Michael Bracewell: Souvenir
Michael Bracewell’s new book Souvenir is a vivid and poetic evocation of London on the brink of the digital era - the neglected in-between times between 1979 and 1986. He joins me to talk about fine a...
25 Aug 202131min
Michael Pye: Antwerp
In this week's Book Club podcast I'm talking to Michael Pye about his new book Antwerp: The Glory Years. For most of the 16th century, as he tells me, Antwerp was the most important town in the wester...
18 Aug 202134min
Iain MacGregor: Checkpoint Charlie
In this week's Book Club podcast we anticipate the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Wall going up by talking to Iain MacGregor about his book Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, The Berlin Wall And The Mo...
4 Aug 202154min
Mary Ann Sieghart: The Authority Gap
My guest in this week’s books podcast is Mary Ann Sieghart, whose new book The Authority Gap accumulates data to show that so-called 'mansplaining' isn’t a minor irritation but the manifestation of so...
28 Jul 202136min
Marie Le Conte: Honourable Misfits
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the political journalist Marie Le Conte, whose new book is Honourable Misfits: A Brief History of Britain's Weirdest, Unluckiest and Most Outrageous MPs. S...
21 Jul 202130min
Frederick Forsyth: The Day of the Jackal at 50
My guest in this week’s book club podcast is Frederick Forsyth, whose classic thriller The Day of the Jackal has been in print for 50 years this summer. He tells me about banging it out in a few weeks...
14 Jul 202130min
Adam Roberts & Lisa Duggan on Ayn Rand
Who is John Galt? This week's Book Club podcast looks at the life, work and personality of Ayn Rand, probably the most influential writer you've never read. A favourite of our new Health Secretary, th...
7 Jul 202141min
Anne Sebba: A Cold War Tragedy
In this week’s Book Club podcast my guest is Anne Sebba - whose Ethel Rosenberg: A Cold War Tragedy tells the story of the first woman in US history to be executed for a crime other than murder. She t...
30 Jun 202147min
