The Essay Episodes Available now
Akhmatova's July 1914—Minds at War: Series 2
5/5 Sasha Dugdale explores the impact of World War I on the great Russian poet Anna Akhmatova.
Parade—Minds at War: Series 2
4/5 Richard Cork discusses Pablo Picasso's designs for the Ballets Russes production Parade.
Woolf's Mrs Dalloway—Minds at War: Series 2
3/5 How Virginia Woolf and her great novel Mrs Dalloway were shaped by the 1914-18 conflict.
Tzara's Dada Manifesto—Minds at War: Series 2
2/5 Comedian Arthur Smith presents a dadaesque account of Tristan Tzara's Dada Manifesto.
Tagore's Nobel Lectures—Minds at War: Series 2
1/5 Santanu Das discusses the Nobel lectures of the great Indian thinker Rabindranath Tagore.
Of Miracle, of Magic—WB Yeats at 150
5/5 Paula Meehan explores the influence of the magical and the mystical in WB Yeats's work.
The View from the Tower—WB Yeats at 150
4/5 John Banville explains his long-held love for Yeats's 1928 collection of poetry The Tower.
The Second Coming of the Second Coming—WB Yeats at 150
3/5 Poet Paul Muldoon discusses WB Yeats's post-First World War poem The Second Coming.
Not Liking Yeats—WB Yeats at 150
2/5 Writer and commentator Fintan O'Toole on his love-hate relationship with WB Yeats.
Yeats by Heart—WB Yeats at 150
1/5 Fiona Shaw explains the impact of her childhood introduction to the work of WB Yeats.
