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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: A Reflection on Worrying

The Essay: A Reflection on Worrying: Episode 1: A Reflection on Worrying: Worry and Communication

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Episode 1: A Reflection on Worrying: Worry and Communication

A Reflection on Worrying

A Reflection on Worrying: Worry and Communication

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Emma Jane Unsworth explores modern communication and its scope to fuel personal anxiety.

Novelist Emma Jane Unsworth delves into the perils of modern communication and its scope for fuelling persistent and repeated personal anxiety.

We all have worries but rarely do we speak honestly about them. In this series of personal essays, five essayists share their intimate relationship with worry. As a novelist, Emma Jane Unsworth is no stranger to hearing the nagging voices of characters in her head. But there's another needling voice that keeps her awake at night and that is the voice of her social media fears. In her essay she delves into the perils of modern communication and its scope for fuelling persistent and repeated personal anxiety.

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Series in which people reflect on their intimate relationship with worry

Series in which people reflect on their intimate relationship with worry. We all have worries but rarely do we speak honestly about them

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