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The Tiger Who Came to Tea—The Little Secrets of Great Works
Sam Leith on his fascination with a background figure in Judith Kerr's classic book.
Sibelius's Fifth Symphony—The Little Secrets of Great Works
Financial Times journalist Stephen Bush on the third movement of Sibelius's Symphony No 5.
You've Got Mail—The Little Secrets of Great Works
Children's novelist Elle McNicoll discusses one line from Nora Ephron's romantic comedy.
Monument—EarthWorks
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores a Neolithic henge in the Peak District.
Field—EarthWorks
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby teases out a North Yorkshire field’s place in changing times.
Quarry—EarthWorks
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby descends underground to visit Devon’s Beer Quarry Caves.
Grave—EarthWorks
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores how archaeology invites us to be with death.
Town—EarthWorks
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby unearths a Roman town in Yorkshire and considers communities.
Joan Williams—Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s
Novelist Joan Williams, after a promising start, just disappeared. Why?
Philip Roth—Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s
How Philip Roth's writing alienated him from the Jewish community in America.
