The Essay Episodes Available now
The importance of noise—Nothing Is Real - Pop's Struggle with Authenticity
3/5 David Hepworth on the importance of volume and the difference between signal and noise.
The Terminology—Nothing Is Real - Pop's Struggle with Authenticity
2/5 David Hepworth discusses pop terminology - a trap for frauds and a charter for pseuds.
Living the life—Nothing Is Real - Pop's Struggle with Authenticity
1/5 Author David Hepworth reflects on pop music's struggles with authenticity.
5 of 5: Half Life—Between the Essays
5/5 Tadhg O'Sullivan captures the re-population by nature of the area around Chernobyl.
4 of 5: Das Kapital—Between the Essays
4/5 Brit Pliestik Jensen and Martin Ozvold trace the borders crossed by a toy bought in Prague
3 of 5: Russia—Between the Essays
3/5 Radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay with innovative miniature features.
2 of 5: The West—Between the Essays
2/5 Laura Barton criss-crosses the States to gaze at the moon.
1 of 5: Ghent—Between the Essays
1/5 Duncan Speakman and Tineke De Meyer circumnavigate Ghent in Belgium.
Dear William...—More Letters to Writers
Ian Sansom writes to William Trevor to ask if every silver lining must have a cloud.
Dear Marianne ...—More Letters to Writers
Ian Sansom writes to poet Marianne Moore to finally ask her about that tricorn hat
