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The Essay Episodes

    3 of 5: RussiaBetween the Essays

    3/5 Radio producers from around the world hijack The Essay with innovative miniature features.

    2 of 5: The WestBetween the Essays

    2/5 Laura Barton criss-crosses the States to gaze at the moon.

    1 of 5: GhentBetween the Essays

    1/5 Duncan Speakman and Tineke De Meyer circumnavigate Ghent in Belgium.

    Dear William...More Letters to Writers

    Ian Sansom writes to William Trevor to ask if every silver lining must have a cloud.

    Dear Marianne ...More Letters to Writers

    Ian Sansom writes to poet Marianne Moore to finally ask her about that tricorn hat

    Dear Oscar...More Letters to Writers

    Ian Sansom is in the gutter looking at the stars again as he writes to Oscar Wilde.

    Dear Mary...More Letters to Writers

    Ian Sansom writes to Frankenstein author, Mary Shelley, to ask her how on earth she coped?

    Dear Dante...More Letters to Writers

    Ian Sansom drops a quick line to Dante.

    Dear Dante

    Ian Sansom drops a quick line to Dante

    Dear Mary Shelley

    Ian Sansom writes to Frankenstein author, Mary Shelley, to ask her how on earth she coped

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