The Essay Episodes Available now
Walking with the Ghosts of the Durham Coalfield—New Generation Thinkers 2021
Jake Morris-Campbell carries the ashes of poet Bill Martin from Sunderland to Durham.
Vasyl Makhno-My Personal History of War—Words for War
5/5 Vasyl Makhno was born in 1964 and has written about war since the Afghan/Soviet conflict.
Oksana Lutsyshyna - I Dream of Explosions—Words for War
4/5 Oksana Lutsyshyna is an award-winning writer, translator and poet.
Lyuba Yakimchuk-Ruination of Cities & Words—Words for War
3/5 Lyuba Yakimchuk was born in eastern Ukraine near Luhansk and has now fled Kyiv for Vienna.
We Come from Odesa - Boris and Ludmila Khersonsky—Words for War
2/5 Boris and Ludmila Khersonsky recently fled Odesa. 'We have to write, to give witness.'
Oksana Maksymchuk-Hear Their Words—Words for War
1/5 War came to Ukraine in 2014. Its poets have been responding to it ever since.
Good Silence, Bad Silence—Talking about Silence
5/5 Diarmaid MacCulloch explores how Christianity contains silences that need ending.
Reformation: Losing Silence—Talking about Silence
4/5 Diarmaid MacCulloch explores how the Reformation rewrote Christian silence.
In a Monastery Garden—Talking about Silence
3/5 Diarmaid MacCulloch takes us inside the spiritual homes of Christian silence.
The Wild Track—Talking about Silence
2/5 Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the 'wild track' of Christian silences.