The Essay Episodes Available now
Of Miracle, of Magic—WB Yeats at 150
5/5 Paula Meehan explores the influence of the magical and the mystical in WB Yeats's work.
The View from the Tower—WB Yeats at 150
4/5 John Banville explains his long-held love for Yeats's 1928 collection of poetry The Tower.
The Second Coming of the Second Coming—WB Yeats at 150
3/5 Poet Paul Muldoon discusses WB Yeats's post-First World War poem The Second Coming.
Not Liking Yeats—WB Yeats at 150
2/5 Writer and commentator Fintan O'Toole on his love-hate relationship with WB Yeats.
Yeats by Heart—WB Yeats at 150
1/5 Fiona Shaw explains the impact of her childhood introduction to the work of WB Yeats.
Brigadoon—Five Imaginary Scottish Places
5/5 Stuart Kelly discusses Brigadoon, the village of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
Unthank—Five Imaginary Scottish Places
4/5 Stuart Kelly explores the fictional city Unthank, from Alasdair Gray's 1981 novel Lanark.
Duncairn—Five Imaginary Scottish Places
3/5 Stuart Kelly discusses author Lewis Grassic Gibbon's fictional Scottish town Duncairn.
Thrums—Five Imaginary Scottish Places
2/5 Literary critic Stuart Kelly discusses JM Barrie's fictional Scottish town called Thrums.
Show Me the Way to Tillietudlem—Five Imaginary Scottish Places
1/5 Literary critic Stuart Kelly explores the fictional locations of novelist John Galt.
