Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Piazza | 20180910 | Much of life in Italy takes place in shared outdoor spaces. From business to social life, religion to politics, Italians have been conducting their affairs in public for two millennia and more. In the past months, all this came to an abrupt halt. A people famed for their evening passeggiata in the piazza, for their outdoor caf退 culture, for their flamboyant appropriation of their town centres for public and private business, have been confined to their homes. As Italy takes its first steps back outside into its magnificent shared spaces, Italy Outdoors' takes us on a journey around the culture and history of what has always been an exuberantly public nation.
Beginning with the piazza, the beating heart of Italian identity, writer and reader Polly Coles suggests the space reflects a very Italian need to be together in public.
Written and read by Polly Coles
Writer Polly Coles reads The Piazza, her first essay on the life of Italy\u2019s public spaces. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 01 | The Piazza | 20180910 | 20200615 (R3) | Much of life in Italy takes place in shared outdoor spaces. From business to social life, religion to politics, Italians have been conducting their affairs in public for two millennia and more. In the past months, all this came to an abrupt halt. A people famed for their evening passeggiata in the piazza, for their outdoor caf退 culture, for their flamboyant appropriation of their town centres for public and private business, have been confined to their homes. As Italy takes its first steps back outside into its magnificent shared spaces, Italy Outdoors' takes us on a journey around the culture and history of what has always been an exuberantly public nation.
Beginning with the piazza, the beating heart of Italian identity, writer and reader Polly Coles suggests the space reflects a very Italian need to be together in public.
Written and read by Polly Coles
Writer Polly Coles reads The Piazza, her first essay on the life of Italy\u2019s public spaces. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | |
| 02 | La Strada | 20180911 | Much of life in Italy takes place in shared outdoor spaces. From business to social life, religion to politics, Italians have been conducting their affairs in public for two millennia and more. In the past months, all this came to an abrupt halt. A people famed for their evening passeggiata in the piazza, for their outdoor caf退 culture, for their flamboyant appropriation of their town centres for public and private business, have been confined to their homes. As Italy takes its first steps back outside into its magnificent shared spaces, Italy Outdoors' takes us on a journey around the culture and history of what has always been an exuberantly public nation.
Writer Polly Coles reads her second essay about Italy's public spaces, La Strada (The Road): a place of exile, loss, transition and vision beyond the civilized confines of the city.
Written and read by Polly Coles
Writer Polly Coles reads the second of her essays about Italy\u2019s public spaces, La Strada. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 02 | La Strada | 20180911 | 20200616 (R3) | Much of life in Italy takes place in shared outdoor spaces. From business to social life, religion to politics, Italians have been conducting their affairs in public for two millennia and more. In the past months, all this came to an abrupt halt. A people famed for their evening passeggiata in the piazza, for their outdoor caf退 culture, for their flamboyant appropriation of their town centres for public and private business, have been confined to their homes. As Italy takes its first steps back outside into its magnificent shared spaces, Italy Outdoors' takes us on a journey around the culture and history of what has always been an exuberantly public nation.
Writer Polly Coles reads her second essay about Italy's public spaces, La Strada (The Road): a place of exile, loss, transition and vision beyond the civilized confines of the city.
Written and read by Polly Coles
Writer Polly Coles reads the second of her essays about Italy\u2019s public spaces, La Strada. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | |
| 03 | Walls | 20180912 | Much of life in Italy takes place in shared outdoor spaces. From business to social life, religion to politics, Italians have been conducting their affairs in public for two millennia and more. In the past months, all this came to an abrupt halt. A people famed for their evening passeggiata in the piazza, for their outdoor caf退 culture, for their flamboyant appropriation of their town centres for public and private business, have been confined to their homes. As Italy takes its first steps back outside into its magnificent shared spaces, Italy Outdoors' takes us on a journey around the culture and history of what has always been an exuberantly public nation.
In this essay, writer Polly Coles begins with the walls of Genoa, believed by some to be the second longest in the world, after the Great Wall of China.
Written and read by Polly Coles
Writer Polly Coles reads Walls, the third essay in her series about Italy\u2019s public spaces. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 03 | Walls | 20180912 | 20200617 (R3) | Much of life in Italy takes place in shared outdoor spaces. From business to social life, religion to politics, Italians have been conducting their affairs in public for two millennia and more. In the past months, all this came to an abrupt halt. A people famed for their evening passeggiata in the piazza, for their outdoor caf退 culture, for their flamboyant appropriation of their town centres for public and private business, have been confined to their homes. As Italy takes its first steps back outside into its magnificent shared spaces, Italy Outdoors' takes us on a journey around the culture and history of what has always been an exuberantly public nation.
In this essay, writer Polly Coles begins with the walls of Genoa, believed by some to be the second longest in the world, after the Great Wall of China.
Written and read by Polly Coles
Writer Polly Coles reads Walls, the third essay in her series about Italy\u2019s public spaces. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | |
| 04 | The Garden | 20180913 | Much of life in Italy takes place in shared outdoor spaces. From business to social life, religion to politics, Italians have been conducting their affairs in public for two millennia and more. In the past months, all this came to an abrupt halt. A people famed for their evening passeggiata in the piazza, for their outdoor caf退 culture, for their flamboyant appropriation of their town centres for public and private business, have been confined to their homes. As Italy takes its first steps back outside into its magnificent shared spaces, Italy Outdoors' takes us on a journey around the culture and history of what has always been an exuberantly public nation.
Writer Polly Coles discusses how the Italian garden has been a space of profound seclusion and privacy, and at other times the opposite: a place of display and worldly relations.
Written and read by Polly Coles
Writer Polly Coles reads The Garden, her fourth essay about Italy\u2019s public spaces. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 04 | The Garden | 20180913 | 20200618 (R3) | Much of life in Italy takes place in shared outdoor spaces. From business to social life, religion to politics, Italians have been conducting their affairs in public for two millennia and more. In the past months, all this came to an abrupt halt. A people famed for their evening passeggiata in the piazza, for their outdoor caf退 culture, for their flamboyant appropriation of their town centres for public and private business, have been confined to their homes. As Italy takes its first steps back outside into its magnificent shared spaces, Italy Outdoors' takes us on a journey around the culture and history of what has always been an exuberantly public nation.
Writer Polly Coles discusses how the Italian garden has been a space of profound seclusion and privacy, and at other times the opposite: a place of display and worldly relations.
Written and read by Polly Coles
Writer Polly Coles reads The Garden, her fourth essay about Italy\u2019s public spaces. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | |
| 05 | The Church | 20180914 | Much of life in Italy takes place in shared outdoor spaces. From business to social life, religion to politics, Italians have been conducting their affairs in public for two millennia and more. In the past months, all this came to an abrupt halt. A people famed for their evening passeggiata in the piazza, for their outdoor caf退 culture, for their flamboyant appropriation of their town centres for public and private business, have been confined to their homes. As Italy takes its first steps back outside into its magnificent shared spaces, Italy Outdoors' takes us on a journey around the culture and history of what has always been an exuberantly public nation.
Writer Polly Coles looks at churches as places of many parts: from the public and highly formalised to the intimate and personally transforming.
Written and read by Polly Coles
Writer Polly Coles reads The Church, her final essay about Italy\u2019s public spaces. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. | ||
| 05 | The Church | 20180914 | 20200619 (R3) | Much of life in Italy takes place in shared outdoor spaces. From business to social life, religion to politics, Italians have been conducting their affairs in public for two millennia and more. In the past months, all this came to an abrupt halt. A people famed for their evening passeggiata in the piazza, for their outdoor caf退 culture, for their flamboyant appropriation of their town centres for public and private business, have been confined to their homes. As Italy takes its first steps back outside into its magnificent shared spaces, Italy Outdoors' takes us on a journey around the culture and history of what has always been an exuberantly public nation.
Writer Polly Coles looks at churches as places of many parts: from the public and highly formalised to the intimate and personally transforming.
Written and read by Polly Coles
Writer Polly Coles reads The Church, her final essay about Italy\u2019s public spaces. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. |