The TLS Podcast

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Long Hot Summer Jun 22, 2023

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In this week's bumper podcast, George Berridge assesses the legacy of Cormac McCarthy; Toby Lichtig on this summer's ideal reads; and an interview with American novelist Brandon Taylor.

'The Late Americans', by Brandon Taylor

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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Winning On The Home Front Jun 18, 2023

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Owen Matthews on the triumph of the Kremlin propaganda machine

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/russia-ian-garner-jade-mcglynn-alexandar-mihailovic-alexander-etkind-book-review-owen-matthews/

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Sauce Bolognese Jun 15, 2023

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This week, an exhibition of the Italian Renaissance painter Lavinia Fontana's work thrills Norma Clarke; and Kieran Setiya on Sarah Bakewell's bravura survey of the history of humanism.

'Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, rule breaker', at the National Gallery of Ireland until August 27, with accompanying book by Aoife Brady, Babette Bohn and Jonquil O'Reilly

'Humanly Possible: Seven hundred years of humanist freethinking, enquiry and hope' by Sarah Bakewell

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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Know Thyself Jun 11, 2023

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Peter Thonemann on a civilization that questions its first principles.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-west-naoise-mac-sweeney-book-review-peter-thonemann/

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Hay Festival Special Jun 08, 2023

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This week, Lucy and Alex head to Hay, and find guest stars Eleanor Catton and Sarah Raven.

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Puffed Up with Wind Jun 05, 2023

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Edward Chancellor considers why central bankers have lost the plot with inflation.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/we-need-to-talk-about-inflation-stephen-d-king-book-review-edward-chancellor/

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Inheritance Taxes Jun 01, 2023

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This week, Norma Clarke unpicks the complicated business of family legacy in Polly Toynbee’s memoir; and Nicholas Clee immerses himself in Paul Murray’s multi-generational saga of Irish small-town life.

'An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals’ by Polly Toynbee

’The Bee Sting’ by Paul Murray

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Their Little Pony May 30, 2023

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Joe Moran explores the weird world of fandom.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/fans-michael-bond-book-review-joe-moran/

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O Tempora! O Mores! May 25, 2023

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This week, TLS contributors on what art and literature mean in a time of crisis; and we take a trip to the melancholy, beautiful, faded English seaside.

‘The Seaside: England’s Love Affair’, by Madeleine Bunting

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Life In The Slow Lane May 18, 2023

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This week, Kate Simpson introduces us to the precarious and vital world of the gastropods; and James McConnachie plunges into the teeming waters of the St George’s Channel.

‘A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions’ by Thom van Dooren

’The Turning Tide: A Biography of the Irish Sea’ by Jon Gower

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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