Emma Harding
@emmaharding.bsky.social
Writer | audio maker | poetry pusher. Editor Drama, Arts & Classical Music, BBC Audio Wales & West of England. Debut novel: The Berliners/Friedrichstrasse 19 https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/emma-harding/the-berliners/9781529376203/
Many congratulations to David #Szalay, winner of the 2025 @thebookerprizes.com You can hear Zadie Smith, Colm Tóibín and @harriettsg.bsky.social discuss his prize-winning novel, Flesh, on A Good Read @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Producer Eliza Lomas #Booker www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Zadie Smith and Colm Tóibín
Two authors join Harriett Gilbert to share favourite books.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Many congratulations to David #Szalay, winner of the 2025 @thebookerprizes.com You can hear Zadie Smith, Colm Tóibín and @harriettsg.bsky.social discuss his prize-winning novel, Flesh, on A Good Read @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Producer Eliza Lomas #Booker www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I confess I knew nothing of Swedish composer Elfrida Andrée’s (1841-1929) music until producer Luke Whitlock suggested her. But then I went down an #Andrée rabbit hole - and what riches! Join Donald Macleod for Composer of the Week 4pm Mon-Fri @BBCRadio3 #classicalmusic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I confess I knew nothing of Swedish composer Elfrida Andrée’s (1841-1929) music until producer Luke Whitlock suggested her. But then I went down an #Andrée rabbit hole - and what riches! Join Donald Macleod for Composer of the Week 4pm Mon-Fri @BBCRadio3 #classicalmusic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The Accident Report Book - new fiction by Joe Dunthorne specially commissioned by @BBCRadio4 22.45 Mon-Fri. When Marian is tasked with reporting a bizarre workplace accident, she finds herself enjoying the act of writing. Read by Ell Potter & Clive Hayward www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Accident Report Book by Joe Dunthorne, Episode 1
Marian has to write up a bizarre workplace accident - original fiction by Joe Dunthorne
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November 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The Accident Report Book - new fiction by Joe Dunthorne specially commissioned by @BBCRadio4 22.45 Mon-Fri. When Marian is tasked with reporting a bizarre workplace accident, she finds herself enjoying the act of writing. Read by Ell Potter & Clive Hayward www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
A daring comedy debut about de-radicalisation, an investigation of manufacturing & an unsettling novella. Psychologist @drjuliashaw.bsky.social engineer @HayaatunSillem & @harriettsg.bsky.social recommend #books they love. A Good Read 3pm Mon @BBCRadio4 #BBC www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Julia Shaw and Hayaatun Sillem
Psychologist Julia Shaw and engineer Hayaatun Sillem discuss favourite books with Harriett
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November 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A daring comedy debut about de-radicalisation, an investigation of manufacturing & an unsettling novella. Psychologist @drjuliashaw.bsky.social engineer @HayaatunSillem & @harriettsg.bsky.social recommend #books they love. A Good Read 3pm Mon @BBCRadio4 #BBC www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The Little Box Which Contains the World - poet @no1emily.bsky.social explores agoraphobia on a journey through the lives of people who don't like going on journeys. 7.15pm Sun 9th Nov Illuminated @BBCRadio4 or @BBCSounds Producer Martin Williams www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated, The Little Box Which Contains the World
Emily Berry's exploration of agoraphobia.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The Little Box Which Contains the World - poet @no1emily.bsky.social explores agoraphobia on a journey through the lives of people who don't like going on journeys. 7.15pm Sun 9th Nov Illuminated @BBCRadio4 or @BBCSounds Producer Martin Williams www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
“I’m here tonight to provide proof of life to that ever elusive…us.” The concluding part of Legend: The Bruce Springsteen Story with @ladymissbarton.bsky.social 1030 @BBCRadio4 #Springsteen speaks out against the administration of Donald Trump. Produced by Eliza Lonas. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Legend, The Bruce Springsteen Story, 5. The Land of Hope and Dreams
The journey to Bruce’s 2025 tour culminates at San Siro Stadium in Milan.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
“I’m here tonight to provide proof of life to that ever elusive…us.” The concluding part of Legend: The Bruce Springsteen Story with @ladymissbarton.bsky.social 1030 @BBCRadio4 #Springsteen speaks out against the administration of Donald Trump. Produced by Eliza Lonas. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
New drama: The Dagenham Porkchop by @broughton500.bsky.social 1415 today @BBCRadio4 Ronny 'The Dagenham Porkchop' is an old wrestler with a painful past. Stars Robert Glenister, Ron Cook, Holli Dempsey & Lisa Palfrey. Sound by Nigel Lewis. Directed by John Norton www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Dagenham Porkchop
Drama by Matthew Broughton. Ronny 'The Porkchop' is an old wrestler with a painful past.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New drama: The Dagenham Porkchop by @broughton500.bsky.social 1415 today @BBCRadio4 Ronny 'The Dagenham Porkchop' is an old wrestler with a painful past. Stars Robert Glenister, Ron Cook, Holli Dempsey & Lisa Palfrey. Sound by Nigel Lewis. Directed by John Norton www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The Other Haydn. Our Composer of the Week is Michael Haydn, the often overlooked younger brother of Joseph. Donald Macleod explores his music and his life in Vienna & Salzburg. Producer Chris Taylor. 4pm Mon-Fri @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The Other Haydn. Our Composer of the Week is Michael Haydn, the often overlooked younger brother of Joseph. Donald Macleod explores his music and his life in Vienna & Salzburg. Producer Chris Taylor. 4pm Mon-Fri @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Books provoke strong feelings on A Good Read today at 3pm @BBCRadio4 when @harriettsg.bsky.social is joined by former First Minister of Scotland @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social & actor comedian Alistair McGowan to discuss novels they love. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Nicola Sturgeon and Alistair McGowan
Scotland's former first minister and the actor and impressionist Alistair McGowan.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Books provoke strong feelings on A Good Read today at 3pm @BBCRadio4 when @harriettsg.bsky.social is joined by former First Minister of Scotland @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social & actor comedian Alistair McGowan to discuss novels they love. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
And the soul creeps out of the tree…
All Hallows, Louise Glück #halloween
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All Hallows, Louise Glück #halloween
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October 31, 2025 at 8:06 AM
And the soul creeps out of the tree…
All Hallows, Louise Glück #halloween
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49605/...
All Hallows, Louise Glück #halloween
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Mary in Childbed (lime wood c. 1510). Intrigued by this rare & empathetic representation of Mary without the baby Jesus. But is it before or after the birth? A popular devotional image for women in Swabia (southwest Germany) from C14th on. Germanisches Nationalmuseum #Nuremberg #art
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Mary in Childbed (lime wood c. 1510). Intrigued by this rare & empathetic representation of Mary without the baby Jesus. But is it before or after the birth? A popular devotional image for women in Swabia (southwest Germany) from C14th on. Germanisches Nationalmuseum #Nuremberg #art
Books by Carol Shields, Umberto Eco & Abdulrazak Gurnah are the choices of @harriettsg.bsky.social & her A Good Read guests, neuroscientist Sophie Scott and writer Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social 3pm @BBCRadio4 & @BBCSounds Producer Becky Ripley www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Tom Cox and Sophie Scott
Neuroscientist Sophie Scott and writer Tom Cox discuss favourite books with Harriett.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Books by Carol Shields, Umberto Eco & Abdulrazak Gurnah are the choices of @harriettsg.bsky.social & her A Good Read guests, neuroscientist Sophie Scott and writer Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social 3pm @BBCRadio4 & @BBCSounds Producer Becky Ripley www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Shall we dance? Composer of the Week celebrates 200 years of the Waltz King, Johann #Strauss II. Each day at 4pm @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds with Donald Macleod (Strauss Jnr also top contender for the title of Whiskers King) Producer Sam Phillips #Strauss200
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October 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Shall we dance? Composer of the Week celebrates 200 years of the Waltz King, Johann #Strauss II. Each day at 4pm @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds with Donald Macleod (Strauss Jnr also top contender for the title of Whiskers King) Producer Sam Phillips #Strauss200
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Two memoirs and a thriller today on A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds as TV presenter Chris Tarrant & writer Mike Gayle join @harriettsg.bsky.social to champion #books they love. Tennis, DJing & espionage. Producer Sally Heaven www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
October 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Two memoirs and a thriller today on A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds as TV presenter Chris Tarrant & writer Mike Gayle join @harriettsg.bsky.social to champion #books they love. Tennis, DJing & espionage. Producer Sally Heaven www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Legend: the Bruce #Springsteen Story continues today with @ladymissbarton.bsky.social 1030 @BBCRadio4 & @BBCSounds “an informative, contextualising joy” - The Times. Today, Bruce hits the big time. But fame is not an easy bedfellow. Producers Eliza Lomas & Mair Bosworth www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Legend, The Bruce Springsteen Story, 2. Born to Run
Bruce is living above a beauty parlour, broke, writing songs amongst the hairdryers.
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October 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Legend: the Bruce #Springsteen Story continues today with @ladymissbarton.bsky.social 1030 @BBCRadio4 & @BBCSounds “an informative, contextualising joy” - The Times. Today, Bruce hits the big time. But fame is not an easy bedfellow. Producers Eliza Lomas & Mair Bosworth www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
J S #Bach in the world is the theme of our Composer of the Week, focusing on his secular music - and some of his more rebellious moments. Presented by Donald Macleod & produced by Amelia Parker 4pm each weekday @BBCRadio3 or @BBCSounds #classicalmusic
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October 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
J S #Bach in the world is the theme of our Composer of the Week, focusing on his secular music - and some of his more rebellious moments. Presented by Donald Macleod & produced by Amelia Parker 4pm each weekday @BBCRadio3 or @BBCSounds #classicalmusic
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Looking for some book inspiration? A Good Read @BBCRadio4 is back - with a riveting roster of readers. Today, novelist Sarah Waters & film editor Walter Murch join @harriettsg.bsky.social to talk bears, fanaticism & Irish women. 3pm Mon 13 Oct. Producer Maggie Ayre. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Sarah Waters and Walter Murch
Novelist Sarah Waters and film editor Walter Murch share favourite books.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Looking for some book inspiration? A Good Read @BBCRadio4 is back - with a riveting roster of readers. Today, novelist Sarah Waters & film editor Walter Murch join @harriettsg.bsky.social to talk bears, fanaticism & Irish women. 3pm Mon 13 Oct. Producer Maggie Ayre. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Legend: The Bruce #Springsteen Story - @ladymissbarton.bsky.social explores how a scrawny, long-haired introvert from New Jersey became the iconic, muscular rock star of the ‘80s. A labour of love by Eliza Lomas & Mair Bosworth Starts Sat 10.30 @BBCRadio4 Trailer: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
October 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Legend: The Bruce #Springsteen Story - @ladymissbarton.bsky.social explores how a scrawny, long-haired introvert from New Jersey became the iconic, muscular rock star of the ‘80s. A labour of love by Eliza Lomas & Mair Bosworth Starts Sat 10.30 @BBCRadio4 Trailer: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
From Snow White to cicadas - our Composer of the Week is Jamaican-born Eleanor Alberga who joins Kate Molleson to talk about her capacious career, drawing inspiration from folksong, myth, poetry & chemistry. Each weekday 4pm @BBCRadio3 Producer Alice McKee www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Eleanor Alberga, Jamaican Medley
Kate Molleson speaks to Jamaican-born composer Eleanor Alberga.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
From Snow White to cicadas - our Composer of the Week is Jamaican-born Eleanor Alberga who joins Kate Molleson to talk about her capacious career, drawing inspiration from folksong, myth, poetry & chemistry. Each weekday 4pm @BBCRadio3 Producer Alice McKee www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The Artificial Composer - 7.15pm @BBCRadio3 - composer Tarik O'Regan explores the fast-growing field of #AI music creation in Silicon Valley. Will he ultimately be replaced by AI, or can he employ it as a creative tool? Producer Fay Lomas #classicalmusic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, The Artificial Composer - Music and AI
Composer Tarik O'Regan explores the collision of classical music and AI in Silicon Valley.
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October 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The Artificial Composer - 7.15pm @BBCRadio3 - composer Tarik O'Regan explores the fast-growing field of #AI music creation in Silicon Valley. Will he ultimately be replaced by AI, or can he employ it as a creative tool? Producer Fay Lomas #classicalmusic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
A man runs for a train at Paddington. But this is no ordinary train. 'This is the way I'm going' - new short story by David Amherst read by Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong. 3.45pm Short Works @BBCRadio4 or catch up @BBCSounds Producer Becky Ripley #fiction #shortstory
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BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, This Is the Way I'm Going by Michael Amherst
An original short story for radio, written by Michael Amherst.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A man runs for a train at Paddington. But this is no ordinary train. 'This is the way I'm going' - new short story by David Amherst read by Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong. 3.45pm Short Works @BBCRadio4 or catch up @BBCSounds Producer Becky Ripley #fiction #shortstory
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Reposted by Emma Harding
The Wolfson History Prize shortlist for 2025 is announced. Good reading.
The Wolfson History Prize - Celebrating Outstanding History
The Wolfson History Prize is awarded annually to promote and recognise outstanding history written for a general audience.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The Wolfson History Prize shortlist for 2025 is announced. Good reading.
Astronomers: Welsh comedy drama by Imison Award winner Faebian Averies starring Gabrielle Creevy (The Guest) & Brid Brennan. Space-obsessed Olive joins forces with the toughest woman in the jail. Director John Norton 2.15pm @BBCRadio4 or any time @BBCSounds #drama www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Astronomers
Prison break comedy drama by Faebian Averies, starring Gabrielle Creevy and Brid Brennan.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Astronomers: Welsh comedy drama by Imison Award winner Faebian Averies starring Gabrielle Creevy (The Guest) & Brid Brennan. Space-obsessed Olive joins forces with the toughest woman in the jail. Director John Norton 2.15pm @BBCRadio4 or any time @BBCSounds #drama www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
‘Wir fahren, fahren, fahren auf der Autobahn’ - 50 years since their paean to the possibilities of freedom, Alan Dein takes to the #Autobahn to explore the social & cultural resonances of #Kraftwerk's iconic song 7.15pm Sunday @BBCRadio4 Producer Martin Williams www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated, Driving, Driving, Driving on the Autobahn
Alan Dein takes to the road to explore the cultural resonances of Kraftwerk’s Autobahn.
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September 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
‘Wir fahren, fahren, fahren auf der Autobahn’ - 50 years since their paean to the possibilities of freedom, Alan Dein takes to the #Autobahn to explore the social & cultural resonances of #Kraftwerk's iconic song 7.15pm Sunday @BBCRadio4 Producer Martin Williams www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...