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The Essay Episodes

    Michael ManleyThinking Black

    5/5 Writer Colin Grant asks who is black and who isn’t – and who gets to decide?

    Sandra LaingThinking Black

    4/5 Writer Colin Grant explores the history and consequences of racial passing.

    Bert WilliamsThinking Black

    3/5 Writer Colin Grant explores the history and evolution of minstrelsy.

    John Howard GriffinThinking Black

    2/5 Colin Grant examines how black people often experience invisibility in wider society.

    Peter FryerThinking Black

    1/5 Colin Grant explores whether it’s appropriate for a white writer to write black history.

    Thangam DebbonaireFive Kinds of Beethoven

    5/5 Thangam Debbonaire MP shares what Beethoven means to her.

    Andrew BiswellFive Kinds of Beethoven

    4/5 Andrew Biswell explores the fascinating connection between Anthony Burgess and Beethoven.

    Nitin SawhneyFive Kinds of Beethoven

    3/5 Nitin Sawhney on the origins, evolution and nature of Beethoven’s genius.

    Sophie StoneFive Kinds of Beethoven

    2/5 Sophie Stone considers accessing music as a deaf person and what Beethoven means to her.

    Inua EllamsFive Kinds of Beethoven

    1/5 Inua Ellams, poet and playwright, shares what Beethoven means to him.

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