In Our Time is more cautious without Melvyn Bragg
Misha Glenny keeps himself out of the action
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Will we ever understand Vladimir Putin?
The History Bureau, the new BBC Sounds series, seeks to unravel the past 25 years of modern Russian history
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Why the Shipping Forecast endures
The treasured broadcast seems like a relic from the past, but fractious geopolitics may save it from irrelevance
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Who are you in Winnie-the-Pooh?
A cast of children’s authors answer this fundamental question on the enduring character’s centenary
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Let’s hear it for The Rest is History
Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland are defining our national story
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BBC Radio 4’s Small Boat reveals our lack of empathy
Inspired by real transcripts, the programme focuses on the French navy radio operator who failed to send help to drowning…
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The House at Number 48 is a gripping tale of real-life history
A suitcase found after the death of Anthony Easton’s father leads us down a path worthy of a bestselling Second…
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Reject X, embrace trains
Step aside “touching grass”: mindfulness has met the industrial revolution
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