The Essay Episodes Available now
Get Playing: Peter Bradshaw's electric guitar—Get Playing
4/5 Film critic Peter Bradshaw describes how he was reunited with his electric guitar.
Get Playing: Poet Fiona Sampson on playing the violin—Get Playing
3/5 Poet Fiona Sampson discusses her early life as a violinist.
Get Playing: Joanne Harris on playing the flute and bass guitar—Get Playing
2/5 Writer Joanne Harris discusses her love of playing the flute and bass guitar.
Alistair McGowan on playing the Piano—Get Playing
1/5 Impressionist and actor Alistair McGowan describes his attempts to relearn the piano.
The Art of Storytelling: Emma Smith—The Art of Storytelling
5/5 Professor Emma Smith considers William Shakespeare's skills as a storyteller.
The Art of Storytelling: David Crystal—The Art of Storytelling
4/5 Professor David Crystal asks how we can preserve for the future the story of language.
The Art of Storytelling: Clemency Burton Hill—The Art of Storytelling
3/5 Broadcaster Clemency Burton-Hill considers the relationship between storytelling and music
The Art of Storytelling: Jon Gower—The Art of Storytelling
2/5 Writer Jon Gower recalls lessons learned from a master storyteller: his grandfather.
The Art of Storytelling: Edmund de Waal—The Art of Storytelling
1/5 Artist and writer Edmund de Waal considers the idea of storytelling through objects.
Lines of Work: Gardener Jackie Bennett on Francis Bacon—Lines of Work
5/5 Gardener Jackie Bennett responds to Elizabethan thinker Francis Bacon's essay Of Gardens.
