The Love That Wrote Its Name

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Colquhoun And Macbryde: More Lasting Than Life2017071420181012 (R3)Novelist Louise Welsh on the life, love, the rise and the fall of Scottish artists Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde. The two Roberts, as they came to be known, met in 1933, as students at Glasgow School of Art. They were together until their early deaths; Colquhoun at the age of forty-seven, MacBryde four years later at the age of fifty-three. Their relationship endured their meteoric rise as fashionable artists and their eventual fall from grace as post-was tastes in art began to change.

Part of Gay Britannia, a season of programming marking the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offences Act 1967, which partially decriminalised homosexual acts that took place in private between two men over the age of 21.

Writer: Louise Welsh

Reader: Louise Welsh

Producer: Simon Richardson.

Louise Welsh on the relationship between artists Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

The Loves Of Elizabeth Bishop2017071320181011 (R3)Novelist Neel Mukherjee on the abiding reticence that characterises the work and the life of American poet Elizabeth Bishop, particularly in relation to her sexuality. Mukherjee explores the two great loves of Bishop's life: the Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares and American student Alice Methfessel, who was 32 years her junior.

Part of Gay Britannia, a season of programming marking the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offences Act 1967, which partially decriminalised homosexual acts that took place in private between two men over the age of 21.

Writer: Neel Mukherjee

Reader: Neel Mukherjee

Producer: Simon Richardson.

Neel Mukherjee explores the two great loves of American poet Elizabeth Bishop's life.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

There Was No Them There (an Autobiography Of Stella F Duffy)2017071120181009 (R3)A heartfelt meditation on the (in)visibilty of gay women.

Writer and theatremaker Stella Duffy describes growing up lesbian in New Zealand in the 60s and 70s and considers what the 40 year expatriate 'marriage' of novelist, poet and playwright Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas, author of The Alice B Toklas Cookbook, means to her.

Part of Gay Britannia, a season of programming marking the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offences Act 1967, which partially decriminalised homosexual acts that took place in private between two men over the age of 21.

Writer: Stella Duffy

Reader: Stella Duffy

Producer: Simon Richardson.

Writer Stella Duffy on growing up as a lesbian in New Zealand in the 1960s and 70s.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Wh Auden And Chester Kallman2017071220181010 (R3)Academic and poet Gregory Woods, author of Homintern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World, explores the tumultuous but enduring relationship of poet WH Auden and librettist Chester Kallman, lifelong companions and collaborators.

Part of Gay Britannia, a season of programming marking the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offences Act 1967, which partially decriminalised homosexual acts that took place in private between two men over the age of 21.

Writer: Gregory Woods

Reader: Gregory Woods

Producer: Simon Richardson.

Gregory Woods on the tumultuous but enduring relationship of WH Auden and Chester Kallman.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

01The Boys2017071020181008 (R3)In 1969 while the actor was performing his one man show in Belfast, a young Simon Callow was Micheကl MacLiamm ir's dresser. Callow pays tribute to the 50 year relationship of Micheကl MacLiamm ir and his partner Hilton Edwards, who were the founders of Dublin's influential Gate Theatre.

Simon Callow is an actor, musician, writer, and theatre director.

Part of Gay Britannia, a season of programming marking the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offences Act 1967, which decriminalised homosexual acts that took place in private between two men over the age of 21.

Writer: Simon Callow

Reader: Simon Callow

Producer: Simon Richardson.

Simon Callow on Micheal MacLiammoir and Hilton Edwards, founders of Dublin's Gate Theatre.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.