The Essay Episodes Available now
Fighting the colour bar—New Generation Thinkers 2022
Shirin Hirsch explores the way boxer Len Johnson fought a Manchester pub ban.
Land and soil politics—New Generation Thinkers 2022
Jim Scown on the links between Goethe, George Eliot and the storming of the US Capitol.
Stupid Victorians—New Generation Thinkers 2022
Louise Creechan looks at the impact of 19th-century ideas about intelligence.
Children of the Waters—New Generation Thinkers 2022
Sabina Dosani on the ritual of Mizuko Kuyo and modern ceremonies marking miscarriage.
Children of the Waters
Sabina Dosani looks at the ritual of Mizuko Kuyo and modern ceremonies marking miscarriage
The discordant tale of Thomas Weelkes—New Generation Thinkers 2022
Ellie Chan looks at the life and music of the Tudor composer who died 400 years ago.
Revolutionary free speech—New Generation Thinkers 2022
Clare Siviter looks at attempts to liberate and then censor expression in 1790s France.
Fugitive slaves, Victorian justice—New Generation Thinkers 2022
Oskar Jensen tells the tall tale of a court case inspired by a best-selling novel.
Fugitive slaves, Victorian justice
Oskar Jensen tells the tall tale of a court case inspired by a best-selling novel
A family of witches—New Generation Thinkers 2022
Emma Whipday explores the demonisation of single mothers in English witch trials.
