For BBC Radio 3’s The Essay two writers consider the art of storytelling. Today’s session features artist Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes, who considers the idea of storytelling through objects and novelist and short story writer Jon Gower who reflects on lessons learned from a master storyteller - his grandfather.

Recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 from Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 May.

Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult over 18 years