The Essay Episodes Available now
Alexander McCall Smith - Episodic Writing—The Writer's Dickens
4/5 Writer Alexander McCall Smith salutes Charles Dickens's mastery of the episodic form.
AL Kennedy - No Hope of Return—The Writer's Dickens
3/5 AL Kennedy explores Dickens' literary response to the themes of poverty, misery and death.
Romesh Gunesekera - The Orphan Eye—The Writer's Dickens
2/5 Romesh Gunesekera on how Dickens addresses the move from childhood into the world beyond.
Tessa Hadley - Rooms and Reality—The Writer's Dickens
1/5 Tessa Hadley on how Dickens paints the reality of his world through characters' houses.
A History of Memory or a Memory of History?—Looking and Looking Away
5/5 Amanda Hopkinson lifts the lid on German writer WG Sebald's photographic archive.
Sebald the Poet—Looking and Looking Away
4/5 Poet George Szirtes reflects on German writer WG Sebald's poetry.
A Translator's View—Looking and Looking Away
3/5 Anthea Bell offers a translator's view on the life and work of WG Sebald.
Teaching by Example—Looking and Looking Away
2/5 Uwe Schutte reflects on the life and work of writer WG Sebald, who was once his teacher.
Not Responsibility: Shame—Looking and Looking Away
1/5 Christopher Bigsby reflects on WG Sebald's writings on his German homeland.
Woof and Tweet—Earth Music Bristol
5/5 Poet and writer Paul Farley explores why a bittern can sound like reggae.
