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The Essay

Radio producers from around the world present miniature, adventurous features in response to Emily Dickinson's poem, 'Hope is the thing with feathers'.

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  • Death in Trieste

    A 1760s murder still informs ideas about aesthetics, a certain sort of sex, and death.

  • Watch: My Deaf World

    Five compelling experiences of what it is like to be deaf in 21st-century Britain.

  • Five figures from the arts and science introduce books that changed their lives and work.

  • Download The Essay

    Download all the episodes from the series and listen at your leisure.

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