The TLS Podcast

Updated: 01 May 2025 • 596 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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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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This week, Margaret Drabble explores how Dickens drew on his love of the macabre and grotesque to create literary magic; and Norma Clarke takes a tour around the British coast. 'Dickens the enchanter: Inside the explosive imagination of the great storyteller', by Peter Conrad 'The restless coast: A journey around the e

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03 Apr 2025 • EN

Life is a Cabaret

Caroline Moorehead salutes the energetic brilliance of singer Josephine Baker; and Aaron Peck on the past, present and future of the avant-garde. 'Fearless and free: A memoir', by Josephine Baker, translated by Anam Zafar and Sophie Lewis 'Josephine Baker's secret war: The African American star who fought for France an

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27 Mar 2025 • EN

Into The Wild

This week, we're joined by Harriet Baker, winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award; and Helen Scales tunes into the sonic marvels beneath the surface of the sea. 'Rural Hours: The country lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann', by Harriet Baker 'Sing Like a Fish: How soun

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