The Essay Episodes Available now
Widows—'The Odd Woman', or celebrating five single females
4/5 Journalist and author Rachel Cooke examines the phenomenon of the single woman.
The Divorcee—'The Odd Woman', or celebrating five single females
3/5 Journalist and author Rachel Cooke examines the phenomenon of the single woman.
Career Girls—'The Odd Woman', or celebrating five single females
2/5 Writer Rachel Cooke on the phenomenon of the single woman. In this essay, career girls.
5. Joe Hill—Paul Robeson in Five Songs
5/5 Marybeth Hamilton on the two ghosts of Joe Hill and Paul Robeson and their linked fates.
4. Zog Nit Keynmol—Paul Robeson in Five Songs
4/5 Tayo Aluko explores Paul Robeson's anguished 1949 Moscow performance of Zog Nit Keynmol.
3. The Canoe Song—Paul Robeson in Five Songs
3/5 Mathew Sweet unravels the complex threads of Paul Robeson's rendition of the Canoe Song.
2. Ol' Man River—Paul Robeson in Five Songs
2/5 Susan Robeson tells how her grandfather transformed Ol' Man River into a song of defiance.
1. No More Auction Block—Paul Robeson in Five Songs
1/5 The life and struggle of Paul Robeson through song. Shana Redmond on No More Auction Block
The Preseli Mountains—Higher Thoughts and the Meaning of Welsh Mountains
5/5 Jon Gower explores the five mountain ranges of Wales.
Epynt—Higher Thoughts and the Meaning of Welsh Mountains
4/5 Jon Gower explores the five mountain ranges of Wales.
