The TLS Podcast

This week, Norma Clarke explores the ancient arts of hedge-laying, thatching, hay-cutting and wood-turning; and highlights from this week's issue. 'Words from the Hedge: A hedgelayer’s view of the countryside', by Richard Negus 'Of Thorn and Briar: A year with the West Country hedgelayer', by Paul Lamb  'On the Roof: A

This week, Alicia Rix charts Henry James's return to an unrecognisable homeland; and David Horspool on a Victorian conman and a contemporary swimmer. 'Henry James Comes Home: Rediscovering America in the Gilded Age', by Peter Brooks 'On Writers and Writing: Selected Essays', by Henry James, edited by Michael Gorra 'Swi

This week, Michael LaPointe celebrates a century of The Great Gatsby; and Miranda France on an epistolary novel by Natalia Ginzburg. 'The Cambridge Centennial Edition of The Great Gatsby', by F Scott Fitzgerald, edited by James LW West III, with an introduction by Sarah Churchwell 'The Annotated Great Gatsby', by F Sco

This week, Nicola Shulman is staggered by Sarah Vine's account of Westminster rivalry; and James Clackson on the irresistible rise of Indo-European. 'How not to be a political wife: A memoir', by Sarah Vine 'Proto: How one language went global', by Laura Spinney 'The Indo-Europeans rediscovered: How a scientific revolu

... thinking about tomorrow. This week, Michael Caines on a musical inspired by a classic album; and Toby Lichtig talks to Mike Berners-Lee about the future of cliimate action at the Guernsey Literary Festival. 'Sterophonic', by David Adjmi, Duke of York’s Theatre, until October 11 'A Climate of Truth: Why We Need It a

This week, what TLS contributors are reading this summer; and Catherine Taylor on a trio of novels highlighting the growing pains of adolescence. 'Back in the Day', by Oliver Lovrenski, translated by Nichola Smalley 'Fun and Games', by John Patrick McHugh 'Girl, 1983', by Linn Ullmann, translated by Martin Aitken Produ