The Essay Episodes Available now
Sitting - Our Place in the World—Mug Shots
4/5 Polly Coles reads the next of her essays on portraiture and our obsession with ourselves.
Fame and Infamy—Mug Shots
3/5 Polly Coles reads the third of her essays on portraiture and our obsession with ourselves.
Portraits of Love and Hate—Mug Shots
2/5 Polly Coles reads the next of her essays on portraiture and our obsession with ourselves.
Know Thy Selfie—Mug Shots
1/5 Polly Coles reads the first of her essays on portraiture and our obsession with ourselves.
The Wells of Dee—The Frozen River
5/5 A perilous winter pilgrimage to the source of Britain’s highest river.
Garbh Choire—The Frozen River
4/5 A perilous winter pilgrimage to the source of Britain’s highest river.
The Sundial—The Frozen River
3/5 A perilous winter pilgrimage to the source of Britain’s highest river.
Cairn Toul—The Frozen River
2/5 A perilous winter pilgrimage to the source of Britain’s highest river.
First Flight—The Frozen River
1/5 A perilous winter pilgrimage to the source of Britain’s highest river.
Brightening from the East—Odes to Essex
4/5 Writer and social historian Ken Worpole introduces us to Essex's radical past.