The Essay Episodes Available now
Birch—The Meaning of Trees
14/15 Birch trees provide punishment, beauty, versatility and wine, but are very short-lived.
Holly—The Meaning of Trees
13/15 Fiona Stafford on the holly tree, which reaches huge proportions if not pruned annually.
Cherry—The Meaning of Trees
12/15 Fiona Stafford discusses the cherry tree, prized in many ways, but also in sharp decline.
Cypress—The Meaning of Trees, The Meaning of Trees
2/5 Fiona Stafford discusses the Leyland cypress or leylandii.
Horse Chestnut—The Meaning of Trees
11/15 Professor Fiona Stafford discusses the horse chestnut tree.
Transformer—In the Shadow of Kafka
5/5 Playwright Jeff Young explores the unusually powerful impact of Kafka's language.
Kafka's Castle—In the Shadow of Kafka
4/5 Playwright April de Angelis discusses Kafka's novel The Castle.
Waving or Drowning: Kafka and Meaning—In the Shadow of Kafka
3/5 Karen Leeder explores Franz Kafka's very modern use of messengers and messages.
His Father's Excrement - Franz Kafka and the Power of the Insect—In the Shadow of Kafka
2/5 Hanif Kureishi on Franz Kafka's personal and artistic fascination with the body and food.
Margaret Atwood—In the Shadow of Kafka
1/5 Margaret Atwood revisits an essay she wrote on Franz Kafka when she was 19 years old.
