Radio 3 Essay
Summary: Authored essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week. Each episode is full of insight, opinion and intellectual surprise from one expert voice. The Essay is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Monday to Friday 10.45pm. We aim to include as many episodes of The Essay in the podcast as we can but you'll find that some aren't included for rights reasons.
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As part of BBC Radio 3's Sound of Cinema, historian and columnist Simon Heffer reflects on classic taboo-breaking British films which depicted a society changed profoundly by war.
As part of BBC Radio 3's Sound of Cinema, historian and columnist Simon Heffer reflects on classic taboo-breaking British films which depicted a society changed profoundly by war.
Mike Figgis reflects on the lessons he learned while working on big studio films in Hollywood, and on how those experiences shaped his own approach to directing.
Josie Rourke, the Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, reminds us that working in theatre isn't always plain sailing. In her essay, she looks at what happens when disaster strikes and things go wrong.
Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher explores how a director must search for the play's 'inward sound' when creating theatre.
Emma Rice explores the role of the director as storyteller, and elaborates on the undertaking that transforms a text into a fully-fledged production.
Roger Michell reflects on the mix of emotion he feels on the first day of any production, and beckons us to follow as he travels to the location of his 2012 film Hyde Park on Hudson.
Justin Cartwright explores the deep significance of Christmas to Dickens, and reflects on how much he has been influenced by Dickens's views and themes.
Best-selling novelist Alexander McCall Smith pays homage to Dickens as his role model and master in the art of episodic writing.
AL Kennedy explores Dickens' literary response to the themes of poverty, misery and death.
Romesh Gunesekera on how Dickens addresses the move from childhood into the world beyond.
Rooms and Reality. Tessa Hadley on how Dickens paints the reality of his world through characters' houses.
John Deathridge on Wagner seen through the writings of the 20th century philosopher Theodor Adorno.
Michael Tanner on the relationship between the philosopher Nietzsche and Wagner
Professor Christopher Janaway on the influence of the philosopher Schopenhauer on Wagner
