“It Is An Astonishment To Be Alive”
This week, Baillie Gifford Prizewinner Katherine Rundell describes how John Donne’s life force captivated her; and celebrated actor and playwright Wallace Shawn surveys a lifetime of writing essays.Pr...
24 Nov 202253min
End Of The Road
George Berridge on Cormac McCarthy’s long-awaited diptych of conspiracy and nuclear anxietyhttps://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-passenger-stella-maris-cormac-mccarthy-book-review-george-berridge/ Ho...
20 Nov 202224min
Bearing Witness To Terror
This week, we discuss Emmanuel Carrère’s incisive account of France’s judicial response to the Bataclan attacks; and a host of TLS contributors on their favourite books of 2022.‘V13: Chronique judicia...
17 Nov 202247min
Tinker, Tailor, Lover, Spy
Robert Potts considers the inconstancies of John le Carré.https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private-spy-letters-john-le-carre-secret-heart-suleika-dawson-book-review-robert-potts/ Hosted on Acast. Se...
13 Nov 202216min
Men On A Mission
This week, Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas explore the rise to prominence of Volodymyr Zelensky, the satirical stand-up turned president and war leader; and blow the cobwebs off the world’s rarest medieval...
10 Nov 202246min
One Step Beyond
Colin Thubron on an anthology of human beings straining at the limits.https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/endurance-levison-wood-book-review-colin-thubron/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
6 Nov 202219min
Who Knows Where The Time Goes
This week André Aciman toasts the genius of Marcel Proust, a century after his death; and Richard Lea on the mesmerising multiverses of John Banville.The works of Marcel Proust‘The Singularities’ by J...
3 Nov 202245min
Big Unfriendly Giant
Sam Leith on Roald Dahl’s life of plane crashes, bunk-ups, secret agenting – and children’s writinghttps://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/teller-of-the-unexpected-roald-dahl-matthew-dennison-book-review-s...
30 Okt 202214min
