The Essay Episodes Available now
Daniel Kehlmann—Goodbye to All That
3/5 German writer Daniel Kehlmann reflects on recent German history.
Jeanette Winterson—Goodbye to All That
5/5 Jeanette Winterson considers a recent turning point in British attitudes to the arts.
Elif Shafak—Goodbye to All That
1/5 Turkish writer Elif Shafak reflects on a turning point in her native country's history.
The Grieving Parents—Minds at War: Series 1
10/10 Ruth Padel reflects on German artist Kathe Kollwitz's memorial for her youngest son, Peter
The Broken Wing—Minds at War: Series 1
9/10 Santanu Das discusses the Indian poet Sarojini Naidu's 1917 collection The Broken Wing.
Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort—Minds at War: Series 1
8/10 BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet discusses Edith Wharton's reportage from wartime France.
Battleship Potemkin—Minds at War: Series 1
7/10 Ian Christie discusses Eisenstein's film Battleship Potemkin as a response to World War I.
Le Feu—Minds at War: Series 1
6/10 Heather Jones on Henri Barbusse's Le Feu, the first explicit account of WWI conditions.
Thoughts for the Times on War and Death—Minds at War: Series 1
5/10 Michal Shapira explores Sigmund Freud's Thoughts for the Times on War and Death.
The Memorandum on the Neglect of Science—Minds at War: Series 1
4/10 Prof David Edgerton discusses the 1916 Memorandum on the Neglect of Science.
