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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: Let There Be Dark

The Essay: Let There Be Dark: Episode 4: Long, Slow Journey through the Night

Let There Be Dark

Episode 4

Episode 4: Long, Slow Journey through the Night

Long, Slow Journey through the Night

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Rupert Goodwins tries to find if technology can limit his isolation from blindness.

Technology journalist Rupert Goodwins tries to discover if he can use the advantages of a well-connected modern environment to limit his isolation through blindness.

Disability isn't limited to the physical fact of what it does to mind and body - the isolation it brings has compounded its cruelty throughout history. As a technology journalist who started off building computers, Rupert Goodwins decided to find out if he could use some of the tools of his trade to change that situation, and make our hyper-connected modern environment solve some very old problems.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Technology journalist Rupert Goodwins reflects on what it means to lose one's sight

Technology journalist Rupert Goodwins presents a series of reflections on what it means to lose one's sight

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