In the 1740s the Scots were invading England and the wearing of tartan was banned. By the 1850s,...
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In the 1740s the Scots were invading England and the wearing of tartan was banned. By the 1850s,...
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Romantic History: Salisbury Cathedral
In the first episode of a new four-part series looking at the way history was transformed in the...
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Close Readings: On Charlotte Mew
Seamus Perry and Mark Ford look at the life and work of Charlotte Mew, who brought the Victorian...
47:55
James Meek talks to Tom about the events leading up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, from the...
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Laleh Khalili talks to Tom about the mythology of covert military operatives, through romance...
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This week's discussion, with Laleh Khalili, will be out on Thursday. In the meantime, here's...
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Geoff Mann talks to James Butler about the economic models developed by William Nordhaus and...
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Jeremy Harding talks to Tom about the long and repressive reign of King Hassan II of Morocco, as...
45:36
Colm Tóibín talks to Tom about the life and work of the novelist John McGahern through his...
43:07
Rivka Galchen talks to Tom about two recent books on the history of vaccine opposition and...
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Myself with Others: Claudia Roden
In the third and final guest episode from a new podcast series, Myself with Others, food writer...
01:11:23
Myself With Others: James Lasdun
In this second guest episode from a new podcast series, Myself With Others, novelist, memoirist...
01:08:43
Myself With Others: Margo Jefferson
In the first of three guest episodes from a new podcast, Myself With Others, hosted by Adam...
01:12:42
Alan Bennett reads his diary for 2021, in which he falls over Philip Roth, changes the course of...
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Seamus Perry and Mark Ford continue their Close Readings series with a look at the life and work...
01:02:11
John Lanchester and Rupert Beale talk to Tom about the spread of the latest variant, where we...
43:02
Among the Ancients: Aristophanes
In this sample episode from their forthcoming Close Readings series, starting next year, Emily...
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Rachel Nolan talks to Tom about the overthrow of President Árbenz in Guatemala in 1954, its...
44:04
Enzo Traverso talks to Adam Shatz about his new book on the history of revolutionary passions,...
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Clair Wills talks to Tom about Netherne psychiatric hospital, where her mother and grandparents...
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