BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 have commissioned a season of programmes marking 100 years since the publication of Ulysses. James Joyce’s modernist masterpiece was released in February 1922. It was one of the foundational texts of the modernist movement, an explosion of ideas in the arts and beyond – ideas that spread right around the globe and still reverberate today. Both networks will be exploring the ideas, achievements and legacy of the modernist pioneers, and why they still matter now. At the centre of Radio 4’s output is 1922: The Birth Of Now, beginning 24 January at 1.45pm. Presented by Matthew Sweet, the series investigates 10 momentous events that took place in 1922 and trace their impact through to today, from the Soviet Shabolovka Tower to the development of the first aircraft carrier; from the revolutionary theatre of Berthold Brecht through to the new sounds of Louis Armstrong. Matthew Sweet says: “The writers and artists of 1922 made a powerful claim on the idea of...