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Swimming Stories

Kamila Shamsie

Kamila Shamsie describes a time with friends in Byron Bay, Australia.

• 15 mins

Swimming Stories

Philip Hoare

Philip Hoare describes how he used to avoid the water before overcoming his reticence.

• 15 mins

Meeting the Giants of Jazz

Doc Cheatham

Martin Gayford recalls touring with octogenarian trumpeter Doc Cheatham.

• 15 mins

Meeting the Giants of Jazz

Marian McPartland

Martin Gayford recalls his meetings with British-American pianist Marian McPartland.

• 15 mins

Meeting the Giants of Jazz

Ruby Braff

Martin Gayford remembers revealing telephone conversations with cornettist Ruby Braff.

• 15 mins

Meeting the Giants of Jazz

Sonny Rollins

Martin Gayford recalls the lessons that he learnt from meeting saxophonist Sonny Rollins.

• 15 mins

Meeting the Giants of Jazz

Jimmy Rowles

Martin Gayford describes his encounters with pianist Jimmy Rowles.

• 15 mins

On Earth, as It Is in Heaven

Art in Heaven

Author Ali Smith discusses the first lines of the Lord's Prayer.

• 15 mins

On Earth, as It Is in Heaven

Thy Kingdom Come...

Muslim academic Mona Siddiqui explores the second section of the Lord's Prayer.

• 15 mins

On Earth, as It Is in Heaven

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

Rabbi Julia Neuberger considers the middle section of the Lord's Prayer.

• 15 mins

On Earth, as It Is in Heaven

Forgive Us Our Trespasses

Michigan-based poet and undertaker Thomas Lynch considers a line from the Lord's Prayer.

• 15 mins

On Earth, as It Is in Heaven

Lead Us Not into Temptation

Poet and author Andrew Motion considers the penultimate lines of the Lord's Prayer.

• 15 mins

British Film Comedians

Will Hay

Simon Heffer on the career of actor Will Hay, best known for his anti-authoritarian roles.

• 15 mins

British Film Comedians

Alastair Sim

Columnist and historian Simon Heffer discusses the life and work of actor Alastair Sim.

• 15 mins

British Film Comedians

Terry-Thomas

Columnist and historian Simon Heffer discusses the life and work of actor Terry-Thomas.

• 15 mins

British Film Comedians

Tony Hancock

Columnist and historian Simon Heffer on the life and work of comic actor Tony Hancock.

• 15 mins

British Film Comedians

Sid James

Columnist and historian Simon Heffer explores the life and work of comic actor Sid James.

• 15 mins

Being Orson

Boy Wonder

Simon Callow tracks Orson Welles's transformation from schoolboy to prodigy.

• 15 mins

Being Orson

He that Plays the King

Exploring Orson Welles's Shaksepeare film trilogy: Macbeth, Othello and Chimes at Midnight

• 15 mins

Being Orson

Why Citizen Kane Matters

Film critic Peter Bradshaw gives his personal take on Orson Welles's film Citizen Kane.

• 15 mins

Being Orson

F for Fake

Sarah Churchwell discusses film-maker Orson Welles's capacity for self-mythologising.

• 15 mins

Being Orson

Some Kind of Genius

Film critic David Thomson explores Orson Welles's complicated relationship with failure.

• 15 mins

Young Artists Day: Sunita

A new short story by young Nigerian writer Chibundu Onuzo for Radio 3's Young Artists Day.

• 15 mins

Postman's Knock

David Hepworth on the changing rituals of courtship, from dance cards to 'hook-up' culture

• 15 mins

Forgiveness

Madeleine Bunting

Journalist Madeleine Bunting explains why she believes forgiveness is a choice.

• 15 mins

Forgiveness

David Starkey

Dr David Starkey delves into the past as well as the present for examples of forgiveness.

• 15 mins

Forgiveness

Michael Symmons Roberts

Michael Symmons Roberts on why he believes forgiveness has to be accompanied by justice.

• 15 mins

In the Shadow of Kafka

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood revisits an essay she wrote on Franz Kafka when she was 19 years old.

• 15 mins

In the Shadow of Kafka

His Father's Excrement - Franz Kafka and the Power of the Insect

Hanif Kureishi on Franz Kafka's personal and artistic fascination with the body and food.

• 15 mins

In the Shadow of Kafka

Waving or Drowning: Kafka and Meaning

Karen Leeder explores Franz Kafka's very modern use of messengers and messages.

• 15 mins