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The Essay Episodes

  1. New Year's Day 2025 21:45
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    The Rue BoissonadeThree hundred metres in Montparnasse

    A street in the Montparnasse area of Paris has been home to important artists for decades.

  2. Thu 2 Jan 2025 21:45
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    Gardens shaping creative imaginationsThree hundred metres in Montparnasse

    How a small patch of Paris became home to generations of influential artists and writers.

  3. Fri 3 Jan 2025 21:45
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    Composers, singers - and Chopin's pianoThree hundred metres in Montparnasse

    The patch of Paris that's been home to generations of composers, musicians and singers.

  4. Mon 6 Jan 2025 21:45
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    Writers and spiritualityThree hundred metres in Montparnasse

    The patch of Paris that has been home to influential writers, and a unique spirituality.

  5. Tue 7 Jan 2025 21:45
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    The living and the deadThree hundred metres in Montparnasse

    The patch of Paris that's been home to generations of influential artists and writers.

  6. Wed 8 Jan 2025 21:45
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    Georgia Mann on Antonio VivaldiSecret Admirers (Series 5)

    Radio 3 presenter Georgia Mann celebrates the Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi. (R)

  7. Thu 9 Jan 2025 21:45
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    Jennifer Lucy Allan on Annea LockwoodSecret Admirers (Series 5)

    Radio 3 presenter Jennifer Lucy Allan celebrates NZ-born American composer Annea Lockwood. (R)

  8. Fri 10 Jan 2025 21:45
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    Linton Stephens on Florence PriceSecret Admirers (Series 5)

    Radio 3 presenter Linton Stephens celebrates the African American composer Florence Price. (R)

  9. Mon 13 Jan 2025 21:45
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    The Soul of MusicFive Cellos: Lost and Found

    Kate Kennedy reflects on her quest to find Pal Hermann's cello, and his soul. (R)

  10. Tue 14 Jan 2025 21:45
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    The Bee CelloFive Cellos: Lost and Found

    The story of an abandoned cello that a physicist has filled with 400,000 bees. (R)

  11. Wed 15 Jan 2025 21:45
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    The Auschwitz CelloFive Cellos: Lost and Found

    How the cellist of Auschwitz, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch's life was saved by her cello. (R)

  12. Thu 16 Jan 2025 21:45
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    The Shipwrecked CelloFive Cellos: Lost and Found

    The unlikely story of the reconstruction of the 'Mara' Stradivarius. (R)

  13. Fri 17 Jan 2025 21:45
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    The Flat-Pack CelloFive Cellos: Lost and Found

    Kate Kennedy reflects on a reimagined cello whose story is yet to begin. (R)

  14. Mon 20 Jan 2025 21:45
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    20/01/2025EarthWorks

    Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores traces of human history around the British Isles.

  15. Tue 21 Jan 2025 21:45
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    21/01/2025EarthWorks

    Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores traces of human history around the British Isles.

  16. Wed 22 Jan 2025 21:45
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    22/01/2025EarthWorks

    Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores traces of human history around the British Isles.

  17. Thu 23 Jan 2025 21:45
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    23/01/2025EarthWorks

    Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores traces of human history around the British Isles.

  18. Fri 24 Jan 2025 21:45
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    24/01/2025EarthWorks

    Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores traces of human history around the British Isles.