Martin Amis on Love, Loss and Death
To mark the passing of one of Britain's most celebrated writers, we’re replaying an event recorded with us in November 2020. Martin Amis was often called the Mick Jagger of the British book world. As ...
24 Touko 202331min
The War in Ukraine: How Does it End? - Part 2
This episode is part two of our live event on the end of the war in Ukraine. In March 2023, the BBC’s Clive Myrie, was joined by four leading historians, Orlando Figes, Max Hastings, Anne Applebaum, a...
21 Touko 202326min
The War in Ukraine: How Does it End? - Part 1
With the Russian army struggling to make gains in Eastern Ukraine and the devastating impact of the war taking its toll, many are wondering if Vladimir Putin’s war may be nearing an end point, and wha...
21 Touko 202336min
Letters To A Writer Of Colour, with Deepa Anappara And Taymour Soomro
Human beings have been telling stories for thousands of years, but what actually makes for a good story? Authors have been trying to settle on the great principles of compelling writing for as long as...
18 Touko 202341min
Is the West Getting China Wrong? with Keyu Jin and Gideon Rachman
In this episode we're joined by renowned economist and China expert Keyu Jin to ask whether the West really understands it's biggest geopolitical and economic rival? Keyu Jin was born in China and ed...
17 Touko 202343min
Can Anyone Actually Own A Culture?
In an age where the line between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation seems ever more blurred, can anyone actually own a culture? In this conversation acclaimed author and public intellect...
15 Touko 202343min
Is Progress At Odds with Feminism?
Louise Perry has been described as the most influential young feminist in Britain. She claims in her book The Case Against the Sexual Revolution that the contemporary world of rough sex, hook-up cultu...
14 Touko 202342min
Is Russia Doomed By Its History? with Mikhail Shishkin
Mikhail Shishkin is one of the most celebrated living Russian novelists and the only author to have won all three major Russian literary prizes. All his books have been adapted for the stage in Russia...
12 Touko 202341min
