The Essay Episodes Available now
Not Responsibility: Shame—Looking and Looking Away
1/5 Christopher Bigsby reflects on WG Sebald's writings on his German homeland.
Woof and Tweet—Earth Music Bristol
5/5 Poet and writer Paul Farley explores why a bittern can sound like reggae.
Symphonic Impressions—Earth Music Bristol
4/5 Bird song recordist Geoff Sample explores whether birds sings symphonically.
On Lyre Birds and Bell Birds—Earth Music Bristol
3/5 Composer Edward Cowie shares his enthusiasm for lyre and bell birds.
Birdsong—Earth Music Bristol
2/5 Behaviour expert Professor Tim Birkhead explores how birds learn to sing.
The Glee Instinct—Earth Music Bristol
1/5 Nature writer Richard Mabey reflects on how and why we like to sing together.
Byron, celebrity and fan mail—New Generation Thinkers at 10
2/5 Would Byron have embraced twitter? Corin Throsby considers the letters fans sent him.
Chocky—The Book that Changed Me
10/10 Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock on how Chocky by John Wyndham inspired her.
The Silent Spring—The Book that Changed Me
9/10 Journalist Julian Pettifer on how Rachel Carson's The Silent Spring inspired him.
In the Land of Israel—The Book that Changed Me
8/10 Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner on Amos Oz's book In the Land of Israel.
