Gyles Brandreth: Theatrical anecdotes
In this week's books podcast, I'm joined by the irrepressible Gyles Brandreth - whose latest book is the fruit of a lifelong love of the theatre. The Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes is a doorstopp...
21 Okt 202028min
Rowland White and Tim Gedge: Harrier 809
In this week’s edition of the Book Club podcast I’m joined by two guests. One is Rowland White, whose new book, Harrier 809: Britain’s Legendary Jump Jet and the Untold Story of the Falklands War, tel...
14 Okt 202048min
Hugh Aldersey-Williams: The Making of Science in Europe
If you know the name of Christiaan Huygens at all, it'll probably be as the man who gave his name to a space probe. But Hugh Aldersey-Williams, author of Dutch Light: Christaan Huygens and the Making ...
7 Okt 202033min
Roy Foster: On Seamus Heaney
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the distinguished Irish historian Roy Foster, talking about his new book On Seamus Heaney. He tells me how 'Famous Seamus'’s darkness has been under-recogn...
30 Sep 202034min
Kate Summerscale: The Haunting of Alma Fielding
In this week's Book Club podcast, my guest is Kate Summerscale, here to talk about her latest book The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story. Kate uses the true story of an eruption of polterg...
23 Sep 202031min
Ysenda Maxtone Graham: British Summer Time Begins
In this week's books podcast my guest is the writer Ysenda Maxtone Graham, whose new book casts a rosy look back at the way children used to spend their summer holidays. British Summer Time Begins: Th...
16 Sep 202030min
Julia Gillard: Women and Leadership
My guest in this week's books podcast is the former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Along with the economist and former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Julia has written a new ...
9 Sep 202038min
Annie Nightingale: Five decades of pop culture
In this week’s Book Club podcast my guest is Annie Nightingale - Britain’s first female DJ, occasional Spectator contributor, and longest serving presenter of Radio One. Ahead of the publication of h...
2 Sep 202032min
