Emma Harding

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Rob Rinder and Juno Dawson The barrister and the writer discuss books they feel passionate about.

Fiction from Japan, a #memoir of adolescence & essays on New York life in today’s A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 The barrister & writer @robrinder.bsky.social & author @junodawson.bsky.social talk #books with @harriettsg.bsky.social Producer Sally Heaven #fiction www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

By the first of August
the invisible beetles began
to snore and the grass was
as tough as hemp and was
no color — no more than
the sand was a color and
we had worn our bare feet
bare since the twentieth
of June

- Anne Sexton #poetry

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Zadie Smith and Colm Tóibín Two authors join Harriett Gilbert to share favourite books.

Zadie Smith & Colm Tóibín join @harriettsg.bsky.social for today’s A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 A devoted father in Colombia, a modern-day picaresque through London, and a languid summer romance. Produced by Eliza Lomas #books #fiction #memoir www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Letters to a Young Poet and Tell Me the Truth About Love Daljit Nagra selects more highlights from the BBC's poetry archive.

In honour of poet Michael Longley, who died earlier this year - another chance to hear his Letter to a Young Poet (inspired by #Rilke) followed by Carol Ann Duffy on the world's oldest love poem @BBCRadio4Extra @BBCSounds 12pm and again at 6pm #poetry #lovepoems www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Unicorn Comedy drama by Alan Harris, starring Darren Evans.

How does a boy from the #Rhondda end up the hostage of gangsters in the south of France? Unicorn - new comedy drama by Alan Harris, starring the brilliant Darren Evans Directed by John Norton 2.15pm Sound by Nigel Lewis @BBCRadio4 #welshdrama #Wales #drama www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Photograph of Tchaikovsky as a student in 1863

The travelling #Tchaikovsky - that’s the theme of our Composer of the Week each day 4pm @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds Today Donald Macleod follows his grand tour of Europe. Producer Iain Chambers #classicalmusic
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BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Joanna Hardy-Susskind and Horatio Clare Writer Horatio Clare joins barrister Joanna Hardy-Susskind to discuss favourite books.

Need some summer #reading inspiration? Join writer @horatioclare.bsky.social criminal defence barrister @joannahs.bsky.social & presenter @harriettsg.bsky.social to hear about the #books that have inspired them. A Good Read 3pm Mon 21 July @BBCRadio4 or @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Hardy's Women, Jude the Obscure, Episode 1 Sue Bridehead relates the story of stonemason Jude and his dreams of being a scholar.

Rainy Sunday? Time for Thomas #Hardy (that just auto-corrected to Thomas Hardcore, which is about right for Jude the Obscure). Dramatised by Graham
White and starring the wonderful Robert Emms & Kirsty Oswald. Whole series available @BBCSounds #fiction #literature www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Portrait of Richard Hughes by Augustus John

Pleased to encounter this #AugustusJohn portrait of Richard Hughes @TenbyMuseum - author of A High Wind in Jamaica. He’s also often credited as writer of the BBC’s first radio drama - Danger (1924), though Phyllis Twigg’s The Truth about Father Christmas predates that (Dec 1922) #art #radiohistory

BBC Radio 4 - Politically, Postwar, 1. The Rejection Why did Winston Churchill find himself so decisively rejected by the electorate?

Postwar - Have been completely riveted by this @BBCRadio4 series from David Runciman and producer Martin Williams. Not only fascinating history, but a light on current times. Whole series available @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Three Transformations of Virginia Woolf, 3. Gender Fiona Shaw discovers how Virginia Woolf defied gender norms.

‘A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.’

Three Transformations of Virginia Woolf 9am Tues 15 July @BBCRadio4 - Fiona Shaw discovers how #Woolf defied gender norms. Find whole series @BBCSounds Producer Ellie Richold #fiction www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Desiree Akhavan and Rosie Wilby The film-maker and the comedian propose favourite books.

Female desire, the challenges of monogamy and whether life is over at 45. A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 @harriettsg.bsky.social is joined by filmmaker Desiree Akhavan & writer comedian @rosiewilby.bsky.social on the programme that is polyamorous for books #fiction #books www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Hardy's Women, The Woodlanders Marty South tells no one of her love in Thomas Hardy's tale of ambition, money and passion

Apples, yearning & bad decisions. Thomas #Hardy’s The Woodlanders, dramatised by Ayeesha Menon with Katy Sobey, Oliver Hembrough, Holli Dempsey, Sacha Dhawan & @janeslavin.bsky.social @BBCSounds or 8.45am @BBCRadio4Extra #fiction #Wessex www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, Pippa Haywood The actor chooses some of her favourite poems from listener requests.

Actor and poetry-lover Pippa Haywood (Green Wing, Bodyguard) is today’s guest at Poetry Please towers. She joins Roger McGough with her selection of listener favourites 4pm Tues 8 July including Naomi Shihab Nye & Wendell Berry @BBCRadio4 #poetry

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BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, James Rebanks and Kiri Pritchard-McLean at the Hay Festival We're at the Hay Festival talking books we love.

A Good Read @hayfestival.bsky.social with guests James Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social & @kiripritchardmc.bsky.social who join @harriettsg.bsky.social for some lively disagreement about novels set in Finland, Australia - and Hell. 3pm Mon 7 July @BBCRadio4 #books www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Move over Gavin & Stacey… Our Composer of the Week is the original star of #Barry - Grace Williams, one of #Wales’s most celebrated composers. Donald Macleod explores her life & work, 4pm each weekday @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds Producer Alice McKee #classicalmusic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The Hiawatha Phenomenon - oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe charts the changing fortunes of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s choral hit, The Song of Hiawatha. Sunday Documentary @BBCRadio3 19.15 Sun 6 July or @BBCSounds Producers Chris Taylor and Amelia Parker #classicalmusic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Sir Edward Elgar by William Strang (1911)

Self-portrait as a chimera - bronze sculpture by Sarah Bernhardt (1880)

The Family of George V (1913) by John Lavery

Tiara-boom-de-ay… Lots of Royal bling on display in The #Edwardians exhibition at the King’s Gallery, but also a haunted sense of a world about to disappear. Was drawn to this Holbein-like chalk portrait of #Elgar by William Strang & Sarah Bernhardt’s self-portrait as a chimera #art

BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Three Transformations of Virginia Woolf, Inner Lives Fiona Shaw celebrates 100 years of Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway.

To mark 100 years of #MrsDalloway, Fiona Shaw explores Three Transformations of Virginia #Woolf 9am Tues @BBCRadio4 with Michael Cunningham, Mark Haddon @naomialderman.bsky.social Sally Potter & Alexandra Harris. Readings by Gwendoline Christie. Producer Ellie Richold www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Budgie and Juhea Kim The drummer and author choose books they love.

A Good Read - drummer Budgie & novelist Juhea Kim join @harriettsg.bsky.social to discuss favourite books by #Sartre #EvgenyVodolazkin & #JennyErpenbeck set in #France medieval #Russia & #Berlin 3pm Mon 30 June @BBCRadio4 Producer Maggie Ayre #fiction www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The Gymnopédiste - in Composer of the Week @BBCRadio3 each day at 4pm Donald Macleod explores the life of maverick composer Erik #Satie, inventor of “furniture music”, whose innovations delighted & divided France. Producer Alice McKee. Also @BBCSounds #classicalmusic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Gavin Bryars, On the outside, looking out Kate Molleson meets the much-loved composer, whose career defies categorisation.

Composer of the Week @BBCRadio3 - Kate Molleson meets Gavin Bryars, the much-loved composer & bassist whose career defies categorisation. Today, they discus his early and unorthodox steps into composing. 4pm each weekday. Producer Chris Taylor. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Xantoné Blacq and Harry Trevaldwyn Composer Xantoné Blacq and actor Harry Trevaldwyn discuss books with Harriett Gilbert.

A Good Read @BBCRadio4 - When God Was a Rabbit, The Alchemist & James - music producer & composer Xantoné Blacq joins actor & writer Harry Trevaldwyn to share the books they love with presenter @harriettsg.bsky.social Producer Becky Ripley 3pm Mon 23 June www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

16th century portrait of Palestrina, unknown artist

Roman Holiday... Donald Macleod invites you to Renaissance Rome, where our investigation into the origins of Giovanni da #Palestrina begins. One of history's most influential composers, born 500 years ago. Composer of the Week @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds 4pm #Palestrina500 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Josh Cohen and Nussaibah Younis Two writers join Harriett Gilbert to share favourite books.

A comic novel about sex, a harrowing drama of family secrets and a novelistic memoir: writers Josh Cohen and
@nussaibah.bsky.social discuss the books they love with
@harriettsg.bsky.social A Good Read 3pm Mon 16 June
@BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Producer Eliza Lomas www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Roger, obviously… I need a larger phone. Or a longer arm.

BBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, Jacob Polley Roger McGough talks to the award-winning Cumbrian poet, Jacob Polley about favourite poems

A poem a day keeps the doom-scroll away… Poetry Please & Toger McGough are back! 4pm @BBCRadio4 with a selection of listener requests curated by award-winning Cumbrian poet Jacob Polley @picadorbooks.bsky.social Producer Sally Heaven. Also @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Portrait of composer Fanny Hensel 1842

Sibling love, sibling rivalry. Donald Macleod traces the musical development of #FannyHensel née #Mendelssohn, whose own potential would be held back by social convention. Composer of the Week @BBCRadio3 each day at 4pm @BBCSounds. Producer Luke Whitlock #classicalmusic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Jack Thorne and Peter Kosminsky The creator of Adolescence and the Wolf Hall director nominate favourite books.

Looking for your next unputdownable book? Look no further! A Good Read is back 3pm @BBCRadio4 Today, the creator of #Adolescence Jack Thorne & writer-director Peter Kosminsky #WolfHall join @harriettsg.bsky.social to discuss books they love. Producer Sally Heaven #books www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Like the moment when the film changes to Technicolor… #Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-50 @nationalgalleryldn.bsky.social Astonishing, strange, beautiful work from Siena’s most important painters: Duccio, Simone Martini & the brothers Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti + others (until 22 June) #art