The Essay Episodes Available now
Chastity and Lots of Praying—Behind the Veil: The story of Irish nuns
Convent-educated, lapsed Catholic Olivia O'Leary asks where all the Irish nuns have gone.
In the Lives of Salmon—Postcards from the Floating Coast
Bathsheba Demuth journeys to the Yukon River to investigate our relationship with salmon.
In the Land of Reindeer—Postcards from the Floating Coast
Bathsheba Demuth explores the impact of reindeers' sensitivity to the Arctic climate.
In the Company of Walruses—Postcards from the Floating Coast
Historian Bathsheba Demuth seeks human and animal traces in the Arctic ice and tundra.
In the Country of Whales—Postcards from the Floating Coast
Bathsheba Demuth examines how different Arctic peoples have valued bowhead whales.
In the Minds of Dogs—Postcards from the Floating Coast
Bathsheba Demuth looks at the shifting relationship between humans and dogs in the Arctic.
Amanda Thomson on Slowing Down in Abernethy Forest—A Landscape for Recovery
Writer and artist Amanda Thomson shares her close observations of the natural world.
Louise Kenward on the Ocean as Mirror at Bexhill-on-Sea—A Landscape for Recovery
Writer, artist and psychologist Louise Kenward describes her relationship with the sea.
Amy Liptrot on Motherhood in Owl Woods—A Landscape for Recovery
Writer Amy Liptrot traces two years of visiting Owl Woods in Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
Katharine Norbury on Companionship on the Thames—A Landscape for Recovery
Writer Katharine Norbury explores our relationship with the non-human world.
