The Essay Episodes Available now
The Essay - Gun Culture - Sniper
Nicholas Rankin explores the emergence of the deadly 'force reducer' that is the sniper
The Essay: Gun Culture: Pistols At Dawn
John Gallagher duels with the noisy story of guns 300 years ago
The Essay: Gun Culture: Gotham's Gun Baron
Brian DeLay reveals the life & arms deals of the most dangerous man you've never heard of
Taking Aim - Renaissance-style
Catherine Fletcher unveils handguns' explosive Renaissance origin
Cornerstones: Chalk
Poet Alyson Hallett is drawn to chalk landscapes and the large horse at Westbury in Wilts
Cornerstones: Fire Rocks
Novelist Sarah Moss discusses basalt and dolerite, the fire rocks that underpin castles.
Cornerstones:Coal
Writer Paul Evans traces a family line back through Shropshire's seams of coal.
Cornerstones:Millstone
Derbyshire poet and climber Helen Mort visits Stanage Edge, famed for its millstone grit.
Cornerstones: Quartz
Linda Cracknell reflects on the appeal of the quartz on Ben Lawers, her local Munro.
Poet Kenneth Steven on the Scottish islands
Poet Kenneth Steven writes on the remote islands of St Kilda.
