The Essay Episodes Available now
King Raedwald—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
5/30 Martin Carver discusses the inhabitant of the Sutton Hoo ship burial.
Three Alpha Females—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
4/30 Martin Carver recreates the lives of three powerful pagan women.
St Augustine—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
3/30 Rowan Williams focuses on St Augustine, the first-ever Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Peasant Farmer—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
2/30 Portrait of the peasant farmers who have shaped the English landscape as we know it today.
Vortigern—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
1/30 Discussion on Vortigern, the king often blamed for inviting the first Anglo-Saxon invaders
Felix Salmon on High-Frequency Trading—At the Speed of Thought
5/5 Felix Salmon on high-frequency trading and its part in the current financial crisis.
Paola Tubaro on Mobs and Mobiles—At the Speed of Thought
4/5 Paola Tubaro examines the 'dark side' of social media in relation to 2011's English riots.
Claire Wardle on How News Travels Fast...—At the Speed of Thought
3/5 Claire Wardle on how news and Twitter feeds shape our response to events.
Laurence Scott on Information vs. Knowledge—At the Speed of Thought
2/5 How instantly available information is affecting the way we consider knowledge and wisdom.
Scott Lash on 'Liquid Modernity'—At the Speed of Thought
1/5 Exploring how digital technology is dramatically changing our daily normality.
