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The Essay Episodes

    Cosmic RevelationsBeneath the Night

    3/5 Astronomer Dr Stuart Clark continues to explore our relationship with the night sky.

    Omens in the HeavensBeneath the Night

    2/5 In his second essay, astronomer Dr Stuart Clark takes a journey back in time.

    The Great Sky AboveBeneath the Night

    1/5 Can we find meaning in the stars? Astronomer Dr Stuart Clark searches for answers.

    Philippa Gregory on Jane EyreOpen Endings

    5/5 Historical author Philippa Gregory writes a new end for Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.

    Elif Shafak on Anna KareninaOpen Endings

    4/5 Elif Shafak chooses Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

    AL Kennedy on The Wind in the WillowsOpen Endings

    3/5 AL Kennedy chooses Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows

    Bernardine Evaristo on Mrs DallowayOpen Endings

    2/5 Man Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo chooses Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.

    Ian Rankin on Lord of the FliesOpen Endings

    1/5 Ian Rankin chooses William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

    John OcanseyLegacies of 1619

    5/5 Caryl Phillips reflects on young African John Ocansey exercising his freedom in Liverpool.

    Mary Prince and Sally HemingsLegacies of 1619

    4/5 Author Anne Bailey reflects on two remarkable women, Mary Prince and Sally Hemings.

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