The Essay Episodes Available now
Dear George Eliot...—Letters to Writers
3/5 Novelist Ian Sansom pens a missive to George Eliot...
Dear Jonathan Swift...—Letters to Writers
2/5 Ian Sansom writes an imaginary letter to Jonathan Swift and interrogates him about his art
Dear Geoffrey Chaucer...—Letters to Writers
1/5 Novelist Ian Sansom fires off a letter to Geoffrey Chaucer...
Sir Richard Eyre—The Book that Changed Me
5/5 Director Sir Richard Eyre on how he was inspired by Angus Calder's book The People's War.
Tacita Dean—The Book that Changed Me
4/5 Artist Tacita Dean on how Marguerite Yourcenar's book Fires changed her life and art.
Ben Anderson—The Book that Changed Me
3/5 Journalist Ben Anderson explains how The Autobiography of Malcolm X inspired him.
Pauline Black—The Book that Changed Me
2/5 Singer Pauline Black discusses Harper Lee's book To Kill a Mockingbird.
David Simon—The Book that Changed Me
1/5 Creator of the TV series The Wire David Simon on the book Let us Now Praise Famous Men.
The Bully Pulpit—All My Presidents
5/5 Speeches by Presidents Eisenhower, Carter and Obama that have shaped modern US history.
Talkin' 'bout My Generation - Bill Clinton and George W Bush—All My Presidents
4/5 Michael Goldfarb discusses American presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush.
