The Guardian UK Culture Podcast

Here's the second edition of our 12-part collaboration with theatre producers Fuel, each of which is created by a different artist – from theatremakers and poets to composers and comedians – and is free to download. This month's podcast is by performance poet Inua Ellams and is designed to be heard on a city bridge, at midnight, with a pen and paper – and some friends

Confirmed singletons Elizabeth and Brian each have their own alternative Valentine's Day traditions. But can homemade coconut cake + random phone calls = love? Find out in the second of our radio dramas from US producer Jonathan Mitchell

A new series of radio dramas by US producer Jonathan Mitchell launches with an alternative moon landing

In collaboration with theatre producers Fuel, today we launch a series of podcasts that bring fragments of theatre into everyday life. They're free to download, and designed to be listened to in a specific place, at a specific time of day – site-specific performance with a twist. We'll release one a month; future artists to be involved include poet Lemn Sissay, choreographer Hofesh Shechter and comedian Josie Long. The first podcast in the series is entitled In the Evening, In the Bath, by Kazuko Hohki, and should be listened to exactly where it says ...

In the last of our 12 tales for Christmas, Helen Simpson reads Angela Carter’s ‘triumphant comedy’, ‘The Kitchen Child’ For more podcasts, including Philip Pullman reading Chekhov and Helen Dunmore reading Frank O’Connor, visit the Guardian short stories podcast page. To nominate your own favourite short story, join the discussion on our open thread

Ali Smith reads a ‘breathtaking, breathgiving’ look at an argument between an elderly father and his writer daughterIn the original version of this podcast, Ali Smith’s reading was cut short. The version below has been corrected with the full-length reading

Tessa Hadley reads a story from one of her ‘writing family’, Elizabeth Bowen’s ‘The Jungle’

Margaret Drabble reads Katherine Mansfield’s ‘memorable, painful’ The Doll’s House – the first adult short story she ever read For more podcasts, including Philip Pullman reading Chekhov and William Boyd reading JG Ballard, visit the Guardian short stories podcast page. To nominate your own favourite short story, join the discussion on our open thread

Colm Tóibín delights in the hidden landscapes and hidden lives revealed in Eugene McCabe’s Music at Annahullian For more podcasts, including Philip Pullman reading Chekhov and William Boyd reading JG Ballard, visit the Guardian short stories podcast page. To nominate your own favourite short story, join the discussion on our open thread

Philip Pullman opens our podcast series of authors reading their favourite short stories with Chekhov’s ‘masterpiece of minimalism’, ‘The Beauties’