When the Flawed Succeed
In this bonus TLS long read, the former politician Rory Stewart discusses to power of modern politics, Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings and the corrosion of morals.www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/long-playe...
3 Okt 202126min
Survival of the Wittiest
This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by the scholars Janet Todd and Derek Hughes to revisit the life and work of Restoration England’s first woman of letters, the playwright Aphra Beh...
29 Sep 202149min
Sad and Twisted Stories
This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by Skye C. Cleary to discuss Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘lost’ novel, ‘The Inseparables’, published almost seventy years after it was written; Anna Pica...
23 Sep 202149min
Greatest Hits
In this bonus TLS long read, the writer Paul Genders discusses the influence of pop music on literature.www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/long-players-tom-gatti-book-review-paul-gendersIf you would like to l...
20 Sep 202112min
Don't sweat it
This week, Lucy Dallas and Toby Lichtig are joined by the critic and gym-sceptic Irina Dumitrescu to consider a clutch of books about fitness – how it came to be the industry it is, what it means to u...
16 Sep 202149min
Indexes, Newsletters, Potatoes, Gold!
Lucy Dallas and Michael Caines are joined by Dennis Duncan, the author of ‘Index, A History of the’, to discuss how we navigate the contents between books' covers, taking in alphabets, concordances, a...
8 Sep 202149min
TLS Summer Library: Part IV
Throughout the summer, we are revisiting the very best of the podcast during the last year.In this episode - it's movie week; the author Colin Grant discusses Steve McQueen's Small Axe and the Academy...
1 Sep 202149min
TLS Summer Library: Part III
Throughout August, we are revisiting the very best of the podcast during the last year.In this episode; the comedian David Baddiel joins Toby Lichtig to talk about his book 'Jews Don't Count' which ex...
25 Aug 202149min
