niall Ferguson: Reith Lecture pt.1 - The Human Hive
"Society is a contract… the state is a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are yet to be born." This quote from the 18th Century political theorist and philosopher Edmund Burke summarises much of the argument pu...
Selecting The New Elizabethans
Editor's Note: Tony Hall is the Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House. He chaired the panel which chose 60 public figures who define Queen Elizabeth II's reign for the landmark Radio 4 series The New Elizabethans. Here he writes about selecting these New Elizabethans - CM. It was...
Ulysses on Saturday Live
Sandymount Strand, the stretch of water near Dublin where several scenes from Ulysses take place On Saturday 16th June, Radio 4 is broadcasting a seven part dramatisation of James Joyce's Ulysses. To mark the occasion, Saturday Live will be in Dublin. Here, Dixi Stewart, Executive Editor o...
