The Essay Episodes Available now
Quarry—EarthWorks
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby descends underground to visit Devon’s Beer Quarry Caves.
Grave—EarthWorks
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores how archaeology invites us to be with death.
Town—EarthWorks
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby unearths a Roman town in Yorkshire and considers communities.
Joan Williams—Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s
Novelist Joan Williams, after a promising start, just disappeared. Why?
Philip Roth—Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s
How Philip Roth's writing alienated him from the Jewish community in America.
Norman Mailer—Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s
Michael Goldfarb looks at how Norman Mailer's misogyny eventually caught up with him.
Amiri Baraka—Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s
How poet and playwright Amiri Baraka cancelled himself in a single public appearance.
William Styron—Controversies: American Writing of the 1960s
Should a white man write about a black revolutionary?
5. Bernie McGill: Our Art—Another Northern Ireland
During the Troubles, Bernie McGill was often told to be careful about what she said.
4. Darran Anderson: Map Making—Another Northern Ireland
Darran Anderson draws an alternative map of Ulster for his young son.
