The Essay Episodes Available now
Bernard Hare—Why Poverty?
3/5 Writer Bernard Hare reflects on his life growing up poor and witnessing poverty in the UK.
Elizabeth Ohene—Why Poverty?
2/5 Former minister Elizabeth Ohene says more science education is vital to fighting poverty.
Paul Collier—Why Poverty?
1/5 Paul Collier promotes giving aid only to countries without hope of overcoming mass poverty
Should biographers imitate their subjects?—New Generation Thinkers at 10
1/5 Deep diving into the trail of an Indian guru: Martin Goodman's adventures in life writing
Branding and the Sistine Chapel—Painting Genesis
4/4 Art historian Martin Kemp explores the origin of the Sistine Chapel 'brand'.
Colour and the Sistine Chapel—Painting Genesis
3/4 Art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston responds to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel paintings.
God and the Sistine Chapel—Painting Genesis
1/4 Rev Lucy Winkett on what Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel paintings say to Christians today.
Eadfrith the Scribe—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
10/30 Richard Gameson explores the everyday working lives and vital contribution of scribes.
Cuthbert—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
9/30 Historian Tony Morris explores the life of Cuthbert, the popular saint of the Northeast.
Hild of Whitby—Anglo-Saxon Portraits
8/30 The story of Hild of Whitby, an abbess who held great power in the seventh century.
