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Shostakovich's Symphony No 7
Stephen Johnson explores the symbolism of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony.
Angelology
The Rev Lucy Winkett explores traditional images of angels.
What Childhood of Christ?
Helen Bond analyses the Scriptures and the Apocrypha to discover Christ's missing years.
The Art of Fireworks
Alexandra Harris discusses the history of fireworks at the 2011 Free Thinking Festival.
From Buddenbrooks
Adrian Scarborough reads from Thomas Mann's classic novel set in the mid-1800s.
A Russian Bloomsbury
Lesley Chamberlain on the 'aesthetic Bolsheviks', a 1920s Russian artistic community.
The Modern Soul
In Katherine Mansfield's story, guests at a German pension perform in a private concert.
Stravinsky and the King's Horse
Philip Bullock considers sacrificial links between the Rite of Spring and Emily Davison.
A Warning To The Curious by M.R. James
Alex Jennings reads M.R. James' ghost story set on the windswept coast of East Anglia.
A History of the Interval
Paul Allen on the history of the interval, from Ancient Greece to today's concert halls.
