The Essay Episodes Available now
Shaping the Air - Writers and Radio: Samuel West—Shaping the Air - Writers and Radio
1/5 Actor Samuel West explores the art of performance and declarative language.
Beastly Politics—New Generation Thinkers at 10
3/5 Alasdair Cochrane re-imagines a political world that takes animal rights seriously.
Dresden - Targets—World War One Round the World
Herlinde Koebl discusses World War One, targets and killing.
Sarajevo - Divine Uncertainty—World War One Round the World
Haris Pasovic explores WWI's effect on the long history of nationalism in the Balkans.
London - Shell Shock and the Shock of Shells—World War One Round the World
Joanna Bourke on the emotional, cultural and physical impact of WWI shelling on soldiers.
Ned Beauman: the Appendix
Five writers choose an organ of the body on which to reflect. In this edition, Ned Beauman
Naomi Alderman: The Intestines
Five writers choose an organ of the body to reflect on. In this edition, Naomi Alderman.
Daljit Nagra: the Lungs
Five writers choose an organ of the body on which to reflect. In this edition Daljit Nagra
Christina Patterson: the Skin
Christina Patterson reflects on the skin and her own experience of living with acne.
Mark Ravenhill: the Gall Bladder
Five writers choose an organ of the body on which to reflect starting with Mark Ravenhill.
