Main content

Jura

The EssayIslands
Episode 2 of 5

Poet Kenneth Steven finds inspiration in Scotland's west coast islands. Each memoir concludes with a poem written about the island he has visited.

2. Jura: two majestic mountains and a whirlpool, where George Orwell found inspiration for 1984.

Available now

14 minutes

Last on

Tue 7 Jun 202222:45
BBC Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

MingulayIslands

Next

StaffaIslands

See all episodes from The Essay

Broadcasts

  • Tue 2 Jun 202022:45
    BBC Radio 3
  • Tue 7 Jun 202222:45
    BBC Radio 3

Death in Trieste

Death in Trieste

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

Watch: My Deaf World

Watch: My Deaf World

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

The Book that Changed Me

The Book that Changed Me

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

Podcast

  • The Essay

    Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.