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45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Fiona Sampson, Daisy Hay, Christopher Frayling and David H. Guston join Matthew Sweet to discuss Mary Shelley's story in film, fiction and the view of AI scientists now. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Neil Bartlett discusses Victorian cross-dressing performer Ernest Boulton with Matthew Sweet, and Thomas Thwaites explains why he decided to try to live as a goat. Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Andrew Marr discusses the Suffragettes and political protest with historian Jane Robinson, political theorist Christopher Finlay, artist Peter Kennard and poet Fiona Sampson. Show more
Mary Shelley is born into a world of romantic poetry and scientific experiment and is soon exposed to some of the most interesting minds of her generation. Show more
With Percy Bysshe Shelley dead, Mary seems bereft but, after the publication of Frankenstein, her literary renown keeps growing and she comes into her own. Show more
The 16-year-old Mary elopes with Percy Bysshe Shelley - a constantly challenging relationship lived on the move across Britain and Europe. Show more
Mary continues to live abroad with the poet Shelley, but their passion seems to be fading and constant pregnancies are taking their toll - with Shelley unsympathetic. Show more
Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley travel to Europe and strike up a bond with Lord Byron. In regular gatherings, they challenge each other to write ghost stories. Show more
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Kirsty Lang presents a review of Wild, the announcement of the TS Eliot poetry prize winner, Oppenheimer at the Royal Shakespeare Company and soprano Barbara Hannigan. Show more
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Viewing porn in public spaces - is it illegal? Our Craft Prize in partnership with the V&A and the Crafts Council. Plus, can poetry alleviate suffering? And 'simple' seared tuna. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
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Samira Ahmed is joined by poets Paul Farley, Fiona Sampson and Clive Wilmer to discuss the writing of Thom Gunn. Plus novelist Michael Cunningham and Turkish-Armenian relations. Show more
