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Staging Arthur Miller

Margot Leicester

Actress Margot Leicester on her experiences working in the rehearsal room with Miller.

• 15 mins

Staging Arthur Miller

Ron Hutchinson

Screenwriter Ron Hutchinson on working with Arthur Miller's drafts and handwritten notes.

• 15 mins

Staging Arthur Miller

David Thacker

David Thacker discusses his close friendship and working relationship with Arthur Miller.

• 15 mins

Staging Arthur Miller

Tony Kushner

Playwright Tony Kushner reflects on the importance of Arthur Miller in US theatre.

• 15 mins

The Further Realm

The Further Realm: Episode 1

Andrew contemplates whether he actually believes in ghosts.

• 15 mins

The Further Realm

The Further Realm: Episode 2

Andrew reflects on sightings, with even Google Street View having recorded a ghost.

• 15 mins

The Further Realm

The Further Realm: Episode 3

Andrew considers the contrast between 'solid' Medieval ghosts ephemeral modern sightings.

• 15 mins

The Further Realm

The Further Realm: Episode 4

Andrew celebrates the tome Phantasms of the Living.

• 15 mins

The Further Realm

The Further Realm: Episode 5

Andrew tells tales of the undead from resonant times of the year.

• 15 mins

About Average

On the Average

Novelist and critic Ian Sansom focuses on why 'average' has become a byword for mediocrity

• 15 mins

About Average

Small, Medium and Large

Ian Sansom discusses the scientific measurement of the average man and woman's dimensions.

• 15 mins

About Average

Working 9 to 5

The changing concept of the average working week in an age of zero hours contracts.

• 15 mins

About Average

Mr Average

Novelist and critic Ian Sansom goes in search of the 'average' man or woman.

• 15 mins

About Average

Middletown

Ian Sansom on the most 'average' place in the UK and what is 'Middle England'.

• 14 mins

Signs and Mythologies - The Significance of Roland Barthes

Andrew Hussey

Cultural historian Andrew Hussey examines Roland Barthes's impact in Europe in the 1960s.

• 15 mins

Signs and Mythologies - The Significance of Roland Barthes

Nick James

Writer Nick James assesses the impact Roland Barthes still has on the way we look at film.

• 15 mins

Signs and Mythologies - The Significance of Roland Barthes

Penny Sparke

Design historian Penny Sparke charts the influence Barthes has had on her career.

• 15 mins

Signs and Mythologies - The Significance of Roland Barthes

Andrew Gallix

Magazine editor Andrew Gallix reflects on what Barthes meant by 'the death of the author'.

• 15 mins

Signs and Mythologies - The Significance of Roland Barthes

Michael Wood

Michael Wood tries to define Roland Barthes, who redefined himself throughout his career.

• 15 mins

Between the Essays

Listen

Radio producers from around the world offer a series of Between the Ears in miniature.

• 14 mins

Between the Essays

With Faint Dry Sound

Radio producers from around the world offer a series of Between the Ears in miniature.

• 14 mins

Between the Essays

Between the Essays: Like Steps of Passing Ghosts

Kaitlin Prest explores how we can remain haunted by past loves.

• 15 mins

Between the Essays

And Fall

Radio producers from around the world offer a series of Between the Ears in miniature.

• 14 mins

Cornerstones

Northern Lights - Cornerstones: Scandinavia's Samiland

Poet John Burnside explores his fascination with the Sami landscapes of northern Norway.

• 15 mins

Cornerstones

Cornerstones - The Canadian Arctic

Travel writer Sara Wheeler recalls her time visiting Canada's Arctic region.

• 15 mins

Cornerstones

Cornerstones: Greenland Caves

Gina Moseley describes leading a team of cavers into an unknown cavern system in Greenland

• 15 mins

Cornerstones

Cornerstones: Siberia

Daniel Kalder conjures the vast landscapes east of the Urals, where taiga becomes tundra.

• 15 mins

Cornerstones

Northern Lights - Cornerstones: Alaska

Jason Mark visits northern Alaska and reflects on the impact of our lust for hydrocarbons.

• 15 mins

Art in a Cold Climate

Art in a Cold Climate: Elizabeth Hay on Painting Place III by David Milne

Novelist Elizabeth Hay on David Milne's Painting Place III and Canada.

• 15 mins

Art in a Cold Climate

Art in a Cold Climate: Hallgrimur Helgason on Fish Processing in Eyjafjord by Kristin Jonsdottir

Hallgrimur Helgason on Kristin Jonsdottir's Fish Processing in Eyjafjord and Iceland.

• 15 mins