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The Essay Episodes

    King Raedwald

    Martin Carver on the inhabitant of the magnificent Sutton Hoo ship burial

    Horn DanceWeird England

    Poet Lila Matsumoto visits Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire and the ancient Horn Dance.

    Snatch ValentineWeird England

    Writer Laura Joyce follows Jack Valentine down the streets of Norwich.

    Weird England: BonfireWeird England

    Writer David Barnes is immersed in history and myth at Lewes Bonfire.

    Weird England: Hunting the EarlWeird England

    Poet Elizabeth-Jane Burnett sets out to Hunt the Earl of Rone in Devon,

    Tar Bar'lWeird England

    Novelist Naomi Booth is drawn to the fiery energy of Allendale’s New Year festivities.

    Preti Taneja on Nusrat Fateh Ali KhanWriting Music

    Author Preti Taneja mediates on a Sufi devotional song by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

    Hannah Beckerman on BrahmsWriting Music

    For Hannah Beckerman, Brahms's Second Piano Concerto is a masterclass in storytelling.

    Barbara Trapido on StravinskyWriting Music

    For Barbara Trapido, nothing is as it seems in Stravinsky’s ballet, Pulcinella.

    Minoo Dinshaw on MendelssohnWriting Music

    Minoo Dinshaw questions identity by tuning in to Mendelssohn’s ‘Scottish’ Third Symphony.

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