Derek Jarman

When botanists resembled a worldwide intelligence network

17 October 2026 9:00 am

At the height of the British Empire, our plant specialists were gathering information from every climate zone and returning it neatly classified to the centre at Kew

Queer spaces

2 September 2023 9:00 am

Diarmuid Hester goes in search of the private places of eight remarkable figures from the 20th century, to find only Derek Jarman’s cottage preserved intact as a shrine

Emily Maitlis (Rex)

What drives Emily Maitlis?

29 June 2019 9:00 am

It can’t be easy to find yourself on the other end of the microphone when you’re a journalist of the…

Three cheers

25 April 2015 9:00 am

The new controller of Radio Three, Alan Davey, was on Feedback this week (Radio Four) talking to listeners about his…