Ahdaf Souief: Mina’s Banner and the Egyptian Revolution
In the 2012 Edward Said Lecture, Ahdaf Soueif tells the story of ‘Mina’s Banner’ and the Egyptian revolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choi...
14 Jun 20121h 9min
Ralph Fiennes reads ‘The University Poem’ by Nabokov
Ralph Fiennes reads ‘The University Poem’, which Nabokov wrote in 1926, four years after he left Trinity College, Cambridge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more abo...
6 Jun 201237min
John Lanchester: Marx at 193
John Lanchester delivers his lecture writes about Karl Marx at 193. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4 Apr 201259min
Neal Ascherson: The History and Future of Europe
Neal Ascherson discusses the competing forces of integration and nationalism throughout the history of modern Europe, and the ways in which they’ve shaped individual and collective identities, and con...
22 Mar 20121h 3min
Alan Bennett: From his 2011 diary
Alan Bennett considers the banana skin and is mistaken for ‘another Alan’ in his Diary for 2011. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
5 Jan 20129min
The Wonderfulness of Us
Andrew O’Hagan chaired this discussion between Linda Colley, R.W. Johnson and Tom Devine about national histories and the ways they should, and should not, be taught. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
18 Aug 20111h 1min
Jacqueline Rose: Freud, Jung and Sylvia Plath
Jacqueline Rose speaks about her first readings of Freud and Jung and her encounters with feminism, Sylvia Plath and Israel/Palestine, in this interview with Paul Myerscough recorded in 2011. Hosted o...
6 Jun 20111h 11min
Judith Butler: Who Owns Kafka?
Judith Butler asks ‘Who Owns Kafka?’ in one of the LRB’s 2011 Winter Lectures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...
3 Mar 201159min
