The Essay Episodes Available now
Patrick Gale—Walking the Causeways
Five writers walk the beguiling routes of tidal causeways. Today, St Michael’s Mount.
1000 Coils of Fear—Stories to Keep Space for on the Bookshelves
Tom Smith reads Olivia Wenzel’s novel, which was longlisted for 2020's German Book Prize.
The Heir of Redclyffe—Stories to Keep Space for on the Bookshelves
Clare Walker-Gore revisits Charlotte M Yonge's best-selling novel from 1853.
Tales from the Garbage Hills—Stories to Keep Space for on the Bookshelves
Sarah Jilani reads Latife Tekin’s magical realist novel about 1960s Istanbul shanty towns.
Iola Leroy—Stories to Keep Space for on the Bookshelves
Xine Yao reads the first novel by African American writer Frances EW Harper (1825-1911).
The Paradise Crater—Stories to Keep Space for on the Bookshelves
Sarah Dillon tells us about the nuclear short story by atomic energy adviser Philip Wylie.
Shinichi Sawada—Art from the Outside
Psychologist Professor Victoria Tischler celebrates outsider art.
Minnie Evans—Art from the Outside
Psychologist Professor Victoria Tischler celebrates outsider art.
Mary Barnes—Art from the Outside
Psychologist Professor Victoria Tischler celebrates outsider art.
Madge Gill—Art from the Outside
Psychologist Professor Victoria Tischler celebrates outsider art.
