From Seoul to Stockholm
This week, Yoojin Grace Wuertz celebrates this year’s Nobel Laureate in literature, South Korea’s Han Kang; and David Morley reads his new poem, and discusses the link between birds, music and poetry....
17 Loka 202442min
Cherchez La Femme
This week, Lisa Hilton on the truth behind life as a 'grand horizontale'; and Juliette Bretan explores why Virginia Woolf served up boeuf en daube in To the Lighthouse.'Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Har...
10 Loka 202449min
Taking flight
This week, Larry Wolff admires an opera propelled by drone warfare; and Edward Carey describes how a love of theatre inspired his new novel.'Grounded', by Jeanine Tesori, libretto by George Brant, Met...
3 Loka 202450min
Tuning In
This week, we start with Donna Summer and finish with a Scotch Woodcock, as Milo Nesbitt goes in search of the future of music, and Roger Domeneghetti sings the praises of a little fish with a big fla...
26 Syys 202443min
Autumn Leaves
This week, Toby Lichtig previews the season’s fictional highlights; and Ann Manov on Sally Rooney’s latest gambit.‘Creation Lake’, by Rachel Kushner‘Intermezzo’, by Sally RooneyProduced by Charlotte P...
20 Syys 202455min
Typecast
This week, typographer Tom Cook on the fonts of all knowledge; and Graham Daseler explores Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler's firecracker relationship.'Albertus: The Biography of a Typeface', by Simo...
12 Syys 202449min
HAPPY DAYS
This week, Mary Beard joins us to explain why two recently discovered fragments of Euripides are big news; and an interview with director James Macdonald and actor Lucian Msamati on their new producti...
5 Syys 202451min
Magic of the Minds
This week, medieval spells and modern cures, as we look back at some podcast highlights with Mary C Flannery and Charles Foster.'Textual Magic: Charms and Written Amulets in Medieval England', by Kath...
29 Elo 202452min
