The TLS Podcast
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.
Episodes
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 extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America', by Russell Shorto
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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
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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
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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
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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 edge of Britain', by Roger Morgan-Grenville
'Seascape: Notes from a changing coastline', by Matthew Yeoma...
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 and freedom', by Hanna Diamond
'What art does: An unfinished theory', by Brian Eno and Bette A.
'How to...
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 sound rules life under water', by Amorina Kingdon
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
This week, novelist Damon Galgut remembers the ground-breaking South African playwright Athol Fugard; and Michael Caines on two very different approaches to the Danish prince.
'Grand Theft Hamlet', on Mubi
'Hamlet', by William Shakespeare, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon- Avon, until March 29
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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This week, Larry Wolff immerses himself in a bold operatic vision of Melville's classic; and Travis Elborough on a boosterish attempt to rescue Croydon from its knockers.
'Moby-Dick', composed by Jake Heggie, Metropolitan Opera House, New York, until March 29
'Croydonopolis: A Journey to the Greatest City that Never Was', by Will Noble
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
This week, Toby Lichtig chats to Sam Leith about formative literature at Jewish Book Week; and David Horspool meets Sue Prideaux, winner of this year's Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize.
'The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading', by Sam Leith
'Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin', by Sue Prideaux
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This week, Michael Caines interviews the men behind the Royal Shakespeare Company's thrilling new production of Christopher Marlowe's Edward II; and Nat Segnit finds Pico Iyer's journeys to a Californian monastery a welcome retreat from the world.
'Edward II', by Christopher Marlowe, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, until April 5 2025
'Learning from Silence: Lessons from More Than 100 Retreats', by Pico Iyer
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This week, Edith Hall finds herself mesmerised, entranced and perplexed by Sophocles; and Barnaby Phillips on a bizarre imperial incursion in 19th-century Africa.
'Oedipus', by Sophocles, Old Vic until March 29
'Electra', by Sophocles, Duke of York's Theatre until April 12
'A Training School for Elephants', by Sophy Roberts
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This week, we're joined by Eimear McBride as she publishes a compelling new novel; and Anne Fuchs celebrates WG Sebald's illuminating and idiosyncratic essays.
'The City Changes Its Face', by Eimear McBride
'Silent Catastrophes: Essays in Austrian Literature', by WG Sebald, translated by Jo Catling
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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This week, Kevin Brazil on the revealing tour d'horizontal of a great writer; and Keith Miller goes down a rabbit-hole in search of Richard Ayoade.
'The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir', by Edmund White
'The Unfinished Harauld Hughes', 'Plays, Prose, Pieces, Poetry', 'The Models Trilogy', 'Four Films', by Harauld Hughes/Richard Ayoade
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This week, Toby Lichtig assesses the latest recreation of Bob Dylan, man and myth; and David Gallagher on an academic and spy who inspired the work of Javier Marias.
'A Complete Unknown', a film by James Mangold
'Scholar-Spy: The Worlds of Professor Sir Peter Russell', by Bruce Taylor
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This week, Boris Dralyuk on a compelling portrait of the Black Sea port of Odesa, past and present; and Russell Williams is put in mind of the rumpled TV detective Columbo by a pacy French novel.
'Undefeatable: Odesa in Love and War', by Julian Evans
'Bristol', by Jean Echenoz
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This week, Vanessa Curtis is entranced by the candour of the Bloomsbury set's photograph albums; and Emma Greensmith on the mythical creatures that fascinated the ancient world.
'The Bloomsbury Photographs", by Maggie Humm
'Centaurs and Snake-Kings: Hybrids and the Greek Imagination', by Jeremy McInerney
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This week, JS Barnes trembles in his boots before the latest incarnation of a classic vampire tale; and Mary C Flannery on the practical magic of the medieval kitchen.
'Nosferatu', various cinemas
'Recipes and Book Culture in England, 1350-1600', Carrie Griffin and Hannah Ryley, editors
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This week, Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas look forward to 2025's most tempting reading, plan a Jane Austen road trip and resolve to sit up straight.
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This week, Simone Gubler ponders the contents of a dog's mind; and Tristram Fane Saunders praises the poet Wendy Cope's strengths and subtleties.
'The Happiness of Dogs: Why the Unexamined Life is Most Worth Living', by Mark Rowlands
'Collared: How We Made the Modern Dog', by Chris Pearson
'Collected Poems', by Wendy Cope
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