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/
The feast day of the scholar saint Catherine of Alexandria (25 Nov) or Catterntide. I love this characterful wood carving of her from Lower Austria c.1520/5. In the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg. #StCatherine
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The feast day of the scholar saint Catherine of Alexandria (25 Nov) or Catterntide. I love this characterful wood carving of her from Lower Austria c.1520/5. In the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg. #StCatherine
Coppin' the Bop - Our Composer of the Week is drummer and jazz pioneer Max Roach. Kate Molleson is joined by Kevin LeGendre to explore his life, music & activism. Today - New York bebop. Each weekday 4pm @BBCRadio3 or catch up @BBCSounds. Producer Martin Williams www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Coppin' the Bop - Our Composer of the Week is drummer and jazz pioneer Max Roach. Kate Molleson is joined by Kevin LeGendre to explore his life, music & activism. Today - New York bebop. Each weekday 4pm @BBCRadio3 or catch up @BBCSounds. Producer Martin Williams www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Structural engineer Roma Agrawal & historian of sex @k8lister.bsky.social share A Good Read with @harriettsg.bsky.social 3pm @BBCRadio4 - The woman who took on Georgian Britain's worst husband and won; an artist's childhood & a novel about a Sri Lankan architect. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Roma Agrawal and Kate Lister
A structural engineer and a historian of sex share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Structural engineer Roma Agrawal & historian of sex @k8lister.bsky.social share A Good Read with @harriettsg.bsky.social 3pm @BBCRadio4 - The woman who took on Georgian Britain's worst husband and won; an artist's childhood & a novel about a Sri Lankan architect. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Writers Amy Sackville & Richard Benson join @harriettsg.bsky.social on A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 to champion books they love by Annie Ernaux, Sylvia Townsend Warner & Ferdinand von Schirach. Produced by Sally Heaven. Find many more book recommendations @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Richard Benson and Amy Sackville
Two writers talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books
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November 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Writers Amy Sackville & Richard Benson join @harriettsg.bsky.social on A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 to champion books they love by Annie Ernaux, Sylvia Townsend Warner & Ferdinand von Schirach. Produced by Sally Heaven. Find many more book recommendations @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Wagner’s dreams - musical, romantic & revolutionary - are the subject of Composer of the Week with Donald Macleod 4pm Mon-Fri. Today’s recordings are all conducted by Charles Mackerras as part of #Mackerras100 on @BBCRadio3 Produced by Ellie Ajao #Wagner www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Wagner’s dreams - musical, romantic & revolutionary - are the subject of Composer of the Week with Donald Macleod 4pm Mon-Fri. Today’s recordings are all conducted by Charles Mackerras as part of #Mackerras100 on @BBCRadio3 Produced by Ellie Ajao #Wagner www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The Sounder by Jade Angeles Fitton. Rural ideologies clash over the release of wild boar onto Dartmoor. A new short story @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds read by Kirsty Cox, produced by Maggie Ayre #shortstory #fiction #Devon www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, The Sounder by Jade Angeles Fitton
An original short work for Radio 4 by Jade Angeles Fitton
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November 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Sounder by Jade Angeles Fitton. Rural ideologies clash over the release of wild boar onto Dartmoor. A new short story @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds read by Kirsty Cox, produced by Maggie Ayre #shortstory #fiction #Devon www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
If anyone tried to paint a social media pile-on, it might look like this - Scorn by Georg Baumgarten (1923). Can’t find much info on artist, writer & pianist Baumgarten - would like to know more. He, his wife & daughter were killed in April 1945 during the last air raids on Berlin #art #WeimarArt
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If anyone tried to paint a social media pile-on, it might look like this - Scorn by Georg Baumgarten (1923). Can’t find much info on artist, writer & pianist Baumgarten - would like to know more. He, his wife & daughter were killed in April 1945 during the last air raids on Berlin #art #WeimarArt
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...