385 Episodes

  1. Miles Jupp on JL Carr, author of A Month in the Country

    Published: 22/09/2025
  2. Helen Castor on Richard II

    Published: 15/09/2025
  3. DJ Deb Grant on John Prine

    Published: 08/09/2025
  4. Sir Seretse Khama, first president of Botswana

    Published: 30/06/2025
  5. Emily Williamson, co-founder of the RSPB

    Published: 23/06/2025
  6. Tina Turner

    Published: 16/06/2025
  7. Raymond Blanc on Professor Nicholas Kurti

    Published: 09/06/2025
  8. Dervla Murphy, author of the classic Full Tilt

    Published: 02/06/2025
  9. Ned Ludd mythical leader of the Luddites

    Published: 26/05/2025
  10. Richey Edwards of The Manic Street Preachers

    Published: 19/05/2025
  11. Benny Hill

    Published: 12/05/2025
  12. Maggi Hambling picks muse and lover Henrietta Moraes

    Published: 05/05/2025
  13. Harriet Harman on Maria Callas

    Published: 29/04/2025
  14. Kate Raworth on Donella Meadows

    Published: 09/04/2025
  15. Mark Billingham chooses George Harrison

    Published: 03/03/2025
  16. Jake Arnott on John Gay

    Published: 03/03/2025
  17. Ellen E Jones nominates Florynce Kennedy

    Published: 24/02/2025
  18. A N Wilson selects Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    Published: 17/02/2025
  19. Jessica Fostekew on Boudica

    Published: 10/02/2025
  20. Reginald D Hunter selects Eugene V Debs

    Published: 03/02/2025

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