The Essay Episodes Available now
Tinseltown—Venice Unravelled
2/5 Writer Polly Coles focuses on the impact of celebrity on Venice.
At Home—Venice Unravelled
1/5 Polly Coles on what 'home' and 'house' mean to various types of residents in Venice today.
Lucy Jones: Crawling to Glory—The Genius of Disability
5/5 Tom Shakespeare celebrates painter Lucy Jones, who was born with cerebral palsy.
Goya, Klee, Matisse: Leaving the Best till Last?—The Genius of Disability
4/5 Tom Shakespeare discusses the lives and works of a selection of disabled artists.
Arturo Bispo do Rosario: The Sculptor Who Saved the World—The Genius of Disability
3/5 Tom Shakespeare discusses sculptor Arturo Bispo do Rosario, who had schizophrenia.
The Genius of Disability: Bryan Pearce - What Would I Do If I Didn't Paint?—The Genius of Disability
2/5 Tom Shakespeare on painter Bryan Pearce, born with the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria.
The Genius of Disability: Al-Ma'arri - Visionary Free Thinker—The Genius of Disability
1/5 Tom Shakespeare discusses the blind tenth-century Arabian poet Al-Ma'arri.
St Petersburg - White Flowers and Revolution—World War One Round the World
Novelist Tatyana Tolstaya tells a St Petersburg audience how World War I changed Russia.
Paris: The Christmas Truce—World War One Round the World, Series 1
1/5 Christian Carion asks what the mud and degradation of WWI did to the idea of heroism.
5. Suzanne Joinson - 'Somebody Else's Story'—I've Never Told Anyone This Before
5/5 Novelist and market enthusiast Suzanne Joinson shares a story she has never told before.
