Sad and Twisted Stories
This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by Skye C. Cleary to discuss Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘lost’ novel, ‘The Inseparables’, published almost seventy years after it was written; Anna Pica...
23 Sep 202149min
Greatest Hits
In this bonus TLS long read, the writer Paul Genders discusses the influence of pop music on literature.www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/long-players-tom-gatti-book-review-paul-gendersIf you would like to l...
20 Sep 202112min
Don't sweat it
This week, Lucy Dallas and Toby Lichtig are joined by the critic and gym-sceptic Irina Dumitrescu to consider a clutch of books about fitness – how it came to be the industry it is, what it means to u...
16 Sep 202149min
Indexes, Newsletters, Potatoes, Gold!
Lucy Dallas and Michael Caines are joined by Dennis Duncan, the author of ‘Index, A History of the’, to discuss how we navigate the contents between books' covers, taking in alphabets, concordances, a...
8 Sep 202149min
TLS Summer Library: Part IV
Throughout the summer, we are revisiting the very best of the podcast during the last year.In this episode - it's movie week; the author Colin Grant discusses Steve McQueen's Small Axe and the Academy...
1 Sep 202149min
TLS Summer Library: Part III
Throughout August, we are revisiting the very best of the podcast during the last year.In this episode; the comedian David Baddiel joins Toby Lichtig to talk about his book 'Jews Don't Count' which ex...
25 Aug 202149min
The Guidance of Brains
In this bonus TLS long read, the writer and author of Mind the Gap, Ferdinand Mount, asks - how much is too much meritocracy?www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-aristocracy-of-talent-adrian-wooldridge-book...
22 Aug 202118min
TLS Summer Library: Part II
Throughout August, we are revisiting the very best of the podcast during the last year.In this episode; the TLS's Classics editor Mary Beard emphasizes the importance of teaching Classics in context, ...
18 Aug 202149min
