"What he exudes is that sense of a perfect, calm, well-intentioned ruler of the world." 🏛 Meet Marcus Aurelius. Emperor, warrior, philosopher and dangerous flirt. Being Roman with mary beard | Listen on BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

if you enjoyed a glimpse into the young Marcus Aurelius, try some of the other Romans in our series of 'Being Roman'.. a woman standing up to the Roman Junta, a child poet, a freed slave on Hadrian's Wall & more. Listen now: bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p…

Great to join the great jon snow!

the next episode in Being Roman centres on 'Turia' , a Roman woman who avenges her parents' murder, battles her relations over inheritance, & confronts fertility problems in a very un-modern way, You can get it on Sounds now shorturl.at/crIV3 or on Radio 4 on weds at 11.30.

From soap opera farming on Emmerdale, to farming for real in the Peak District - with a dancing detour en route. Cazgraham meets Kelvin Fletcher to find out about acting, agriculture and life after #Strictly . 26th Nov 6.30am or any time on BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

(S)he's not in a good way. We interviewed the brilliant willow artist Serena de la Hey for @BBCR4OC when she was weaving it and it's been an elegant waymarker on trips to Cornwall. Now hemmed in by bland estate and hideous warehouses. I'd love to see him repaired and elevated.

One of the great Barrowlands gigs. Tough to lose John Byrne in the same week as Shane. Both looked at the world with a combination of emotional intensity and dark humour. Very Glasgow.

On Weds the 5th character of our 'Being Roman' series focusses on a frustrated & cross middle-manager in Roman Egypt, trying to organise a royal visit (we can imagine!). Weds 11.30 BBC Radio 4 & already here shorturl.at/bmvCE Thanks to Margaret Mountford, Colin Adams & more!

For more than 20 yrs Dan Buettner’s been researching the lives of people living into old age in parts of the world he’s called Blue Zones. What links them & what can we learn of their food and eating rituals? Join Leyla Kazim Liz Williams Oliver Shannon at 12.30pm BBC Radio 4

The final episode in our Being Roman series features a freed slave from Hertfordshire (as now) and her Syrian husband who ended up in South Shields. Weds 11.30 BBC Radio 4 or available now on Sounds shorturl.at/CD129

A reflection of the Irish spirit: a poignant time for a repeat of Soul Music Fairytale of New York on Christmas Eve at 2300 BBC Radio 4 BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06…

How nature is helping asylum seekers - while at the same time asylum seekers help nature! Helen Mark meets the volunteers from Action Asylum who have teamed up with North Wales Wildlife Trust to plant 2000 saplings in Denbighshire. BBC Radio 4 28 Jan 3pm. (Photos courtesy of AHMED NADI)

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Tales from The Quoile River in Co. Down as Helen Mark hears yarns of Vikings and steamboats and of the devastation it caused recently when it flooded Downpatrick. She meets locals who are stepping up to improve their waterway for nature and the community. 3pm Thurs BBC Radio 4

What’s really in your spice rack? In this week’s programme, Jaega Wise road tests a new device to investigate the authenticity of everyday herbs and spices and hears from experts on the frontline of food fraud defence. Tune in at 12.30 on BBC Radio 4 or BBC Sounds.

Today we're in Shropshire exploring what remains of the garden and house where Charles Darwin grew up and which sparked his interest in the natural world - with Jude Piesse Bibbs Cameron and Shropshire Wildlife Trust . Thurs 3pm, Sat 6am, or any time on BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

On Tuesday on BBC Radio 4 at 9.00 am the next episode of Being Roman explores Roman pub culture and we meet a pair of publicans, the delightfully named Calidius Eroticus and Fannia Voluptas!

What was top of Viking playlists? Join Einar Selvik Wardruna and Eleanor Barraclough for a saga odyssey in search of the Music of the Vikings BBC Radio 3 BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

I’ve spent the last week strolling around Pompeii and Oplontis dreaming about what life was like for a 1st century Roman and I found the BBC Radio 4 podcast #BeingRoman a perfect accompaniment, mary beard is the best travelling companion. 🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p…