The Essay Episodes Available now
Episode 2—The Other Empire
2/5 Julian Jackson tells the story of France's involvement in sub-Saharan Africa.
Episode 1—The Other Empire
1/5 Julian Jackson explores France's first war of decolonisation: a slave rebellion in Haiti.
Episode 4—The Music Appreciation Movement
4/4 Richard Witts on Music Appreciation's excursion into film and a new broadcasting era.
Episode 3—The Music Appreciation Movement
3/4 Musicologist Richard Witts explores the significance of programme notes.
Episode 2—The Music Appreciation Movement
2/4 Richard Witts on educationalist Walford Davies and Imogen Holst, one of his team.
Episode 1—The Music Appreciation Movement
1/4 Richard Witts on the origins of Music Appreciation, and the work of pioneer Percy Scholes.
Alexandra Harris on Country-House Dreams of Arcadia—Dark Arcadias
4/5 Literary critic Alexandra Harris explores the country-house dreams of the 20th century.
Robert Burns and Scottish Arcadia—Dark Arcadias
3/5 Literary critic Nigel Leask discusses Robert Burns and Arcadia.
Colin Burrow on Fantasies for Children—Dark Arcadias
1/5 Critic Colin Burrow discusses fantasies in the childrens' stories of Diana Wynne Jones.
Diane Samuels—InterRail Postcards
5/5 Playwright Diane Samuels recalls travelling to Vienna with a fellow Jewish school friend.
