A weekly podcast on books and culture brought to you by the writers and editors of the Times Literar
Critic and novelist Margaret Drabble joins us to review the life and work of Muriel Spark, whose cen
We're joined by Arkady Ostrovsky to discuss Russia’s long history of using sport as a proxy for
We talk to Michael Pollan about his new book How To Change Your Mind: The new science of psyche
With Stig Abell and Lucy Dallas. On the first anniversary of Grenfell Tower, Terri Apter tells us ab
Jesmyn Ward’s most recent novel Sing, Unburied Sing won the National Book Award in 2017 an
We explore the complex, brutal, swaggering history of pearls and those who found, traded and wore th
Philip Roth, who died last week aged eighty-five, has left behind a vast literary canon and a compli
We’re joined by the novelist Margaret Drabble, whose books have for decades chronicled the difficult
The world is being slowly poisoned, the environment destroyed. Why don’t we care about such an apoca
Lucy Dallas is joined by Madeline Miller to discuss her new book, Circe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.
With Stig Abell and Lucy DallasReal-life millennial Samuel Earle pops in to consider the status of y
In popular science books, including 'Seven Brief Lessons on Physics' and 'Reality Is Not What It See
How do we account for Richard Nixon's stubborn unpopularity? Sure, he was a liar and a crook, but th
Martin Rowson, cartoonist for the Guardian and elsewhere, joins us to discuss caricature&n
With Stig Abell and Lucy Dallas. Lionel Shriver castigates the arrogant British for snootiness over
Are we hard-wired to feel other people’s pain? And if so, is it necessarily a good thing? Andrew Scu
Who are the most exciting novelists from the British Isles currently working? In a spirit of mi
The political philosopher John Gray discusses the failures of liberalism; as the TLS publishes its 6
Literary prizes come in more shapes and sizes than ever before: we have prizes that echo the Man Boo
Science reporter Jennie Erin Smith joins us to discuss our desire, or evolutionary compulsion, to de
