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Episodes

Total: 575

Finding Tongues In Trees

2023/10/19

This week, Ruth Scurr on a magnificent biography of Claude Monet; and Fiona Stafford explores how vi

Punching Above Their Weight

2023/10/12

This week, Theo Zenou introduces us to the heroes of Jewish boxing; and Sophie Oliver on the develop

Sing, O muses!

2023/10/5

This week, Ysenda Maxtone Graham on the women who fought their way into horticulture; and Mary Beard

Elegies And Energies

2023/9/28

This week, Elizabeth Lowry is impressed by a study of Hardy’s late-life love poetry; and TLS science

Back To The Future

2023/9/21

This week, Jonathan Barnes joins us to explore the visionary work of Quatermass creator Nigel Kneale

Back to School!

2023/9/14

This week, poet Camille Ralphs explains why she submitted to WH Auden's exacting syllabus; and Toby

Power Play

2023/9/7

This week, we drop in on a conversation between Mary Beard and two former TLS editors; and Anne Enri

To the Scriptorium!

2023/8/31

This week, Nicola Shulman introduces the volunteer army who joined James Murray to create the OED; a

Nevertheless, They Persisted

2023/8/24

This week, Adam Mars-Jones on the "fractal brocade" of his semi-infinite novel series; and Amber Mas

In the last of our summer round-ups, Gwendoline Riley stalks the streets of London in the company of

Femmes Fatales

2023/8/10

In this week's round-up, we talk to Mary C Flannery about the continuing attraction of the irrepress

Natural Passions

2023/8/3

In the second of our summer round-ups, we revisit Richard Smyth discussing the life and the work of

School's Out For Summer

2023/7/27

In the first of our seasonal round-ups, we look back at Stephen Marche on the agonies of the writing

This week, Kate Hext on women who have run or climbed their way through the world, despite efforts t

Riders On The Storm

2023/7/13

This week, cycling commentator par excellence Ned Boulting on the Tour de France of a century ago; a

Take A Walk On The Wild Side

2023/7/6

This week, AE Stallings, the new Oxford professor of poetry, on the lives of poets; and Ann Kennedy

The Writing on The Wall

2023/6/29

This week, Mary Beard is fascinated by an ancient graffito, and novelist Michael Hughes on the murde

The Limits of Love

2023/6/25

Kathleen Taylor considers human personality under assault from advanced dementia.https://www.the-tls

Long Hot Summer

2023/6/22

In this week's bumper podcast, George Berridge assesses the legacy of Cormac McCarthy; Toby Lichtig

Winning On The Home Front

2023/6/18

Owen Matthews on the triumph of the Kremlin propaganda machinehttps://www.the-tls.co.uk/article