A weekly podcast on books and culture brought to you by the writers and editors of the Times Literar
This week, Edith Hall finds herself mesmerised, entranced and perplexed by Sophocles; and Barnaby Ph
This week, we're joined by Eimear McBride as she publishes a compelling new novel; and Anne Fuchs ce
This week, Kevin Brazil on the revealing tour d'horizontal of a great writer; and Keith Miller goes
This week, Toby Lichtig assesses the latest recreation of Bob Dylan, man and myth; and David Gallagh
This week, Boris Dralyuk on a compelling portrait of the Black Sea port of Odesa, past and present;
This week, Vanessa Curtis is entranced by the candour of the Bloomsbury set's photograph albums; and
This week, JS Barnes trembles in his boots before the latest incarnation of a classic vampire tale;
This week, Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas look forward to 2025's most tempting reading, plan a Jane Aust
This week, Simone Gubler ponders the contents of a dog's mind; and Tristram Fane Saunders praises th
This week, novelist and playwright Caryl Phillips remembers his friendship with the magnificent Jame
This week, Mary Beard squares up to the gorefest of Gladiator II; and Alan Hollinghurst in conversat
This week, Lauren Elkin on a Nobel Prize-winner's obsession with images; and Judith Flanders assesse
This week, Toby Lichtig talks to the new Booker Prize-winner Samantha Harvey about her voyage to the
This week, Norma Clarke explores the world of 18th-century chameleon Mary Robinson; and Devoney Loos
This week, Mary Beard reports on the American election from her billet on Pennysylvania Avenue; plus
In a special interview, Lucy Dallas meets artist William Kentridge to explore his new set of films.'
This week, Oonagh Devitt Tremblay is intrigued by the multiple voices in Sarah Moss's new memoir; an
This week, Yoojin Grace Wuertz celebrates this year’s Nobel Laureate in literature, South Korea’s Ha
This week, Lisa Hilton on the truth behind life as a 'grand horizontale'; and Juliette Bretan explor
This week, Larry Wolff admires an opera propelled by drone warfare; and Edward Carey describes how a
