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Romantic History: Balmoral

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...

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Putin's Mistake

James Meek talks to Tom about the events leading up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, from the...

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The Special Forces Fantasy

Laleh Khalili talks to Tom about the mythology of covert military operatives, through romance...

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A Message and a Poem

This week's discussion, with Laleh Khalili, will be out on Thursday. In the meantime, here's...

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The Climate Colossus

Geoff Mann talks to James Butler about the economic models developed by William Nordhaus and...

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Morocco's Secret Prisons

Jeremy Harding talks to Tom about the long and repressive reign of King Hassan II of Morocco, as...

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John McGahern’s Letters

Colm Tóibín talks to Tom about the life and work of the novelist John McGahern through his...

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Anti-Vax Sentiments

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...

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Myself With Others: James Lasdun

In this second guest episode from a new podcast series, Myself With Others, novelist, memoirist...

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Myself With Others: Margo Jefferson

In the first of three guest episodes from a new podcast, Myself With Others, hosted by Adam...

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Alan Bennett: Diary for 2021

Alan Bennett reads his diary for 2021, in which he falls over Philip Roth, changes the course of...

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Close Readings: On W.B. Yeats

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford continue their Close Readings series with a look at the life and work...

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The Omicron Wave

John Lanchester and Rupert Beale talk to Tom about the spread of the latest variant, where we...

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Among the Ancients: Aristophanes

In this sample episode from their forthcoming Close Readings series, starting next year, Emily...

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The Guatemalan Coup

Rachel Nolan talks to Tom about the overthrow of President Árbenz in Guatemala in 1954, its...

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A History of Revolution

Enzo Traverso talks to Adam Shatz about his new book on the history of revolutionary passions,...

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The Last Asylums

Clair Wills talks to Tom about Netherne psychiatric hospital, where her mother and grandparents...

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