Homer's Adventures of Odysseus. Translated by Samuel Butler. More...

Smith of Wooton Major tells of the preparation of the Great Cake to mark the Feast of Good Children and the magical... More...

Howard’s End is a charming country house in Hertfordshire which becomes the object of an inheritance dispute between the Wilcox family and the Schlegel sisters. Through romantic entanglements, disappearing wills, and sudden tragedy, the conflict over the house emerges as a symbolic struggle for... More...

Mr. Frank Softly was sent to one of the most fashionable and famous of the great public schools. He said, “I ran away three times, and was flogged three times. I made four aristocratic connections, I learnt to play at cricket, to hate rich people. . . and to receive kicks and serious advice... More...

Alec Guinness's performance as King Lear stirs the listener in this recording from the BBC Sound Archives. More...