
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


With Rana Mitter. Bestselling author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang discusses her new biography of the most important woman in Chinese history; Empress Dowager Cixi. Alastair Sooke survey's a new show by The critics' favourite Young British artist, Sarah Lucas. US historian Tim Stanley joins Rana to discuss former Chilean President Salvador Allende along with the author of a new book on the subject, Oscar Guardiola-Rivera. And our latest contribution to the Sound of Cinema season: Simon Fisher Turner discusses his new soundtrack to The Epic of Everest.
By BBC Radio 44.3
286286 ratings
With Rana Mitter. Bestselling author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang discusses her new biography of the most important woman in Chinese history; Empress Dowager Cixi. Alastair Sooke survey's a new show by The critics' favourite Young British artist, Sarah Lucas. US historian Tim Stanley joins Rana to discuss former Chilean President Salvador Allende along with the author of a new book on the subject, Oscar Guardiola-Rivera. And our latest contribution to the Sound of Cinema season: Simon Fisher Turner discusses his new soundtrack to The Epic of Everest.

7,913 Listeners

314 Listeners

1,086 Listeners

1,067 Listeners

5,576 Listeners

1,808 Listeners

618 Listeners

1,729 Listeners

1,018 Listeners

1,952 Listeners

488 Listeners

585 Listeners

134 Listeners

129 Listeners

159 Listeners

241 Listeners

181 Listeners

217 Listeners

3,245 Listeners

1,010 Listeners

146 Listeners

100 Listeners

93 Listeners

347 Listeners