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The Essay Episodes

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    Poet Kenneth Steven on the Scottish islands

    Poet Kenneth Steven writes on the remote islands of St Kilda.

  2. Poet Kenneth Steven on Scottish island life

    Poet Kenneth Steven writes on Hoy in the archipelago of the Orkney islands

  3. Philip Melanchthon

    5/5 Luther's Reformation Gang

  4. Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 5. Joe Hill

    Marybeth Hamilton on the ghosts of Joe Hill and Paul Robeson and their linked fates.

  5. Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 4. Zog Nit Keynmol

    Paul Robeson's life and struggle through songs .Tayo Aluko on Robeson's Zog Nit Keynmol.

  6. Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 3. The Canoe Song

    Paul Robeson's life and struggle told through music. Matthew Sweet on the Canoe Song.

  7. Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 2. Ol' Man River

    The life of Paul Robeson in songs. Granddaughter Susan Robeson on Ol' Man River.

  8. Paul Robeson in Five Songs: 1. No More Auction Block

    Paul Robeson's life and struggle through song. Shana Redmond on No More Auction Block.

  9. New Generation Thinkers: The Feurtado's Fire

    Christienna Fryar looks at Caribbean earthquakes and fires and lessons for rebuilding now

  10. New Generation Thinkers Jean Rhys's Dress

    Sophie Oliver on motherhood, a dress and rereading Wide Sargasso Sea

  12. Never Let Me Go

    What does it mean to be human, and how can physicians respond to life's mysteries?

  14. Minds at War: Sean O'Casey's "The Silver Tassie"

    Playwright and academic Elizabeth Kuti explores Sean O'Casey's "The Silver Tassie"

  15. Minds at War: Father Browne's war photograph

    Photographer John D McHugh explores one of the war photos taken by Fr Francis Browne

  16. Minds at War: "Ulysses"

    The writer Fintan O'Toole reflects on James Joyce's novel "Ulysses"

  17. Minds at War: "The Last September"

    Dr Heather Jones of the LSE explores Elizabeth Bowen's novel "The Last September"

  18. Minds at War: "O' Connell Street"

    Poet and academic Gerald Dawe explores Francis Ledwidge's poem "O'Connell Street".

  19. Martin Luther

    1/5 Luther's Reformation Gang

  20. Mahler's Symphony No 8

    Stephen Johnson considers how Mahler's Symphony no 8 was received by its first audience.

  21. Mabinogi - Episode 3

    Third of a new fantasy series, based on the iconic work of medieval Welsh mythology.

  22. Late Style: Vicki Feaver

    Writing as you get older: thoughts from Vicki Feaver.

  23. Late Style: Penelope Lively

    Thoughts on writing fiction as you get older from the novelist Penelope Lively.

  24. Late Style: Paul Bailey

    The novelist Paul Bailey discusses writing in his ninth decade.

  25. Late Style: Douglas Dunn

    Writing back the years: thoughts on poetry after retirement by Douglas Dunn.

  26. Late Style: Diana Hendry

    Writing age: thoughts on keeping going by Diana Hendry.

  27. King Raedwald

    Martin Carver on the inhabitant of the magnificent Sutton Hoo ship burial

  28. Katharina von Bora

    3/5 Luther's Reformation Gang

  29. John Halifax, Gentleman

    2/5 Clare Walker Gore explores how Dinah Mulock Craik subverted Victorian expectations

  30. Johann Walther

    4/5 Luther's Reformation Gang

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