The Essay Episodes Available now
Chesterfield's Crooked Spire, Derbyshire—Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel
3/5 Poet Helen explains why Chesterfield's Crooked Spire Church has inspired her.
Impington College, Cambridge—Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel
2/5 Painter Humphrey Ocean introduces Impington College, built by architect Walter Gropius.
Novelist Kit de Waal reflects on the architecture of the prison where she worked.—Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel
5/5 Novelist Kit de Waal reflects on the architecture of the prison where she once worked.
Food: Are We What We Eat?—New Generation Thinkers
1/5 Christopher Kissane explores the role of food in past and present conflicts over identity.
The Rise and Fall of the Hairdresser—New Generation Thinkers
5/5 New Generation Thinker Seán Williams on the depiction of hairdressers in prints and prose
Marina Lewycka - Up the Eiffel Tower—The Birthday Treat
5/5 Marina Lewycka takes a trip up the Eiffel Tower to reflect on a lifetime of visiting Paris
Strindberg and 'the Woman Question'—New Generation Thinkers
4/5 Leah Broad considers 'the woman question' in 19th-century Scandinavian countries.
Edwina Currie: A Ferry Across the Mersey—The Birthday Treat
4/5 Edwina Currie returns to the Mersey, where she once took part in a schoolgirl ritual.
Gervase Phinn: On the Camino de Santiago—The Birthday Treat
3/5 Gervase Phinn recalls joining the pilgrims on a visit to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Telephone Terrors—New Generation Thinkers
3/5 Poet Sarah Jackson explores the phone and its voices in philosophy and fiction.
