Radio 3 Essay

Professor Charles Burnett from the Warburg Institute sheds light on the ideas of the philosopher, Ibn Rushd - also widely known as Averroes

Al-Ghazali, polymath, thinker, philosopher. Professor Mona Siddiqui explores the live of this Islamic scholar.

Al-Hakim and Sitt al-Mulk were two of the most controversial figures in Egypt during the Islamic Golden Age. Dr. Simonetta Calderini sheds light on their lives.

Professor James Montgomery looks at the life of the polymath Al-Biruni.

Dr. Sussan Babaie considers some of the most important architectural developments during the Islamic Golden Age.

Avicenna was considered one of the greatest philosophers of his age. Dr. Tony Street presents a vivid account of his life and work and why he's such an important figure.

Novelist Andrew Martin on attitudes and rituals that are fast fading from our lives. And he concludes his series with something we often did on Sundays - 'church-going'.

Novelist Andrew Martin on attitudes and rituals that are fast fading from our lives. And he continues with a celebration of 'manual work' - which fewer embrace these days.

Novelist Andrew Martin considers attitudes that no longer seem so vital in the modern world. And this time he thinks about the loss of old rules. The ones to do with 'gentility'

Novelist Andrew Martin laments the loss of 'not eating too much'.

Novelist Andrew Martin laments why 'not boasting' is fading from our lives.

Inspired by Rilke's classic text, Don Paterson writes a letter to a young poet of today.

A letter by TS Eliot Prize-shortlisted poet Moniza Alvi.

A letter to a young poet from Belfast poet Michael Longley.

A letter to a young woman poet by one of the TS Eliot Prize's judges, Vicki Feaver.