BBC Radio 4 - Arts & Ideas

Proms Plus: Folklore of Britain and Ireland

Poets Gillian Clarke and Peter Mackay discuss the folktales of the islands of the UK

Novelists John Lanchester & Diana Evans discuss depicting London in their fiction.

Abbie Garrington, Dan Richards discuss how mountains & wild landscapes inspire creativity

Inspired by Beethoven's musical jokes, Meg Rosoff selects an array of comic fiction

Writer Melissa Harrison, archaeologist Francis Pryor on British countryside & rural life.

Tim Birkhead and Helen Macdonald on humanity's long relationship with birds

Lauren Elkin & Seán Williams discuss why walking is an inspiration for writers.

Sarah Dillon and novelist Richard Beard on narrative voices in literature.

Prof. Tim Whitmarsh & dance critic Judith Mackrell discuss Longus's Daphnis & Chloe.

Booker Prize winner, Alan Hollinghurst, discusses his new book, The Sparsholt Affair.