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  • Thursday · 28 min

    Lines of beauty

    This week, we look back at the poets who've shared their work with us this year.

  • August 20 · 45 min

    Chill out!

    This week, we look back at some of the year's highlights, and illuminating conversations about rest, relaxation and reading with Emily Herring and Christy Edwall.

  • August 13 · 1 hr 2 min

    Summer Games

    This week, we look back at some of the year's highlights, and illuminating conversations with Joanna Kavenna and Nick Enfield.

  • August 6 · 32 min

    A wine-dark Western?

    This week, A. E. Stallings takes stock of Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, a “thrilling combination of seemingly opposite tendencies”; and Sam Riviere reads us a new poem

  • August 2 · 27 min

    July Highlights

    Before we turn the page on July, here's a look back at some of the conversations from this month's episodes on The TLS Podcast.

  • July 30 · 47 min

    Moving Pictures

    This week, we meditate on childhood memories with TLS Ackerley Prize-winner Geoff Dyer; and Ben Street on the tricky business of artists at the cinema.

  • July 23 · 48 min

    Earthing Emily

    This week, Claire Harman explores the self-possession and vigour of the youngest of the Brontë clan; and Lily Herd on musical brothers at war in a new play.

  • July 16 · 46 min

    The Art of Chaos

    This week, Carrie Cracknell joins us to talk about the delights and challenges of directing Tom Stoppard's Arcadia; and Hirsh Sawhney on the empathetic brilliance of Sigrid Nunez.

  • July 9 · 45 min

    Economies of Scale

    This week, Scarlett Baron puzzles over an attempt to cut Joyce down to size; and Ian Sansom on the sobering realities of balancing the books if you want to be an artist.

  • July 2 · 44 min

    Beach bonanza!

    This week, Toby Lichtig joins us to mull over what TLS writers are reading this summer; and Hannah Lowe reads a new poem with a botanical theme.

  • May 31 · 19 min

    May Highlights

    May has flown by — here's a listen back at some of the conversations we've had this month on The TLS Podcast.

  • May 28 · 35 min

    Antidotes to doomscrolling

    This week, Dinah Birch finds solace in letters and diaries from the past, whether they be joyous, heartbreaking or down-to-earth; John Talbot reads us his poem of a very specific corner of London.

  • May 21 · 53 min

    Fabrications

    This week, David Streitfeld takes us to Earthsea and the wonderful imagination of Ursula K. Le Guin; and Samantha Ellis on Charlotte Brontë's relationship with material reality.

  • May 17 · 32 min

    Exclusive: Ed Vulliamy in Full

    Here is our exclusive conversation with Ed Vulliamy in full as he gives us a look at the letters between his Great-Aunt Gladys and Ezra Pound.

  • May 14 · 46 min

    Signed, Sealed, Delivered

    This week, Ed Vulliamy gives us an exclusive look at the letters between his Great-Aunt Gladys and Ezra Pound; and David Horspool dips a toe into the luscious world of the lido.

  • May 7 · 55 min

    Looking at the Stars

    This week, Toby Lichtig on a constellation of new fiction; and Merlin Holland on the afterlife of his grandfather, Oscar Wilde.

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