The Essay Episodes Available now
Sindhubala—Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf
3/5 Preti Taneja on the writing and politics of Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi.
Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf: Sindhubala
Preti Taneja on the writing and politics of Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi
John Halifax, Gentleman—Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf
2/5 Clare Walker Gore explains how Dinah Mulock Craik subverted Victorian expectations.
John Halifax, Gentleman
2/5 Clare Walker Gore explores how Dinah Mulock Craik subverted Victorian expectations
The Black Lizard—Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf
1/5 New Generation Thinker Christopher Harding reads the Japanese equivalent of Conan Doyle.
Madame E Toussaint Welcome—Shakespeare's Sisters
5/5 Lucy Powell remembers one of the first African American film directors.
Katharine Wright—Shakespeare's Sisters
4/5 Where is Katharine Wright's place in aviation history?
Fanny Dickens—Shakespeare's Sisters
3/5 The brilliant women whose success was often eclipsed by their more famous brothers.
Sarah Fielding—Shakespeare's Sisters
2/5 Lucy Powell asks why history has forgotten the achievements of novelist Sarah Fielding.
Maria Anna Mozart—Shakespeare's Sisters
1/5 Lucy Powell explores what happened to 'Nannerl' Mozart.