Blog posts by year and monthFebruary 2013
Posts (26)
Saturday Review: Joe Wright's stage debut - 'Trelawny of the Wells'
Tom Sutcliffe discusses this week's Saturday Review, which includes a review of Trelawny of the Wells, Bluestone 42, Arbitrage, J.M. Coetzee's new novel The Childhood of Jesus, and the exhibition at the National Gallery of
Bookclub: Pure by Andrew Miller
Jim Naughtie talks to the author Andrew Miller about his book Pure - winner of the 2011 Costa Prize.
Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section: Made in a Hovel
Comedian Alex Horne reveals the creative process behind the second series of Alex Horne Presents the Horne Section.
Lyrical Journeys: 'A13, Trunk Road to the Sea'
Proud Essex boy Billy Bragg uses his poetic licence to fashion an homage to the tarmacked beauty of the A13. A road which heads east from Whitechapel in the heart of the East End alongside the Thames for forty miles until it hits the wide sands of Shoeburyness.
Feedback: BBC Editorial Policy and Standards
Roger Bolton on this week's Feedback, including an interview with David Jordan, the BBC's Director of Editorial Policy and Standards.
Pather Panchali - Song of The Road
Tanika Gupta describes how she adapted Bibhuti Bhushan Banerji's novel Pather Panchali - Song of The Road for radio drama.
In Our Time: Decline and Fall
Melvyn Bragg on this week's In Our Time on Evelyn Waugh's comic novel 'Decline and Fall'.
What does a giant sound like? Making the new series of Pilgrim
Marc Beeby, the producer of fantasy series Pilgrim, explains how to create a radio giant using a bass drum, a chain, and some audio reverb.
'Flourishing, gorgeous, colourful and endlessly entertaining': Radio Drama at 90
Celebrating 90 years of radio drama at the BBC.
'Taught, yelled at, encouraged and licked into shape': A childhood at the BBC
On the 90th birthday of Radio Drama, Sian Phillips remembers the first time she acted for the BBC Welsh Home Service department as a child.
