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Aspects of the Divine—Words and Music
Readings from Shakespeare to Wordsworth and Larkin, and music from Beethoven to Bruckner.
Today19:45BBC Radio 3The Psalms—Poetry Extra
Daljit Nagra selects a programme from the BBC's poetry archives to mark Easter Sunday.
Tomorrow02:00BBC Radio 4 ExtraMark Radcliffe & Patricia Cumper—A Good Read
Mark Radcliffe and Patricia Cumper join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite reads.
Tuesday10:00BBC Radio 4 ExtraRagnar Jonasson - The Darkness—World Book Club
Octavia Bright talks to Ragnar Jonasson about his thriller - The Darkness.
Wednesday10:06BBC World ServiceGraham Greene—The Write Stuff, Series 4
Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Jonathan Myerson and Jane Thynne on the literary quiz.
Wednesday14:00BBC Radio 4 Extra![]()
Dorothy Koomson—Bookclub
Dorothy Koomson talks to a Bookclub audience about her 2010 novel The Ice Cream Girls.
Next Sunday00:15BBC Radio 4
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Dorothy Koomson—Bookclub
Dorothy Koomson talks to a Bookclub audience about her 2010 novel The Ice Cream Girls.
BBC Radio 4The Psalms—Poetry Extra
Daljit Nagra selects a programme from the BBC's poetry archives to mark Easter Sunday.
BBC Radio 4 ExtraRagnar Jonasson - The Darkness—World Book Club
Octavia Bright talks to Ragnar Jonasson about his thriller - The Darkness.
BBC World ServicePatrick Grant and Mary-Ann Ochota—A Good Read
More favourite books with Harriett Gilbert and guests.
BBC Radio 4Things Fall Apart—Poetry Extra
Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive - featuring WB Yeats.
BBC Radio 4 ExtraHumility—Free Thinking
From Spinoza's thinking to the "humble brag" - Matthew Sweet and guests explore humility.
BBC Radio 4Maryam Moshiri and Doug Naylor—A Good Read
The newsreader and the Red Dwarf creator discuss their chosen books with Harriett Gilbert.
BBC Radio 4An English countryside calendar—Words and Music
Martin Clunes and Louiza Patikas with words and music evoking Constable's landscapes.
BBC Radio 3Poetry Please: Pot Luck—Poetry Extra
A 4 Extra listener requests a favourite programme from the BBC's poetry archive.
BBC Radio 4 ExtraOral tradition and oracy—Free Thinking
Anne McElvoy and guests look at speaking fluently in politics, the classroom & communities
BBC Radio 4Victoria Pile and Julian Baggini—A Good Read
Comedy writer Victoria Pile and philosopher Julian Baggini join Harriett Gilbert.
BBC Radio 4Looking—Words and Music
Music and Ben Miles and Ellie Piercy with readings about mirrors, looks and contemplation.
BBC Radio 3
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