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The Essay

The Free Thinking Essay

Episode 1: Welling Up: Women and Water in the Middle Ages

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

New Generation Thinker Hetta Howes looks at male fears and why Margery Kempe was criticised for crying and bleeding. Recorded at the Free Thinking Festival Sage Gateshead. Show more

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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.