Composer of the Week

Why has classical music been so gender-biased for so long?

12 March 2016 9:00 am

Hurrah for Radio 3 and its (long-overdue) efforts to give us music not just performed by women but composed, and…

Glenda Jackson is brilliant in Radio 4’s Zola adaptation - and terrifying

5 December 2015 9:00 am

It was a stroke of genius to invite Glenda Jackson to make her return to acting as the star of…

70th anniversary of Composer of the Week

3 August 2013 9:00 am

Mention of the 70th anniversary of Composer of the Week brings to mind a distinguished list of long-running programmes on…