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A very special, dare we say unmissable, episode in lots of ways. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

What does it mean when someone burns down a library? This the usually paradisal Island of Brilliant hears voices from Spellow library with the help of the indomitable campaigner Alex McCormick - if she was a song she'd be Bring Me Sunshine This episode means so much to us.

The letter about the debt to Spellow Lane Library made me weep even before Frank Cottrell-Boyce did. Alex McCormick whose GoFundMe raised £250,000 was inspirational. Bonus interview with @chrishaughton - apt since a place of information was destroyed by disinformation. Alex McCormick

Enjoyed making surreal music with ⁦Ira Lightman⁩ ! Produced by ⁦geoff bird⁩ ⁦BBC Radio 3⁩

✨Step onto the Island of Brilliant for a fantastic live podcast event with Lauren Child about her book Smile, hosted by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Nadia Shireen!✨ October 12th 4pm, book your tickets now!🌟

As I tidied, I joined @NadiaShireen Frank Cottrell-Boyce & their visitor, the transformative nutty Louie Stowell, on the Island of Brilliant. A good time was had by all. I was moved to tears by the tribute to the late, good, Malcolm Donaldson. Give it a listen podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Delighted to have been invited to 10 Downing Street yesterday evening. Honoured to be able to talk about all the great work being done in our schools.

'A Little History of Surreal Music' was a blast to make in every way possible. Ian McMillan gets lost in a surrealist maze en route to Uncle Frank's wake but still hopes to get there before the Oompah Band arrives. Tomorrow at ten past lobster on @bbcradio3 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Yes, the newspapers were right: joy was general all over the island. Thanks to the brilliant Independent Podcast Awards for a lovely evening, and for throwing this trinket our way - @NadiaShireen and Frank Cottrell-Boyce are already arguing over who gets to keep it in their hammock.

Lauren Child Rules Ok! Just such a gem of a treat of a joy of thrill to have her on the island, surely one of the truly great writers (and illustrators) this country has produced in the last thirty years. Do please have a listen.. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

This week on @bbcradio3 Unclassified: Inscapes and Atmospheres with music for the moon 🌒 by @Jon_Hopkins_, Penelope Trappes sings us to sleep, Sam Amidon recontextualises traditional song, music from MERMAID CHUNKY’s fabulously titled Slif Slaf Slof, the brand new single from

Unclassified on BBC Radio 3 this week is another hour of the best boundary-breaking music… News of our next Unclassified Live concert on 23rd Jan Southbank Centre with Divide and Dissolve @BRyderJones & Nwando Ebizie all teaming up with André de Ridder & BBC Concert Orchestra New sounds from

The King of illustration Axel Sheffler arrives on the island with a glut of Lebkukchen, for December is here and even Frank Cottrell-Boyce has allowed a degree of festive cheer onto the Brilliant shores. Terry the 🦀feeds @NadiaShireen - no Xmas card for him. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

The amazing Carnyx horns you can hear in 'Voices from the Bog' (@bbcradio4 this evening at 7.15) are played by the wonder who is Letty Stott

Tonight on BBC Radio 3 Unclassified, the broadcast of this very special show in Ambleside for Aerial 👇 Erland Cooper Erland Cooper & BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - new arrangements of Erland's #1 album Carve The Runes Then Be Content With Silence Listen 11:30 or anytime

Happy International Women’s Day #IWD2025 To mark the occasion, tomorrow on @bbcradio3 Unclassified, I welcome the excellent Paola Mendoza (author, film-maker, activist and artistic director of the Women’s March) to sit in our ‘Listening Chair’ - she chooses music for us by

Have you heard the amazing chat with Hamza Yassin in this month's episode? If not, you are a lucky person indeed, for an incredible treat awaits... islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/e/ranger-hamza/