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The Essay Podcast

The Essay

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Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

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

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: If Walls Could Talk

The Essay: If Walls Could Talk: Episode 3: Brian McGilloway

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If Walls Could Talk

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Episode 3: Brian McGilloway

Brian McGilloway

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Crime novelist Brian McGilloway explores how a city can shape a writer.

Novelist Brian McGilloway explores how Derry-Londonderry's urban landscape shaped him creatively, from the river Foyle which divides the city, to its dark streets and alleyways.

Novelist Brian McGilloway was born and brought up in Derry, a city from which his imagination has never quite escaped. He explores how the urban landscape shaped him creatively, from the river Foyle which divides the city, to its dark, tangled streets and alleyways, and the strange hinterland of the nearby Donegal border. As his writing progressed, the city began to take shape as a character in its own right, one which continues to feed and inspire his imagination.

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Series in which leading writers reflect on the culture of the city of Derry-Londonderry

Series in which five leading writers reflect on the culture of the city of Derry-Londonderry, which became the inaugural UK City of Culture in 2013

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