Colin Burrow: Fiction and the Age of Lies
The line between making a fiction and telling a lie has been blurry at least since Homer, and liars – from Odysseus and Iago to Austen’s Wickham and beyond – have often played central parts within fic...
12 Feb 20201h 10min
Alan Bennett’s Diary for 2019
Alan Bennett reads his Diary for 2019, with a few little extra bits. Read more by Alan Bennett in the LRB: lrb.me/bennettpod Subscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b Hosted...
23 Des 201932min
The LRB at 40: Jeremy Harding, Adam Shatz and Nikita Lalwani
In the last of a series of events marking the LRB's 40th anniversary, Jeremy Harding and Adam Shatz talk to Nikita Lalwani about their work for the paper, with a focus on North Africa and the Middle E...
7 Nov 20191h 10min
The LRB at 40: Nell Dunn, Tessa Hadley and Joanna Biggs on women in fiction
As part of a series of events marking the LRB's 40th anniversary, Nell Dunn and Tessa Hadley talk to Joanna Biggs, one of the LRB's editors, about fictional representations of women’s everyday lives. ...
5 Nov 201955min
The LRB at 40: Rosemary Hill and Iain Sinclair on London
As part of our series of events marking the 40th anniversary of the LRB, longtime contributors Rosemary Hill and Iain Sinclair talked to the LRB’s digital editor, Sam Kinchin-Smith, about London, thro...
31 Okt 20191h 20min
The LRB at 40: Katrina Forrester and William Davies on the crisis of liberalism
As part of our series of events marking the LRB's 40th anniversary, Katrina Forrester and William Davies discuss political crisis, and in particular the crisis of liberalism, through the lens of piece...
25 Okt 20191h 8min
The LRB at 40: Mary-Kay Wilmers, Alan Bennett, Andrew O'Hagan, John Lanchester and Sheng Yun
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the London Review of Books, and mark the publication of The London Review of Books: An Incomplete History, the LRB’s editor, Mary-Kay Wilmers, along with Alan Benn...
11 Okt 20191h 33min
Bee Wilson: Mmmm, chicken nuggets
Bee Wilson on eating out in late Victorian London. Read more by Bee Wilson in the LRB: https://lrb.me/beewilsonpod Subscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b Hosted on Acast....
23 Sep 201925min
