Shakespeare in a divided America

The Stage Show with Michael Cathcart has wound up after eight years on air. In this highlights of 2025 episode:Playwright Andrea James researched a story from the 1840s, in which colonial newspapers suggested that a 'white woman' – maybe the survivor of a shipwreck – had been tak ...  Show more

It’s one of those roles which great actors have on their to-do list: Winnie in the play Happy Days by Samuel Beckett. Winnie starts the play buried up to her waist in dirt. In Act 2 she’s buried up to her neck! Acclaimed actor Pamela Rabe tell us what makes this such an iconic pl ...  Show more

Can a good garden restore your faith in humanity? Sab and Amber certainly think so. 

06:43 Sab recounts her recent frolic through a gorgeous little fairy garden. 

27:21 Hort-reporter Christine Layton speaks with horticulturalist Simone Disney about planting in your ...

Tets and Mark answer your garden questions during an unusually humid week

09:39 Have you been offered a Frangipani tree cutting? Here's how to transplant one. 

18:52 Some love it, some hate it. Are you struggling to grow coriander in your garden? 

20:53 Some ...

Tonight's story to help you fall asleep is The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells. Gip and his father visit a magic shop that claims to use only genuine magic! Glass balls out of ears, rabbits under hats, disappearing acts, is it all fake or is something else going on? Support the podc ...

Highlights from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025. David Maxwell explores the show gardens including the gold medal winning ‘The Glasshouse Garden’ by Jo Thompson and an alpine garden for the British Red Cross inspired by the Giant’s Causeway. In the great pavilion, David chats to ...  Show more