Emma Harding

New Year, new me… My debut novel is out now in paperback as THE BERLINERS (prev’sly Friedrichstrasse 19). Buy from your local bookshop or follow the links below. With huge thanks to @agent_luck @jocastahamilton & all at @johnmurrays #Berlin #TheBerliners hachette.co.uk/titles/emma-ha…

Dame Jenni Murray, best known for presenting BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour from 1987 to 2020, has sadly died at the age of 75. Mohit Bakaya, Controller, BBC Radio 4 and Director of BBC Speech Audio has paid tribute tribute to Dame Jenni. “Jenni Murray was a formidable voice in British broadcasting who was warm, fearless and beloved by listeners,” he said. “During her decades at Woman’s Hour, she helped shape the national conversation with intelligence, rigour and a remarkable ability to connect with audiences. Jenni leaves an indelible legacy on generations of listeners. “We are profoundly grateful for her outstanding contribution to Radio 4, and she will be deeply missed.”

This Saturday, @TraceyEmin joins Jools Holland on @BBCRadio3 to share her love of Faure, Morricone and @brianeno. It'll be well worth lending us your ears for this: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The irresistible rise of Gaetano #Donizetti on today’s Composer of the Week 4pm Mon-Fri @BBCRadio3 when @DonaldMacleod01 traces the career of the Italian #opera composer. Today, a musical father figure transforms his prospects. Producer @ameliacparker bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Cannot wait to bring you Key Changes: @BBCRadio3’s Essential History of Classical Music. Starts Sat 4 April.

She-devils, giant marlin & the Highland Clearances - comedy writer Victoria Pile and philosopher @JulianBaggini talk about favourite #books with @HarriettSG A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 Producer @Becky_Ripley #fiction bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Joy, bravura and a child-like mischievousness. “The painting is the meaning.” Rose Wylie retrospective @royalacademy

A playfully satirical new #shortstory by @Nico1aRayner 3.45pm @BBCRadio4 Inspired by recent stories about weight-loss drugs, The Shrinking imagines a world in which women can shrink to ‘the perfect height'. Read by Clare Corbett. Producer @MairBosworth bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Everything is plundered, betrayed, sold, Death's great black wing scrapes the air, Misery gnaws to the bone. Why then do we not despair? Anna #Akhmatova might have the answers… transl by Stanley Kunitz

RIP. Brilliant , and fun to meet, generous to interview. Daughter of Ipswich. Like Trevor Nunn, Ralph Fiennes...Jo Carrick. Something in the Suffolk air...

What a privilege to speak to some of the courageous women poets of #Afghanistan with the brilliant @bbclysedoucet & @DearZari Landays: Poems of Afghan Rebellion explores a short Pashtun form created & shared by women. 4pm Tue 10 Mar @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Composer of the Week heads to New Zealand to explore the music of five of its leading composers. Today, @DonaldMacleod01 tells the story of Douglas Lilburn “the grandfather” of #NewZealandMusic @NZarchive 4pm @BBCRadio3 Photo @ArchivesNZ bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

From how to measure a cow to how to have a good death - all on A Good Read 3pm Mon @BBCRadio4 - when playwright Lolita Chakrabarti & Professor of Neurology Guy Leschziner join @HarriettSG Producer @elizalomas #books #reading bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Oh my God FINALLY an excuse to post one of the most INSANE Mikhail Baryshnikov performances from Don Quixote… Baryshnikov never relied on a body double OR a butt double either, Sir Chalamet… ballet is not 4 the weak!! ☕️🩰

The true story of how a Western leader took his country to war in the Middle East under false pretences… Road to Suez by Richard Monks, 3pm @BBCRadio4 or @BBCSounds Joseph Millson plays Anthony Eden, alongside a terrific cast, directed by @salavens bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

This moving autobiographical @BBCRadio4 Drama by Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis featured six poems from her 2025 Bloodaxe collection First Rain in Paradise, read by Gwyneth herself. Directed by @EmmaHarding01. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

When you’ve finished admiring #Sibelius’ rather natty jacket… you might enjoy a week-long exploration of his glorious music in Composer of the Week 4pm each weekday @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds with Kate Molleson. Producer Luke Whitlock #Finland #classicalmusic bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen, poetry of @seamusheaneyest & a novel by Alan Garner are the choices on today’s A Good Read when writers Jung Chang & @frankcottrell_b join @HarriettSG to talk #books 3pm @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Producer Maggie Ayre bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

On Thursday 5th March I’m going to be talking to the composer John Woolrich about presenting Composer of the Week & about some of the composers I’ve met, @ Kollectiv (69 The Old High St) in Folkestone. 7pm. If you’re in the vicinity it would be great to see you.

Nia has never believed in the supernatural. Until now... New short story, The Forgotten Voice by Lisa Zahra, read by Kimberley Nixon. Producer @FayLomas1 Short Works 15.45 @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds #WelshWriting #fiction #ghoststory bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Come and join us at the @bbcproms this summer: careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Content-As…