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**The TLS Podcast**

A weekly podcast on books and culture brought to you by the writers and editors of the Times Literary Supplement.

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Latest Episodes:

Give Them Back! Mar 05, 2023

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Mark Mazower asks: did the Ottomans preserve the Parthenon and Elgin wreck it?

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/who-saved-the-parthenon-william-st-clair-book-review-mark-mazower/

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Coming to Fruition Mar 02, 2023

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This week, Margaret Drabble and Joe Swift talk about the relationship between literature and gardening; and a new short-story collection from Margaret Atwood.

‘Turning Leaves’, a new podcast from the TLS team

‘Old Babes in the Wood’ by Margaret Atwood

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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Good Chaps Feb 27, 2023

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Ferdinand Mount considers how the English upper classes appropriated fair play from the lower orders.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/an-english-tradition-jonathan-duke-evans-book-review-ferdinand-mount/

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A Treasure on Your Shelf, Waiting Feb 23, 2023

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This week we hear about the pursuit of the perfect library, and celebrate the brilliance of crime writer Josephine Tey.

Irina Dumitrescu on the bibliophile’s life

‘The Franchise Affair’, ‘To Love and Be Wise’ and ‘The Daughter of Time’ by Josephine Tey

Produced by Charlotte

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Into The Woods Feb 19, 2023

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Peter Godfrey-Smith on two books about living like a deer and learning from the birds.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/deer-man-geoffroy-delorme-the-parrot-in-the-mirror-antone-martinho-truswell-book-review-peter-godfrey-smith/

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Dogs Days in the Writer’s Life Feb 16, 2023

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This week, we examine the highs and very many lows of the writing life. Tom Seymour Evans explores a disquieting biography of crime writer James Ellroy, and Stephen Marche shines a light into the abyss of literary failure in his new book.

‘Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy’ by Steven Powell

‘On Writing and Failure’ by Stephen Marche

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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A Town Called Sue Feb 12, 2023

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In an extract from Lawcraft, published by TLS Books last month, Geoffrey Robertson explains how Russian oligarchs use British courts to close down investigative journalism.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/lawfare-geoffrey-robertson-extract-russia-free-speech/

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State Secrets and Private Passions Feb 09, 2023

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This week, Richard Norton-Taylor braves the terrifying world of cyberattacks and their brutal cost; and Lucasta Miller on an intriguing collection of 19th-century commonplace books.

'Pegasus: The Story of the World’s Most Dangerous Spyware’ by Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud

‘Striking Back: The End of Peace in Cyberspace - and How to Restore It’ by Lucas Kello

The work of scholar and collector William St Clair

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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Big Tech Is Reading Your Mind Feb 05, 2023

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N. J. Enfield considers how software engineers became social engineers in our democracies.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/freedom-to-think-susie-alegre-the-digital-republic-jamie-susskind-book-review-n-j-enfield/

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All Those Old Familiar Places Feb 02, 2023

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This week, Elizabeth Dearnley hunts for the hags, fairies and wandering women of the pagan past; and Ruth Scurr on a thrilling final book from the celebrated journalist Janet Malcolm.

‘Queens of the Wild: Pagan Goddesses In Christian Europe’ by Ronald Hutton

‘Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory’ by Janet Malcolm

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

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