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This week, we learn about the final years of the Napoleonic era, poke around the exclusive gentlemen
Laura Thompson on the much-married daughter of Barbara Cartland who became Lady Diana’s stepmotherht
This week, Toby Lichtig interviews the new Booker laureate, Shehan Karunatilaka, and discovers why h
Michele Pridmore-Brown considers our quest for godlike immortalityhttps://www.the-tls.co.uk/art
Richard Dunn joins Alex and Lucy to discuss how humanity began to measure the world around it; and L
Bill McKibben considers the future of farming in a rapidly warming worldhttps://www.the-tls.co.uk/ar
Sofia Chelyak joins us to preview this weekend’s Lviv International Book Forum, in which guests incl
Charles Foster considers the extraordinary variety of animals’ sensory worldshttps://www.the-tls.co.
This week, Dennis Zhou joins us to illuminate the activism, anarchism and agility of the poet Gary S
This week, we talk to Jonathan Spector about the European premiere of his play at the Old Vic; and D
Jane Ridley looks back at the Queen’s eight-decade reign Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for
This week, Miranda France explores a suite of books about motherhood; and we survey the pick of this
Emily Wilson considers how we address our final daysBook reviewed: The Mortal Coil: A history o
This week, Thea Lenarduzzi joins us to explain how she captured the stories of her Italian grandmoth
Nat Segnit explores the strange world of the modern richBook reviewed: Serious Money: Walking p
Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas are joined by Rohan Maitzen to discuss the new novel by Maggie O’Farrell,
In the last of our August highlights programmes, Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas talk self-improvement wi
This week, Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas look back at a riveting and prescient conversation with climat
In this week’s look at the highlights of the last year, Mary Norris explores Margaret Atwood’s dysto
This week, Alex and Lucy look back over some recent highlights, including Mary Beard’s survey of the
