After a decade and more of rising prosperity the middle classes have grown. So are we all middle class now? Novelist Tim Lott searches for some answers. Show more
Woman's Hour
Grayson Perry on the descent of man
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Grayson Perry discusses his book The Descent of Man, asking what would happen if we rethought conventional ideas of manhood. What might be in it for men? Show more
Start the Week
Alan Watts and the Way of Translation
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Cultural discussion programme. Andrew Marr goes on a voyage of self-discovery with Tim Lott, Mark Vernon, Maureen Freely and Marc Rees. Show more
Faulks on Fiction
Episode 3: The Snob
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD
Series on the brilliance of the British novel. Sebastian Faulks looks at how novelists from Jane Austen to Monica Ali have used snobs as their secret weapon. Show more