The Essay Episodes Available now
False Memories—The Strangeness of Memory
2/5 Psycologist Chris French looks at childhood memories and asks how reliable they are.
Touching the Void—The Strangeness of Memory
1/5 Adam Zeman on the void of amnesia and how it impacts identity and consciousness.
My Mother's House—Stuff Happens
How do you deal with the stuff from your late mother's house while in the depths of grief?
The Tricks of Memory—The Strangeness of Memory
4/5 How do we remember facts or details? Professor David Shanks tells us the secret techniques
Books and Letters—Stuff Happens
Getting rid of stuff is hard at the best of times, but books and personal letters?
Decluttering—Stuff Happens
Decluttering is all the rage - so how do the stylish Parisians go about it? Or do they?
Tidy Home, Tidy Mind—Stuff Happens
Joanna Robertson aims for a 'tidy home, tidy mind'.
Moving House—Stuff Happens
Why does stuff have such an emotional hold on us? Joanna Robertson on moving house.
Robert Frost's 'Design'—Five Poems I Wish I Had Written
5/5 Poet Don Paterson reflects on Robert Frost's 'Design'.
Sylvia Plath's 'Cut'—Five Poems I Wish I Had Written
4/5 Poet Don Paterson reflects on Sylvia Plath's poem 'Cut'.
