The Essay Episodes Available now
Transformer—In the Shadow of Kafka
5/5 Playwright Jeff Young explores the unusually powerful impact of Kafka's language.
Kafka's Castle—In the Shadow of Kafka
4/5 Playwright April de Angelis discusses Kafka's novel The Castle.
Waving or Drowning: Kafka and Meaning—In the Shadow of Kafka
3/5 Karen Leeder explores Franz Kafka's very modern use of messengers and messages.
His Father's Excrement - Franz Kafka and the Power of the Insect—In the Shadow of Kafka
2/5 Hanif Kureishi on Franz Kafka's personal and artistic fascination with the body and food.
Margaret Atwood—In the Shadow of Kafka
1/5 Margaret Atwood revisits an essay she wrote on Franz Kafka when she was 19 years old.
Postman's Knock
David Hepworth on the changing rituals of courtship, from dance cards to 'hook-up' culture
Young Artists Day: Sunita
A new short story by young Nigerian writer Chibundu Onuzo for Radio 3's Young Artists Day.
Some Kind of Genius—Being Orson
5/5 Film critic David Thomson explores Orson Welles's complicated relationship with failure.
F for Fake—Being Orson
4/5 Sarah Churchwell discusses film-maker Orson Welles's capacity for self-mythologising.
Why Citizen Kane Matters—Being Orson
3/5 Film critic Peter Bradshaw gives his personal take on Orson Welles's film Citizen Kane.
