Christopher de Hamel: The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club
Christopher de Hamel: The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club
The title could pass off as a short story by M.R. James or as one of the exploits of Robert Louis Stevenson’s little-kno... Read more
7 Dec 2022
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1hr 2mins
Jennifer Homans: Mr B.
Jennifer Homans: Mr B.
George Balanchine’s life cut the twentieth century in two. He was a choreographer who trained in Tsarist St Petersburg a... Read more
4 Dec 2022
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35mins
Edward Wilson Lee: A History of Water
Edward Wilson Lee: A History of Water
A History of Water is a riddling title but the subtitle, Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global... Read more
21 Sep 2022
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43mins
Karina Urbach: Alice’s Book
Karina Urbach: Alice’s Book
We are delighted to bring you a new podcast with Karina Urbach, author of Alice’s Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmoth... Read more
24 Aug 2022
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27mins
Laura Beatty: Looking for Theophrastus
Laura Beatty: Looking for Theophrastus
Laura Beatty could turn straw into gold. In Looking for Theophrastus: Travels in Search of a Lost Philosopher, she descr... Read more
10 May 2022
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30mins
Vashti Bunyan: Wayward
Vashti Bunyan: Wayward
Vashti speaks to Magnus about her new memoir, Wayward: Just Another Life to Live. From London in the Swinging Sixties to... Read more
29 Apr 2022
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42mins
Eileen Atkins: Will She Do?
Eileen Atkins: Will She Do?
Dame Eileen is joined by the novelist Salley Vickers to talk about Will She Do?: Act One of a Life on Stage. It is a mar... Read more
22 Apr 2022
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1hr 25mins
Robert Edric: My Own Worst Enemy
Robert Edric: My Own Worst Enemy
Johnny once wrote of Robert Edric that 'his was the most significant body of work from a novelist in a generation.' He h... Read more
23 Feb 2022
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35mins
Salley Vickers: The Gardener
Salley Vickers: The Gardener
Salley Vickers wrote her latest novel in a Wiltshire cottage during lockdown. She talks to Johnny about the importance o... Read more
19 Jan 2022
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30mins
The Great Carp Ferdinand: A Wintry Tale by Eva Ibbotson
The Great Carp Ferdinand: A Wintry Tale by Eva Ibbotson
In anticipation of Christmas and the excitement of the coming weeks, we are thrilled to present a reading of one of Eva ... Read more
1 Dec 2021
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37mins