9+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1130+ words) Ever wondered how an actor from Brisbane, Australia, perfects a Northern accent? The answer may surprise you. "I just practice it in the bath, over and over and over and over," said Jacob Elordi, who is starring as Heathcliffe in…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (690+ words) For a decade and a half, I have wondered about a private conversation I had with the late Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer under Gordon Brown, about the financial crisis. Darling told me about a painful and angry telephone…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (778+ words) A prize signature for a modern Welsh autograph book may be Gareth Bale or Michael Sheen, but for one teenager during World War One, the entries were rather more eclectic and now historians hope to uncover more about the people…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (105+ words) Gillian Wheelan This was a BBC Audio Scotland production. See more episodes Programme website Copyright 2026 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external ... Available for over a year The Canadian writer Sarah Bernstein speaks…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (453+ words) Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials books tell of a special instrument that enables its bearer to see the truth. The Oxford author's inspirations for the compass-like gadget, known as an alethiometer, are among the array of dials and devices at…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (469+ words) Letters written by a prominent abolitionist are being digitised, filling in a "massive bit of the jigsaw" in the abolition campaign history, experts say. Novelist Hannah More, born in Bristol in 1745, also helped open some of the UK's first schools…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (500+ words) A young author who has had her first book published with the help of a mentorship scheme said the whole process had been "insane". Gracey Murray, 22, from Freethorpe, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, said writing her book Blank Canvas while studying…...

3+ week, 31+ min ago   (377+ words) Karl Ove Knausg'rd never maps out a story or creates a plot structure and he never writes for anyone but himself. The Norwegian author's raw honesty and fearlessness has made him one of literature's most compelling voices. The BBC spoke…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (172+ words) As protests in Iran continue into their 16th day, Emily Buchanan asks Prof Ali Ansari whether the country is ready to end almost 50 years of clerical rule. Elegy from a Scottish church, as parishioners say goodbye to the Holy Family Parish…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago   (1073+ words) "Roedd e'n greulon ofnadwy. Dyna oedd mor anodd i dderbyn " oeddet ti'n meddwl, pwy fyddai'n gwneud y fath beth? Do'n i ddim yn adnabod unrhyw sociopath na seicopath yn fy mywyd i " doedd gen i ddim ffordd o adnabod un....