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Radio 3

June 2024

  • Music fans watch Taylor Swift perform on stage during her Eras tour at the Murrayfield stadium in Edinburgh

    Swifties deserve a five-star review

    Letters: Joan Burnie, who lives near Murrayfield stadium, prefers them to rugby fans. Julia Edwards finds Radio 3 is more ‘Taylored’ to her musical tastes

April 2024

  • The Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall

    The Guardian view on patriotism and the Last Night of the Proms: time for a change

  • Portrait of Jools Holland

    The week in audio: Radio 3’s new schedule; Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat; Strike; Wiser Than Me – review

March 2024

  • Person kissing a crucifix

    Brief letters
    Treasures in heaven and worldly goods

    Brief letters: Dr Mojola Agbebi’s wise words | Solo women travellers | What the Beeb does best
  • Sam Jackson, the controller of BBC Radio 3 and BBC Proms.

    Don’t touch that dial: we like Radio 3 just the way it is

    Letters: Readers air their concerns about proposed changes at the BBC station that were revealed by its controller, Sam Jackson
  • Norman Reinhardt, David Stout, and the cast of ENO’s The Magic Flute at the edge of a steeply raked stage that appears to be hanging over a black void

    The week in classical: The Magic Flute; Manon Lescaut review – the trials of love

    The anarchy and invention of Simon McBurney’s Mozart production triumphs as ENO plays on; Puccini gets a rough ride at English Touring Opera. Plus, the pros and cons of Radio 3’s new schedule

February 2024

  • ‘We need to be bold’ … Jackson at the BBC.

    ‘A James Bond night? Absolutely!’ Radio 3 boss Sam Jackson reveals his big shakeup

    The ex-boss of Classic FM is rebooting the BBC’s venerable home of classical music, with new shows and presenters – including a special slot for ‘perfect fit’ Jools Holland

January 2024

  • A recording underway in The Archers’ studio in Birmingham.

    The Guardian view on radio plays: an underrated cultural resource that must be preserved

    Editorial: Their status has fallen since the great days of Under Milk Wood or The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but we still need audio dramas

November 2023

  • A CCTV image of Gareth Williams from 14 August 2010.

    Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
    The week in audio: Death of a Code Breaker; A History of the World in Spy Objects; Legacy; Disability and the Adult Industry; The Essay– review

    Radio Wales investigates the death of GCHQ’s Gareth Williams; Alice Loxton uncovers snippets of spy lore; and first-time producers deliver BBC radio gold

September 2023

  • Dmitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Britten at the Royal Albert Hall, 1966.

    Home listening
    Classical home listening: Shostakovich’s 14th Symphony; Riot Ensemble’s Vestige

    The BBC Philharmonic under John Storgårds excels in Shostakovich’s intimate penultimate symphony, while new music champions Riot Ensemble explore memory, healing and desire

August 2023

  • Composers composite - clockwise from top left: John Williams, Hildegard of Bingen, Ethel Smyth, Beethoven, Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Clara Schumann, Ned Rorem and Carla Bley

    ‘The human stories behind the music we love’: Radio 3’s Composer of the Week turns 80

    As the BBC programme celebrates a milestone, Donald Macleod – in the presenter’s chair for almost 25 years – reflects on its storytelling power and shares his own tales of Hollywood and handstands

February 2023

  • Photo of the general Secretary of the Communist Party of USSR Stalin.

    Brief letters
    Putin’s threats and Vodka With Stalin

    Brief letters: Attacks on free speech | Music without the chat | BBC Radio Cymru | Rightwing press | Consultant charges
  • A woman turns the radio up.

    Brief letters
    Going gaga? Time to give Radio 3 a try

    Brief letters: Radio wars | Andrew Tate | Arrested development at 80 | Like father, like son | Timely NHS check-up
  • Muriel Box: it was not until her mid-40s that she got to direct her first feature.

    Who was Muriel Box, Britain’s most prolific female film director?

    She was also the first woman to win an Oscar for best original screenplay. Now a new radio documentary aims to give her pioneering work a fresh appraisal

January 2023

  • Third Anniversary Of The UK Leaving The European Union<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 31: Anti-Brexit campaigners wave European Union flags outside the Houses of Parliament on January 31, 2023 in London, United Kingdom. January 31, 2023 marks the 3rd anniversary of Brexit when the UK left the European Union after a referendum vote of the British people returned a result to leave by 52% to 48%. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

    Brief letters
    A sense of history on Brexit anniversary

  • National Education Union campaign launch, London, UK - 18 Jan 2023<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock (13723218b) Mary Bousted (C), joint general secretary of the National Education Union, launches the 'Pay Up, Save Our Schools' national advertising campaign in Central London ahead of the teachers' strike which takes place on 1st February. National Education Union campaign launch, London, UK - 18 Jan 2023

    Brief letters
    Work will go on for this teacher despite Wednesday’s strike

  • BBC Radio 3 Spirit of Schubert Season<br>Ulrich Gerhartz, director of Concert &amp; Artist Services at Steinway &amp; Sons, tunes a piano ahead of the BBC Radio 3 Schubert Season, at King's Place, London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday March 23, 2012. Photo credit should read: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

    Brief letters
    Rewind Radio 3 all the way back to the Third Programme with Through the Night

  • Bass-baritone Michael Mofidian and pianist Julia Lynch rehearse ahead of the first of BBC Radio 3's Lockdown Live at Glasgow City Halls series.

    In a world of formulaic stations, BBC Radio 3 is fun

  • The Guardian view on Radio 3’s new leader: a tough challenge ahead

  • On my radar
    On my radar: Elizabeth Alker’s cultural highlights

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