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The Narrative Trap
Philosopher Julian Baggini explores how stories shape and distort our world.

Paris with Marianne
Jude Rogers revisits her afternoon in Paris with Marianne Faithfull.

Robert Graves and 'I Claudius', L years on
A portrait of Robert Graves, 50 years on from the TV adaptation of I, Claudius.

How the Muppet Show Began in Britain
Louise Gold celebrates The Muppet Show’s anarchic birth in Britain in the mid-1970s.

A Ghost Story for Christmas
Katherine Rundell unearths the Christmas ghost story.

The Battle of the Drina
The forgotten story of the siege of Goražde in the Yugoslav wars.

A Journey Behind Bars
Rex Bloomstein reflects on 50 years exposing stark realities of prison life.

Forbidden Britain: Brief Encounter Revisited
Nina Wadia on love, guilt and why Brief Encounter still stirs the British conscience.

Jodrell Bank at 80
Brilliant stories told using archive from the BBC and beyond

Out of This World: 25 Years of the ISS
East and west collaborate to launch humanity’s first ever international space station.