Books and Stories

When politics and magic collide in a small French town, they are plunged into scandal.

A love story based on the lives of the author's great-grandparents, who married in 1878.

Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma.

A writer's journey through the experience of otherness.

Sir Sajid Javid describes growing up as part of an immigrant family in 1970s Britain.

The story of how John Constable's relationship with the seasons shaped his life and art.

Julie Hesmondhalgh narrates a new ghost story, set on the shifting sands of Morecambe Bay.

A specially commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.

A fascinating scientific guide to why looking on the bright side really is good for you.

A selection of the great author’s most chilling short works, read by Sir David Suchet.

A whodunnit and a portrait of a very ordinary life which suddenly becomes extraordinary.

On retirement from her Hebridean school, Miss Macdonald plans the adventure of a lifetime.

The story of a young woman finding her own voice, and her own place in the world.

Dr Lucy Maddox shares ideas from the therapy room to help you live better.

Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad.

Maya thinks they've got a ghost. Vidya is the only extra-natural mediator she can find.

James Joyce's autobiographical modernist masterpiece. Read by Andrew Scott.

Soon to be divorced Maggie is completely fine. Really Good, Actually.

Marian has to write up a bizarre workplace accident - original fiction by Joe Dunthorne.

Grace is on a mission: to kill off her relatives. Bella Mackie’s darkly comic novel.

John Buchan’s thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.

Listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville.

An honest, unflinching account of life for South Asian women and girls in the UK today.

Hallie Rubenhold challenges the ideas of what history is and the stories it can tell.