The Essay Episodes Available now
Dining with the Nightmare—New Generation Thinkers 2017
5/5 Daisy Hay on the role in the history of English Romanticism of publisher Joseph Johnson.
A Tale of Restoration Murder, Barbarous and Inhumane—New Generation Thinkers 2017
4/5 Tom Charlton explores press reporting, scandal and politics in the 17th century.
Resisting Tyranny—New Generation Thinkers 2017
3/5 Jonathan Healey on changing ways of resistance to state control and prevailing ideology.
A Focus on Fasting—New Generation Thinkers 2017
2/5 Christopher Kissane from the London School of Economics explores the history of fasting.
A Romanticist Reflects on Breastfeeding—New Generation Thinkers 2017
1/5 Corin Throsby explores attitudes towards breastfeeding.
Isaac Rosenberg's Dead Man's Dump—Minds at War: Series 4
5/5 Santanu Das explores the poetic world of Bristol-born Isaac Rosenberg.
Mata Hari's Final Performance—Minds at War: Series 4
4/5 Elif Shafak on the elaborate and provocative performances and photo shoots of Mata Hari.
Siegfried Sassoon's Letter to The Times—Minds at War: Series 4
3/5 Joanna Bourke on Siegfried Sassoon and his celebrated protest against the conflict.
Gertrude Bell—Minds at War: Series 4
2/5 Tarek Osman considers the writing of Gertrude Bell.
Marcel Duchamp—Minds at War: Series 4
1/5 Heather Jones on the war connections and controversy around Marcel Duchamp's work Fountain
