The Essay Episodes Available now
Michelle Scally Clarke—Looking at Leeds
Michelle Scally Clarke talks about William Kenneth Armitage's statue Both Arms.
Jeremy Dyson—Looking at Leeds
Jeremy Dyson takes us back to the Victorian architectural splendour and status of Leeds.
Malika Booker—Looking at Leeds
The city of Leeds seen through its public art past, present and future.
Breaking Class—The Enormous Condescension of Posterity
Writer Natasha Carthew on the inspiration of EP Thompson's classic work of social history.
The Rescuer—The Enormous Condescension of Posterity
David Aaronovitch explores EP Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class.
Those Thompson Left Behind—The Enormous Condescension of Posterity
Christienna Fryar on the inspiration of EP Thompson's classic work of social history.
The Making of EP Thompson—The Enormous Condescension of Posterity
Historian Geoff Andrews explores EP Thompson's experience of adult education.
On reading The Making of the English Working Class—The Enormous Condescension of Posterity
Sheila Rowbotham remembers the catalytic influence of Edward and Dorothy Thompson.
5. Return—To Odesa
Ukrainian-American poet Ilya Kaminsky (author of Deaf Republic) on the city of his birth.
4. Crossing—To Odesa
Ukrainian-American poet Ilya Kaminsky (author of Deaf Republic) on the city of his birth.
