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Earthing Emily
3d ago00:48:44Tap to summarizeThis week, Claire Harman explores the self-possession and vigour of the youngest of the Brontë clan; and Lily Herd on musical brothers at war in a new play.'This Dark Night: The life of Emily Brontë', by Deborah Lutz'Hit Machine', by Jonathan Caren, Soho Theatre, London, until August 15Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Art of Chaos
1w ago00:46:47Tap to summarizeThis week, Carrie Cracknell joins us to talk about the delights and challenges of directing Tom Stoppard's Arcadia; and Hirsh Sawhney on the empathetic brilliance of Sigrid Nunez.'Arcadia', by Tom Stoppard, Duke of York's Theatre, London, until September 12 2026'It Will Come Back to You', by Sigrid NunezProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Economies of Scale
2w ago00:45:53Tap to summarizeThis week, Scarlett Baron puzzles over an attempt to cut Joyce down to size; and Ian Sansom on the sobering realities of balancing the books if you want to be an artist.'A Shorter Ulysses', by James Joyce and Anthony Burgess'Making Art and Making a Living: Adventures in funding a creative life', by Mason Currey'How to Enter the Art World: After a late start, a first career, illness, raising children, a crisis of confidence/leaving it in disgust ...', by Hettie JudahProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Beach bonanza!
3w ago00:44:41Tap to summarizeThis week, Toby Lichtig joins us to mull over what TLS writers are reading this summer; and Hannah Lowe reads a new poem with a botanical theme.'Jamaican Forget-Me-Not', by Hannah LoweProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Toby Lichtig in conversation with Nigel Planer
Jun 2500:46:42Tap to summarizeThis week, we continue to enjoy festival season as we listen to Toby Lichtig's conversation with Nigel Planer live from the Hay Festival. Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Live From the Hay Festival: Toby talks to Colm Tóibín
Jun 1800:46:06Tap to summarizeThis week, we join Toby live from the Hay Festival where he talks to Colm Tóibín where they discuss exile and return, secrets and evasion, the avoidance of drama, and how (not) to end a story.Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Live From the European Writers' Festival with Toby Lichtig
Jun 1100:57:26Tap to summarizeThis week, we join Toby live from the European Writer's Festival where he spoke to novelists Beatriz Serrano and Sulaiman Addonia. Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Live From the Hay Festival
Jun 400:39:55Tap to summarizeThis week, join us live from Hay Festival. Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May Highlights
May 3100:19:49Tap to summarizeMay has flown by — here's a listen back at some of the conversations we've had this month on The TLS Podcast.We hear from Merlin Holland on the afterlife of his grandfather Oscar Wilde, David Horspool on the luscious world of the lido, Samantha Ellis on Charlotte Brontë's relationship with material reality, and Dinah Birch finds solace in letters and diaries from the past.Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Antidotes to doomscrolling
May 2800:35:59Tap 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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