The Essay Episodes Available now
Adam Nicolson—Napoleon and Me
3/5 Writer Adam Nicolson recalls being a teenager as father wrote about Napoleon and 1812.
Andrea Stuart—Napoleon and Me
2/5 Writer Andrea Stuart celebrates Napoleon's first wife, Josephine de Beauharnais.
Julia Blackburn—Napoleon and Me
1/5 Julia Blackburn looks for the ghost of Napoleon on St Helena, where he died in exile.
Clare Lockhart—Why Poverty?
5/5 Development expert Clare Lockhart says private capital must be used to combat poverty.
Lawrence Haddad—Why Poverty?
4/5 Lawrence Haddad reflects on the causes of continuing widespread malnutrition.
Bernard Hare—Why Poverty?
3/5 Writer Bernard Hare reflects on his life growing up poor and witnessing poverty in the UK.
Elizabeth Ohene—Why Poverty?
2/5 Former minister Elizabeth Ohene says more science education is vital to fighting poverty.
Paul Collier—Why Poverty?
1/5 Paul Collier promotes giving aid only to countries without hope of overcoming mass poverty
Should biographers imitate their subjects?—New Generation Thinkers at 10
1/5 Deep diving into the trail of an Indian guru: Martin Goodman's adventures in life writing
Branding and the Sistine Chapel—Painting Genesis
4/4 Art historian Martin Kemp explores the origin of the Sistine Chapel 'brand'.
