The Essay Episodes Available now
Colquhoun and MacBryde: More Lasting than Life—The Love that Wrote Its Name
Louise Welsh on the relationship between artists Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde.
The Loves of Elizabeth Bishop—The Love that Wrote Its Name
Neel Mukherjee explores the two great loves of American poet Elizabeth Bishop's life.
WH Auden and Chester Kallman—The Love that Wrote Its Name
Gregory Woods on the tumultuous but enduring relationship of WH Auden and Chester Kallman.
There Was No Them There (An Autobiography of Stella F Duffy)—The Love that Wrote Its Name
Writer Stella Duffy on growing up as a lesbian in New Zealand in the 1960s and 70s.
The Boys—The Love that Wrote Its Name
Simon Callow on Micheal MacLiammoir and Hilton Edwards, founders of Dublin's Gate Theatre.
Dining with the Nightmare—New Generation Thinkers 2017
5/5 Daisy Hay on the role in the history of English Romanticism of publisher Joseph Johnson.
A Tale of Restoration Murder, Barbarous and Inhumane—New Generation Thinkers 2017
4/5 Tom Charlton explores press reporting, scandal and politics in the 17th century.
Resisting Tyranny—New Generation Thinkers 2017
3/5 Jonathan Healey on changing ways of resistance to state control and prevailing ideology.
A Focus on Fasting—New Generation Thinkers 2017
2/5 Christopher Kissane from the London School of Economics explores the history of fasting.
A Romanticist Reflects on Breastfeeding—New Generation Thinkers 2017
1/5 Corin Throsby explores attitudes towards breastfeeding.
