The Essay Episodes Available now
The Wrench—The Book that Changed Me
2/10 Potter and writer Edmund de Waal explains how Primo Levi's book The Wrench inspired him.
Homage to Catalonia—The Book that Changed Me
1/10 Alan Johnston explains how Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell inspired him.
Francis Pott—The Age of Creativity
5/5 Composer Francis Pott explores the effect of the ageing process on creative artists.
Maureen Duffy—The Age of Creativity
4/5 Writer Maureen Duffy explores the effect the ageing process has had on her creativity.
Frances Fyfield—The Age of Creativity
3/5 Crime writer Frances Fyfield explores the way the ageing process affects creative artists.
Tess Jaray—The Age of Creativity
2/5 Abstract painter Tess Jaray explores the effect of the ageing process on her creativity.
Colin Shindler—The Age of Creativity
1/5 Screenwriter Colin Shindler explores the effect of ageing on his creativity.
Death—The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel
5/5 Critic James Wood explores how the novel deals with death.
The Self—The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel
4/5 James Wood explores the meaning of self in fiction.
Speech—The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel
3/5 Critic James Wood explores what writers do with dialogue in novels.
