The Essay Episodes Available now
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.
The Lucky and the Luckless - Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter—All My Presidents
3/5 Michael Goldfarb tells the story of American presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.
The Evil that Men Do Lives After—All My Presidents
2/5 Michael Goldfarb recalls the lasting memories he has of American president Richard Nixon.
Ike and JFK—All My Presidents
1/5 Michael Goldfarb recalls his family's encounters with Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy.
288a Main Road—Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel
1/5 Novelist Mark Haddon reflects on the house in Northamptonshire that was his childhood home
Queensferry Crossing, Scotland—Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel
4/5 Dr Gavin Francis on the largest balanced cantilever bridge ever to be built.
