The TLS Podcast

Updated: 22 May 2025 • 599 episodes
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A weekly podcast on books and culture brought to you by the writers and editors of the Times Literary Supplement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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22 May 2025 • EN

Vagabond Hearts

This week, Eimear McBride is captivated by the life and work of Joyce's biographer; and Mark Nayler is hot on the trail of the wolf who walked alone. 'Ellmann's Joyce: the biography of a masterpiece and its maker', by Zachary Leader 'Lone wolf: walking the faultlines of Europe', by Adam Weymouth Produced by Charlotte P

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15 May 2025 • EN

Days to Remember

This week, Vanessa Curtis celebrates a century of Mrs Dalloway; and Claire Lowdon on the capacious diaries of Helen Garner. 'Mrs Dalloway', by Virginia Woolf 'Monkey grip', 'The children's Bach', 'This house of grief', 'How to end a story: collected diaries', by Helen Garner Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast.

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08 May 2025 • EN

Big Cheese, Big Apple

This week, Nicola Shulman salutes the memoirs of an old-school editor and socialite; and Rebecca Fraser on an unexpectedly peaceful transition of power in 17th-century America. 'When the going was good: an editor’s adventures during the last golden age of magazines', by Graydon Carter 'Taking Manhattan: the extraordina

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01 May 2025 • EN

On our travels

This week, Toby Lichtig travels to Oslo to interview Nobel laureate Jon Fosse; meanwhile, Natasha Lehrer heads to Zurich for a compelling new play by Deborah Levy. Jon Fosse is published in English by Fitzcarraldo Editions '50 Minutes', by Deborah Levy, Neumarkt Theatre, Zurich, until May 7 Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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24 Apr 2025 • EN

Renaissance Men

This week, David Gallagher remembers Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa; and Laurent Binet whisks us to 16th-century Florence to explore the world of his novel Perspectives. 'Perspectives', by Laurent Binet, translated by Sam Taylor Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf

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This week, Peter Holland treads the boards in Elizabethan London in search of Shakespeare before the Globe; and Muriel Zagha on a captivating tale of cheese-making in the Jura. 'The dream factory: London’s first playhouse and the making of William Shakespeare', by Daniel Swift 'Holy Cow', a film by Louise Courvoisier P

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