Colm Tóibín: In Conversation
Author, essayist and poet Colm Tóibín is one of Ireland’s greatest living writers. He discusses his life and work, including his recent book The Testament of Mary, in which he re-imagines the life of ...
30 Aug 20131h 3min
Jacqueline Rose: Rosa Luxemburg and Marilyn Monroe
Jacqueline Rose draws parallels between revolutionary 19th-century socialist Rosa Luxemburg and Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. She explains how each of these remarkable women straddled the divide betw...
30 Aug 201357min
At the Movies
Michael Wood reconsiders ‘Cleopatra’ – its expense, its quarrelling stars, its length, its success – on the release of a restored print for the film’s fiftieth anniversary. Hosted on Acast. See acast....
7 Aug 20138min
‘Bedsit Disco Queen’
Lavinia Greenlaw tells the story of singer Tracey Thorn’s rise from bedroom rehearsals and an ad in the NME to indie label Cherry Red (who also signed Greenlaw’s band), the top ten and a platinum reco...
17 Jul 201316min
Emily Davison, Modern Martyr
Marina Warner explores Emily Davison’s legacy as the suffragettes’ first martyr in a talk given at the inaugural Wilding Festival at St George’s Bloomsbury, where Davison’s memorial service was held. ...
3 Jul 201340min
Andrew O'Hagan: The Paris Hilton Heist
Andrew O’Hagan tells the story of Alexis Neiers and the rest of the ‘Bling Ring’ who stole from Paris Hilton in order to be more like Paris Hilton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
19 Jun 201319min
Is Wagner bad for us?
On the centenary of Wagner’s birth, Nicholas Spice asks in his Winter Lecture at the British Museum how his music works on us and what this tells us about music in general. Hosted on Acast. See acast....
10 Apr 20131h 18min
David Runciman: American Democracy
David Runciman discusses the impossibility and persistence of the US political system in the LRB Winter Lecture delivered at the British Museum in 2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
21 Mar 20131h 23min
