The Essay Episodes Available now
Afua Hirsch on 'Wide Sargasso Sea'—The Book that Changed Me
1/5 How journalist and writer Hirsch changed her view of Jean Rhys's novel.
Paul Morley—Is Music a Civilising Force?
5/5 Paul Morley concludes the series of essays debating music as a civilising force.
Jameela Siddiqi—Is Music a Civilising Force?
4/5 Jameela Siddiqi explores the civilising force of music from an Indian perspective.
Professor Kofi Agawu—Is Music a Civilising Force?
3/5 Professor Kofi Agawu examines the civilising force of music from an African perspective.
Professor Alice Roberts—Is Music a Civilising Force?
2/5 Anatomist and osteoarchaeologist Alice Roberts looks at music's humananising force.
Sir Roger Scruton—Is Music a Civilising Force?
1/5 Sir Roger Scruton explores the civilising force of music.
What Do You Do If You Are a Manically Depressed Robot?—The Free Thinking Essay
10/10 Simon Beard, from the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, on AI and Douglas Adams.
Kids With Guns—The Free Thinking Essay
9/10 Emma Butcher looks at the view of war in the childhood writings of the Bronte family.
Speaking Truth to Power in the Past and Present—The Free Thinking Essay
8/10 Joanne Paul on satire, flattery and document leaks in the C16 and C17 centuries and now.
When Shakespeare Travelled with Me—New Generation Thinkers at 10
5/5 New Generation Thinker Islam Issa looks at Shakespeare in 1916 Egypt to Arabic pop songs.
