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The Essay

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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: Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel

The Essay: Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel: Episode 4: Queensferry Crossing, Scotland

Brick, Stone, Glass, Steel

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Episode 4: Queensferry Crossing, Scotland

Queensferry Crossing, Scotland

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Dr Gavin Francis on the largest balanced cantilever bridge ever to be built.

Dr Gavin Francis discusses the Queensferry Crossing, which crosses the Firth of Forth and will be the largest balanced cantilever bridge ever built.

Author Dr Gavin Francis passes the new Queensferry Crossing every morning on his way to work. When it is finished in May 2017, it will be the largest balanced cantilever ever built. Gavin believes it is the most impressive structure under construction in these islands today. 

This week's Essays are part of the 70th birthday celebrations of the Third Programme: the network discussed architecture from its earliest days, covering both new initiatives and historic buildings, most notably in talks by Nikolaus Pevsner. 

Producer Clare Walker.

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.

Series about architecture, marking 70 years of Radio 3 and the Third Programme

Series about architecture, marking 70 years of Radio 3 and the Third Programme, a network which discussed the subject from its earliest days, covering both new initiatives and historic buildings

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