The best radio shows of Christmas 2019
There’s a chill and melancholy running through the best of the seasonal radio. Horatio Clare’s exceptional three-part piece of “slow radio”,…
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The best podcasts of 2019
The Daily, New York Times Everything from impeachment to a romantic investigation of a royal family living in the jungle. Brexitcast/Electioncast/Reflectioncast, BBC…
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Lord Sumption’s Reith Lectures had me struggling to stay awake
Midway through the 2019 Reith Lectures. Must stay focused. This year’s speaker is the former Supreme Court justice, QC Lord…
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BBC Radio Four’s old fashioned, unsparing series of essays on the 1970s
A series of essays on the 1970s sounded best when talking about Richard Nixon’s demise (5 April, 1:45pm). I never…
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BBC Radio 4 heads behind the curtain during the early days of the National Theatre
I once tried to buy Vivien Leigh’s wig at an auction. A bleached, bedraggled do that she’d worn as Blanche…
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The irresistible story of Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen
As a radio doc on the BBC World Service reveals, Nansen was both an explorer and activist who won the…
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Who Will Call Me Beloved? captures the atmosphere of a cemetery
What does a writer-in-residence at a cemetery actually do? Precisely as you’d imagine: wanders the graves noting evocative things chiselled…
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The Missing Cryptoqueen is a truly gripping podcast
The tension is hideous. I am a blinking cursor, anticipating instructions.
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