The EssayNew Generation Thinkers 2023Episodes Episode guide

Back up to: The Essay

1. Unravelling plainness

   Isabella Rosner explains why needlework challenges our idea of Quaker simplicity.
2. What does feminist art mean?

   Ana Baeza Ruiz shares reflections from artists in the 70s women's liberation movement.
3. Rock, Paper, Saints and Sinners

   Gemma Tidman describes a board game created by a Jesuit seeking Mohawk converts.
4. Arteries of tomorrow

   Dan Taylor considers the way communities along the A13 are looking to the future.
5. The legacy of the laundries

   Louise Brangan reflects on the legacies of Ireland's Magdalene laundries.
6. Gas, oil and the Essex blues

   Sam Johnson-Schlee draws links between Dr Feelgood, Canvey Island and energy policies
7. From algorithms to oceans

   Kerry McInerney explores the promises of the ‘sustainable AI’ movement and how AI develops
8. Weird Viking Bodies

   Marianne Hem Eriksen on the meaning of a skull bone carved with 'pain' thrown onto a tip.
9. Germany’s Mary Wollstonecraft

   Andrew Cooper on the school teacher who tried to ignite a feminist revolution in Germany.
10. Call Me Mother

    How the shape of words for mother helps babies eat their food. Rebecca Woods explains.