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The Woman Who Saw Atoms by Pippa Goldschmidt
On the eve of the Anschluss, a Jewish scientist captures a proton in a photograph.
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A History of Mystery by Cal Flyn
Writer Cal Flyn explores the profound power of mystery and the provocation of the unknown.
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A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert
Julian Barnes reads the story of a stoical woman living in 19th century Normandy.
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Original stories by Ireland's most exciting female writers, retelling ancient Irish myths.
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A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney (Omnibus)
Rob Delaney’s unflinching account of the life and death of his young son.
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Nobody's Perfect by Lionel Shriver
A specially commissioned story from American author Lionel Shriver.
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Fire Ready by Jane Rogers
Jane Rogers's short stories shine an unflinching light on the future health of the planet.
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This Is the Door: Notes from a Body in Pain by Darcey Steinke
Elizabeth McGovern reads Darcey Steinke's new book about the body and pain.
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Anybody Can Do Anything by Betty MacDonald (Omnibus)
Debora Weston reads Betty MacDonald's comic novel about life as a single mother in America
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Edible Economics by Ha-Joon Chang (Omnibus)
Professor Ha-Joon Chang, “a hungry economist” explores why economics matters.
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Salt by Catrin Kean
A love story based on the lives of the author's great-grandparents, who married in 1878.
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Unspeakable: Survival and Transformation After Trauma by Dr Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne
Leading forensic psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her work with survivors of trauma.
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Other by Leïla Slimani
A writer's journey through the experience of otherness.
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The White Lady of Morecambe by Jenn Ashworth
Julie Hesmondhalgh narrates a new ghost story, set on the shifting sands of Morecambe Bay.
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The Wedding Suit by Rachel Joyce
A specially commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.
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Mary Macdonald's Big Trip by Alexander McCall Smith
On retirement from her Hebridean school, Miss Macdonald plans the adventure of a lifetime.
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The End of Family? By Zoe Strimpel
Zoe Strimpel asks thought-provoking questions about the family in contemporary Britain.
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Virginia and Katherine by Alison MacLeod
A story about the friendship and rivalry between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield.
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The Accident Report Book by Joe Dunthorne
Marian has to write up a bizarre workplace accident - original fiction by Joe Dunthorne.
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O Now by Niall Williams
Dermot Crowley reads a new fiction serial from the acclaimed Irish author Niall Williams.
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Intimate Histories by Hallie Rubenhold
Hallie Rubenhold challenges the ideas of what history is and the stories it can tell.
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Mrs Robinson by Helen Cross
At the height of a TB epidemic, Mrs Robinson meets dissolute poet Branwell Brontë.
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Speed of Light by Laura Cumming
Laura Cumming explores a 19th-century technological revolution in photography.
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Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
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Unearthing the Past by Sarah Dunant
A beguiling series of essays centred on the Renaissance icon Isabella d'Este.
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Disco by Nick Walker
Defence: Serious Case Operations investigate the murder of a military bandsman in Burnley.
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Shakedowns in Hyperspace by Naomi Wood
A darkly comic and brilliantly original series for Radio 4 from the acclaimed Naomi Wood.
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Underdogs by Joel Budd
Joel Budd explores the myths around the stereotype of the 'white working class'.
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The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O'Sullivan
A thought-provoking new book exploding conventional wisdom about medical diagnoses.
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The Jura Affair by William Boyd
A sparkling new literary whodunnit from the acclaimed author William Boyd.
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Vidya Wade by Timothy X Atack
Maya thinks they've got a ghost. Vidya is the only extra-natural mediator she can find.
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Raiders of the Lost Cask by Abir Mukherjee
A Highland heist story written for BBC Radio 4 by Abir Mukherjee. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.
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Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst
An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.
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Rye by Alex Preston
Rye, Sussex, 1804. Zeke is determined to free his father from a prison hulk at Sheeerness.
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The Green & The Black by Kit de Waal
New fiction about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through one family.
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Money by David McWilliams
Economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
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The Last Loves of Ronnie Maker by Alice Jolly
A newly-commissioned serial from Alice Jolly about love, loyalty and the meaning of care.
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Still Lives by Jon McGregor
A series of short stories from author Jon McGregor, exploring stillness and still lives.
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Status by Carl Honoré
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
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Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
Rebecca F Kuang’s deliciously dark, witty thriller with a deeply flawed narrator
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The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
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Robert Burns: His Psychotherapy and Cure by Sara Sheridan
A therapist finds herself in conversation with a man claiming to be the poet Robert Burns.
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The Photographer by Max Porter
A life in five photographs. Original fiction series by Max Porter, read by Tim McInnerny.
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The Blue Book of Nebo
Dylan was six when The End came, back in 2018.
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The Song Thief by Colin Carberry
An eerie tale of forgotten songs and vengeful spirits by Belfast author Colin Carberry.
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Bodies of Water
A new Sunday serial for Radio 4
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Moving Mountains by Jan Carson
Slemish Mountain, where St Patrick lived, is accidentally sold to a Japanese theme park.
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Invasive Species
Short stories from the best writers.
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Golden Eggs
British Asian writers take traditional stories and rework them in contemporary settings.
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