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30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Record producer Jimmy Iovine, author Donal Ryan, the Glyndebourne Opera Cup competition and spring equinox poetry from Caleb Femi and Jackie Kay. Show more
Well-known personalities celebrate the warmth and wit of the Scots language. Jackie Kay reads her heart-felt poem Old Tongue. Show more
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Jackie Kay focuses on ginger, as she playfully weaves in connections between Scotland and the Caribbean, in a story set in Saint Kitts. Show more
Docudrama. Poet Jackie Kay tells the story of Arthur Roberts - one of thousands of black soldiers who fought in WWI. His diary provides a unique account of life in the trenches. Show more
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Michael Donkor tells Mariella Frostrup about his debut novel, Hold. And as Audre Lorde's autobiography is reissued, Jackie Kay reflects on the writer's enduring appeal. Show more
Ten well-known personalities share their favourite Scots word and celebrate the warmth, wit and grit of the Scots language. Written by Sanjeev Kohli. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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A war film with a pacifist hero, a musical about a boy who wants to be a drag queen, an exhibition about the fascination with Napoleon, an online hit novel and a bit of Burns. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Nigel Havers and director Lucy Bailey discuss their new production of The Importance of Being Earnest; Caine Prize winner Okwiri Oduor; Malevich at Tate Modern; Michael Rosen. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Ex Gossip frontwoman Beth Ditto on her debut solo album, poet Jackie Kay reads from her first collection as Scots makar, and there is a discussion on domestic noir crime fiction. Show more
Damian Barr looks at the stories we tell about ourselves, as guests Miriam Margolyes, Jackie Kay and Pete Paphides discuss their memoirs. Show more
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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The best bits of the Woman's Hour Takeover Week including guest editors Angelina Jolie Pitt, Mary Berry, Eniola Aluko, Jackie Kay and Professor Sunetra Gupta. Show more
41 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Jackie Kay, the newly appointed makar, guest edits the programme. She looks at writing poems to order, and at poems based on the experiences of refugees in the UK. Show more
Scots Makar Jackie Kay looks at the lives of some of the extraordinary, and often overlooked, poets that Scotland has produced and how they have told, and continue to tell, our nation's story. Show more
A programme celebrating the centenary of Norman MacCaig's birth. Anecdotes, tributes and readings from friends and fellow poets - including Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Writer Jackie Kay has just been announced as the next Scots Makar, how food, lifestyle and fashion have shaped women's bodies, The Quest for Mary Magdalene and Penrose Halson. Show more
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Poet Jackie Kay performs a new work with jazz pianist Adam Fairhall. Plus, the motivations and experiences of female drug mules and Matron-in-Chief during WWI, Dame Maud McCarthy. Show more
Nick Nairn and Dougie Vipond go veggie, cooking red onion tarte tatin with tomato and goats cheese salad. With special guest, poet and novelist Jackie Kay. Show more
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Jackie Kay, Fred D'Aguiar, Major Jackson and Kwame Dawes join Shahidha Bari as part of the Freedom City festival marking Martin Luther King's visit to Newcastle University in 1967. Show more
37 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Kirsty Young interviews Jackie Kay, writer and Scotland's Makar, the Scottish poet laureate. Show more
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Oscar-winning costume designer Jenny Beavan talks about her career. Plus, Jackie Kay, Scotland's national poet, and actor Denise Gough. Show more
