The Essay Episodes Available now
Dear Oscar Wilde
Ian Sansom is in the gutter looking at the stars as he writes to Oscar Wilde
Dear William Trevor
Ian Sansom writes to Irish novelist and playwright, William Trevor
Dear Marianne Moore
Ian Sansom writes to poet Marianne Moore and asks her about that tricorn hat
10 Eisenstein—Ten Artists that Shook the World
10/10 Silent movie accompanist Neil Brand reappraises Eisenstein's influential film October.
9 Moisei Ginzburg—Ten Artists that Shook the World
9/10 Political historian Tariq Ali recalls a tour of Constructivist Moscow in the 1980s.
8 The State Porcelain Factory—Ten Artists that Shook the World
8/10 Ceramicist Claire Curneen tells the strange story of the State Porcelain Factory.
7 Akhmatova and Tsvetaeva—Ten Artists that Shook the World
7/10 Writer Elaine Feinstein compares the impact of the Revolution on two great Russian poets.
6 Mosolov—Ten Artists that Shook the World
6/10 Musicologist Tamsin Alexander considers the industrially inspired music of Mosolov.
5 Tatlin—Ten Artists that Shook the World
5/10 Art historian Christina Lodder describes the influence of sculptor Vladimir Tatlin.
4 Meyerhold—Ten Artists that Shook the World
4/10 Richard Eyre appraises the Revolution's impact on theatre director Meyerhold.
