The Essay Episodes Available now
Walls—Italy Outdoors
3/5 Writer Polly Coles reads Walls, the third essay in her series about Italy鈥檚 public spaces.
La Strada—Italy Outdoors
2/5 Writer Polly Coles reads the second of her essays about Italy鈥檚 public spaces, La Strada.
The Piazza—Italy Outdoors
1/5 Writer Polly Coles reads The Piazza, her first essay on the life of Italy鈥檚 public spaces.
Big Emotion
New Generation Thinker Laurence Scott asks if feelings are becoming data, do they change?
Dear Agatha Christie...
Novelist Ian Sansom has a theory to put to Queen of crime, Agatha Christie.
Dear Virginia Woolf...
A letter of apology to Virginia Woolf from novelist, Ian Sansom.
Dear George Eliot...
Novelist Ian Sansom pens a missive to George Eliot...
Dear Geoffrey Chaucer...
Novelist Ian Sansom fires off a letter to Geoffrey Chaucer...
Crosby Beach—The Meaning of Beaches
Portraits of iconic British beaches. Crosby beach, Liverpool, hosts 100 Gormley statues.
Barra Beach—The Meaning of Beaches
Fiona Stafford explores Hebridean Barra beach, the world's only beach airport.
