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John Toal on Maurice Ravel—Secret Admirers (Series 2)
Radio 3 presenter John Toal celebrates French composer Maurice Ravel.
Clemency Burton-Hill on George Enescu—Secret Admirers (Series 2)
Clemency Burton-Hill celebrates Romanian composer George Enescu
Ian McMillan on Ralph Vaughan Williams—Secret Admirers (Series 2)
Radio 3 presenter and poet Ian McMillan celebrates the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Fiona Talkington on Joseph Canteloube—Secret Admirers (Series 2)
Radio 3 presenter Fiona Talkington celebrates French composer Joseph Canteloube.
Ray Bradbury's The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit—Listener, They Wore It
5/5 Journalist John Walsh recalls a pristine white suit in a short story by Ray Bradbury.
F Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night—Listener, They Wore It
4/5 Justine Picardie, editor of Harper's Bazaar, celebrates Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night.
Federico Fellini's 8 1/2—Listener, They Wore It
3/5 Stephen Bayley celebrates some timeless eyewear, carried off brilliantly in a famous film.
Francoise Sagan's Bonjour Tristesse—Listener, They Wore It
2/5 Rachel Cooke on a famous pair of 'peddle pushers' in the novel Bonjour Tristesse.
James Whistler's Symphony in White, No 1—Listener, They Wore It
1/5 Art historian James Fox describes an intriguing 1860s painting of a girl in a white dress.
Tom Service - Where Have All the Seismic Moments Gone?—Five Seismic Moments in New Music
5/5 Tom Service reflects on the lack of any seismic shocks in 21st-century music.
