The Essay Episodes Available now
Foreign Correspondent—It's a Hack's Life
3/5 Michael Goldfarb talks about building a career reporting as a foreign correspondent.
New Business Models: Debt and Gannett—It's a Hack's Life
2/5 In the 1980s, one man built America's biggest newspaper chain and founded USA Today.
The Primacy of the Instant: CNN and Computers—It's a Hack's Life
1/5 The history of the changes in news reporting in US journalism over the last 40 years.
The Holy Island—Islands
5/5 Kenneth Steven visits another island and responds to its landscape in poetry and prose.
Barra—Islands
4/5 Kenneth Steven visits another island and responds to its landscape in poetry and prose.
Staffa—Islands
3/5 Kenneth Steven visits another island and responds to its landscape in poetry and prose.
Jura—Islands
2/5 Kenneth Steven visits another island and responds to its landscape in poetry and prose.
Mingulay—Islands
1/5 Kenneth Steven visits another island and responds to its landscape in poetry and prose.
Ian Sansom: Mince on Toast with Christopher Isherwood—The Diarists
5/5 Ian Sansom reflects on the supreme sociability of Christopher Isherwood.
Ian Sansom: Cheese Dreams with Graham Greene—The Diarists
4/5 Ian Sansom explores his own and Graham Greene’s active dream life.
