The TLS Podcast

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Female Perspectives Take Centre Stage Dec 08, 2022

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This week, Breeze Barrington takes us through a history of art with a difference - there are no men; and Larry Wolff talks us through the diva-rich operatic event of the season, the world premiere of The Hours at the Met in New York.

'The Story of Art Without Men' by Katy Hessel

'The Hours' by Kevin Puts

Metropolitan Opera, New York, until December 15. Live transmission in various cinemas, December 10

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His Biggest Role Dec 04, 2022

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Anna Reid on the improbable rise of Volodymyr Zelensky

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/volodymyr-zelensky-biographies-book-review-anna-reid/

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Roman Coins And Radical Rosa Bonheur Dec 01, 2022

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This week, Mary Beard talks us through coins and emperors, real and fake, and the hidden networks beneath the Roman Empire; and Norma Clarke discusses the life and work of Rosa Bonheur, a celebrated female artist who kept her radical private life to herself.

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Conquering Sociopaths Nov 28, 2022

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Michele Pridmore-Brown on the troubled dreams of the gods of the digital universe

https://www.the-tls.co.uk./articles/survival-of-the-richest-douglas-rushkoff-book-review-michele-pridmore-brown/

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“It Is An Astonishment To Be Alive” Nov 24, 2022

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This week, Baillie Gifford Prizewinner Katherine Rundell describes how John Donne’s life force captivated her; and celebrated actor and playwright Wallace Shawn surveys a lifetime of writing essays.

Produced by Charlotte Pardy.

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End Of The Road Nov 20, 2022

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George Berridge on Cormac McCarthy’s long-awaited diptych of conspiracy and nuclear anxiety

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-passenger-stella-maris-cormac-mccarthy-book-review-george-berridge/

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Bearing Witness To Terror Nov 17, 2022

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This week, we discuss Emmanuel Carrère’s incisive account of France’s judicial response to the Bataclan attacks; and a host of TLS contributors on their favourite books of 2022.

‘V13: Chronique judiciare’ by Emmanuel Carrère

Books of the Year 2022

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Tinker, Tailor, Lover, Spy Nov 13, 2022

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Robert Potts considers the inconstancies of John le Carré.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private-spy-letters-john-le-carre-secret-heart-suleika-dawson-book-review-robert-potts/

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Men On A Mission Nov 10, 2022

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This week, Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas explore the rise to prominence of Volodymyr Zelensky, the satirical stand-up turned president and war leader; and blow the cobwebs off the world’s rarest medieval manuscripts.

'The Zelensky Effect' by Olga Onuch and Henry E Hale

'Zelensky: Ukraine’s president and his country' by Steven Derix with Marina Shelkunova, translated by Brent Annable

'The Fight of Our Lives: My time with Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s battle for democracy, and what it means for the world' by Iuliia Mendel, translated by Madeline G Levine

'Zelensky: A biography' by Serhii Rudenko, translated by Michael M Naydan and Alla Perminova

'The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club' by Christopher de Hamel

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One Step Beyond Nov 06, 2022

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Colin Thubron on an anthology of human beings straining at the limits.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/endurance-levison-wood-book-review-colin-thubron/

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