Vagabond Hearts
This week, Eimear McBride is captivated by the life and work of Joyce's biographer; and Mark Nayler is hot on the trail of the wolf who walked alone.'Ellmann's Joyce: the biography of a masterpiece an...
22 Touko 202542min
Days to Remember
This week, Vanessa Curtis celebrates a century of Mrs Dalloway; and Claire Lowdon on the capacious diaries of Helen Garner.'Mrs Dalloway', by Virginia Woolf'Monkey grip', 'The children's Bach', 'This ...
15 Touko 202546min
Big Cheese, Big Apple
This week, Nicola Shulman salutes the memoirs of an old-school editor and socialite; and Rebecca Fraser on an unexpectedly peaceful transition of power in 17th-century America.'When the going was good...
8 Touko 202545min
On our travels
This week, Toby Lichtig travels to Oslo to interview Nobel laureate Jon Fosse; meanwhile, Natasha Lehrer heads to Zurich for a compelling new play by Deborah Levy.Jon Fosse is published in English by ...
1 Touko 202559min
Renaissance Men
This week, David Gallagher remembers Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa; and Laurent Binet whisks us to 16th-century Florence to explore the world of his novel Perspectives.'Perspectives', by ...
24 Huhti 202551min
Be not afraid of greatness!
This week, Peter Holland treads the boards in Elizabethan London in search of Shakespeare before the Globe; and Muriel Zagha on a captivating tale of cheese-making in the Jura.'The dream factory: Lond...
17 Huhti 202551min
Psychopomp and circumstance
This week, Margaret Drabble explores how Dickens drew on his love of the macabre and grotesque to create literary magic; and Norma Clarke takes a tour around the British coast.'Dickens the enchanter: ...
10 Huhti 202552min
Life is a Cabaret
Caroline Moorehead salutes the energetic brilliance of singer Josephine Baker; and Aaron Peck on the past, present and future of the avant-garde.'Fearless and free: A memoir', by Josephine Baker, tran...
3 Huhti 202546min
