Dan Healy talks about two Cambridge Apostles, the poets Richard Milnes and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who were contemporaries at Trinity in the 1820s. Tony visits Cambridge’s oldest constituent College and meets Professor Adrian Dixon, Master of Peterhouse, and "Showtime!" looks at the entertainment scene in London’s West End. … [Read more...]

On the eve of Pentecost, Tony Barnfield meets Clare College Dean Jamie Hawkey, lifelong friends Edward Fitzgerald and William Makepeace Thackeray are the featured Cambridge Poets and, only hours ahead of the 61st Eurovision Song Contest, an eclectic mix of past winners, from Johnny Logan to ABBA and Conchita Wurst, not forgetting Finland’s only win … [Read more...]

After the recent Shakespeare anniversary, we meet Cambridge poet John Fletcher, who succeeded the Bard in The King’s Men, Tony meets up with King’s College Choir, while “Showtime!” features the life of Israel Isidore Baline, better known as Irving Berlin, born on 11 May 1888. … [Read more...]

On the bill this week, Tony hears about Alan Turing Decoded, a new biography of the Bletchley codebreaker by his nephew Dermot Turing, Dan Healy introduces two Cambridge Poets Laureate and samples their work and “Showtime!” showcases Hollywood legend Fred Astaire. … [Read more...]