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Antidotes to doomscrolling
1w ago00:35:59Tap to summarizeThis week, Dinah Birch finds solace in letters and diaries from the past, whether they be joyous, heartbreaking or down-to-earth; John Talbot reads us his poem of a very specific corner of London. A Literary Letter for Every Day of the Year, edited by Liz Ison The Writer’s Room: The hidden worlds that shape the books we love by Katie da Cunha Lewin Diaries of Note: 366 lives, one day at a time, edited by Shaun Usher St Petersburgh Mews, W2, a poem by John Talbot Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Fabrications
2w ago00:53:24Tap to summarizeThis week, David Streitfeld takes us to Earthsea and the wonderful imagination of Ursula K. Le Guin; and Samantha Ellis on Charlotte Brontë's relationship with material reality.'The Word for World: The maps of Ursula K. Le Guin', edited by So Mayer and Sarah Shin'Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand', by Ursula K. Le Guin'Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats''So Far So Good: Final Poems: 2014-2018''A Larger Reality', edited by Conner Bouchard-Roberts'Charlotte Brontë's Life Through Clothes', by Eleanor HoughtonProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Exclusive: Ed Vulliamy in Full
3w ago00:32:32Tap to summarizeHere is our exclusive conversation with Ed Vulliamy in full as he gives us a look at the letters between his Great-Aunt Gladys and Ezra Pound.Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered
3w ago00:46:23Tap to summarizeThis week, Ed Vulliamy gives us an exclusive look at the letters between his Great-Aunt Gladys and Ezra Pound; and David Horspool dips a toe into the luscious world of the lido.'Lido Land: How Britain Learned to Make a Splash', by Tom FortProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Looking at the Stars
4w ago00:55:32Tap to summarizeThis week, Toby Lichtig on a constellation of new fiction; and Merlin Holland on the afterlife of his grandfather, Oscar Wilde.'The Palm House', by Gwendoline Riley'Devotions: Eight Stories', by Lucy Caldwell'The Tribe', by Michael Arditti'Lázár', by Nelio Biedermann, translated by Jamie Bulloch'You Are the Führer's Unrequited Love', by Jean-Noël Orengo, translated by David Watson'After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal', by Merlin HollandProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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April Highlights
May 300:23:13Tap to summarizeApril is behind us - here's a look back at some of the conversations we've had this month on The TLS Podcast. We hear from Fiona Stafford on encounters with remarkable trees, Emily Herring on why we should all slow down a little, Emma Smith on how Shakespeare scholarship wrestles with the gaps in what we know, and Sara Wheeler on the monumental task of becoming Jan Morris’s biographer.Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Strike!
Apr 3000:53:31Tap to summarizeThis week, Russell Williams on the French writers laying down their pens; and John-Paul Stonard hails a bravura production of Bertolt Brecht.The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, until May 30Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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On the Road
Apr 2300:41:19Tap to summarizeThis week, Sara Wheeler reflects on monumental task of becoming Jan Morris's biographer; and Abigail Dembo reads us an intriguing new poem.'Jan Morris: A Life', by Sara Wheeler'He Wore His Leather Coat', by Abigail DemboProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Grief Work
Apr 1600:50:26Tap to summarizeEmma Smith on how Shakespeare scholarship grapples with gaps; and Muriel Zagha admires François Ozon's noir adaptation of Camus's classic novel'Book Culture in Shakespeare's Stratford: The Quiney Connections', by Marlin E. Blaine, Lena Cowen Orlin, Robert Bearman and Alan H. Nelson'L'étranger', various cinemasProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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March Highlights
Apr 1200:15:51Tap to summarizeIt's been quite a month on The TLS Podcast, here's a listen back at some of the conversations we've had in March.We hear from Christy Edwall on the joys of being a lifelong bookworm, Sarah Lonsdale on the remarkable Clemence Dane, Julian Evans on two books exploring the link between food and war in Ukraine, and we revisit our interview with the inspirational Michael Morpurgo.Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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