The Essay Episodes Available now
Brendan Hawthorne on Toll End Road, Tipton—Black Country Secrets
Writers choose a Black Country scene to reveal something of this strangely hidden region.
Emma Purshouse on St Bart’s Church, Wednesbury.—Black Country Secrets
Writers choose a Black Country scene to reveal something of this strangely hidden region.
Liz Berry on Gorge Road, Sedgley—Black Country Secrets
Writers choose a Black Country scene to reveal something of this strangely hidden region.
Geoff Dyer on DH Lawrence—Journeys to the Grave
Five more writers go in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.
Brandon Taylor on Langston Hughes—Journeys to the Grave
Series 2. Five writers go in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.
Helen Mort on Sylvia Plath—Journeys to the Grave
Five more writers go in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.
Tracy Chevalier on Thomas Hardy—Journeys to the Grave
Series 2. Five writers go in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.
Naomi Alderman on Mary Wollstonecraft—Journeys to the Grave
Five more writers go in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.
5: They Fell, by Nare Mkrtchyan—Charles Aznavour in Five Songs
Charles Aznavour's astonishing career in five songs. 5: They Fell, by Nare Mkrtchyan.
4: The Old Fashioned Way, by Paul French—Charles Aznavour in Five Songs
Charles Aznavour's genius in five songs. 4: The Old Fashioned Way, by Paul French.
