Elizabeth II in History
Jane Ridley looks back at the Queen’s eight-decade reign Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
18 Sep 202215min
The Rise of Your Frenemy’s Sourdough
This week, Miranda France explores a suite of books about motherhood; and we survey the pick of this autumn’s fiction with Toby Lichtig. ‘Don’t Forget to Scream: Unspoken Truths About Motherhood’ by M...
15 Sep 202245min
The Hour Of Our Death
Emily Wilson considers how we address our final daysBook reviewed: The Mortal Coil: A history of death by Andrew DoigThe Inevitable: Dispatches on the right to die by Katie EngelhartAll the Living and...
11 Sep 202224min
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
This week, Thea Lenarduzzi joins us to explain how she captured the stories of her Italian grandmother; and Edmund Gordon admires how Ian McEwan’s new novel juxtaposes an individual life with memorabl...
8 Sep 202258min
Our New Gilded Age
Nat Segnit explores the strange world of the modern richBook reviewed: Serious Money: Walking plutocratic London by Caroline KnowlesA Class of Their Own: Adventures in tutoring the super-rich by Matt ...
4 Sep 202213min
Women In Cages, Everywhere
Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas are joined by Rohan Maitzen to discuss the new novel by Maggie O’Farrell, an ingenious and daring Browning version; and Sarah Hill charts musician Vashti Bunyan’s epic walk ...
1 Sep 202255min
In Which Summer’s Lease Runs Out
In the last of our August highlights programmes, Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas talk self-improvement with Kathryn Hughes and step into the mire of Westminster with Edward Docx. And we revisit a magical H...
25 Aug 20221h 2min
Earth Matters
This week, Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas look back at a riveting and prescient conversation with climate writer David Wallace-Wells; plus Margaret Drabble on the allure of roses, and Jeremy Mynott on our...
18 Aug 202253min
