Friends, Romans... Rhinoceroses?
This week, Mary Beard squares up to the gorefest of Gladiator II; and Alan Hollinghurst in conversation at the Cambridge Literary Festival.'Gladiator II', various cinemas'Our Evenings', by Alan Hollin...
28 Nov 202453min
Coup de Foudre
This week, Lauren Elkin on a Nobel Prize-winner's obsession with images; and Judith Flanders assesses bold claims about the origins of contemporary English.'The Use of Photography', by Annie Ernaux an...
21 Nov 202456min
Watch This Space
This week, Toby Lichtig talks to the new Booker Prize-winner Samantha Harvey about her voyage to the stars; and TLS contributors choose their books of the year.‘Orbital’, by Samantha HarveyProduced by...
15 Nov 202443min
Good at Games
This week, Norma Clarke explores the world of 18th-century chameleon Mary Robinson; and Devoney Looser on a soccer player's passion for Virginia Woolf.'Mary Robinson: Actress, mistress, writer, radica...
7 Nov 202443min
Letter from the Capitol
This week, Mary Beard reports on the American election from her billet on Pennysylvania Avenue; plus Regina Rini opens a can of temporal worms in a quest to cure worry.Produced by Charlotte Pardy Host...
31 Okt 202448min
Double Vision
In a special interview, Lucy Dallas meets artist William Kentridge to explore his new set of films.'Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot', by William Kentridge, available on Mubi Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
28 Okt 202433min
Home Truths
This week, Oonagh Devitt Tremblay is intrigued by the multiple voices in Sarah Moss's new memoir; and Lucy Dallas speaks to artist William Kentridge.'My Good Bright Wolf', by Sarah Moss'Self-Portrait ...
24 Okt 202437min
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 Okt 202442min
