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The Essay Episodes

    MenuetBetween the Essays

    3/4 A musical radio piece about the empty space between people who were once very close.

    FugueBetween the Essays

    2/4 Michael Umney with a poetic exploration of the countryside, farming and false nostalgia.

    PreludeBetween the Essays

    1/4 Sophie Townsend explores what beginnings might be found when everything has ended.

    Horatio Clare on Lludd and LlefelysThe Mabinogion Revisited

    5/5 Horatio Clare discusses the 12th-century tale of Lludd and Llefelys from the Mabinogion.

    Jon Gower on the Role of NatureThe Mabinogion Revisited

    4/5 What the Mabinogion stories can teach us about the role of nature in the Celtic mind.

    Gwyneth Lewis on the Tale of BlodeuweddThe Mabinogion Revisited

    3/5 Gwyneth Lewis reflects on the tale of Blodeuwedd: a woman conjured entirely of flowers.

    James HawesThe Mabinogion Revisited

    2/5 Author James Hawes discusses what the Mabinogion can teach us about storytelling.

    An Introduction to the MabinogionThe Mabinogion Revisited

    1/5 Professor Sioned Davies introduces the early medieval Welsh tales of the Mabinogion.

    Dear Agatha Christie...Letters to Writers

    5/5 Novelist Ian Sansom has a theory to put to the Queen of Crime.

    Dear Virginia Woolf...Letters to Writers

    4/5 A letter of apology to Virginia Woolf from novelist Ian Sansom.

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