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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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Episodes

Thomas De Quincey

Catharine Morris and Michael Caines take a look at the English essayist, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater.Find out more at the-tis.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 13, 201615 min

Robert Browning's Poetic Characters

Sam Graydon looks at the poet Robert Browning, exploring the major role he played in the development of the dramatic monologue, with a selection of readings from his works. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 28, 201616 min

Shakespeare and Cervantes, 400 years on

To mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare and Cervantes, Mika Ross-Southall introduces a talk on these two giants of world literature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 22, 201653 min

Utopia at 500

Michael Caines and Lucy Dallas take a tour of Thomas More's imaginary commonwealth, where private property has been abolished and reason rules all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 20, 201614 min

Being Jewish, being American

Toby Lichtig talks to Morris Dickstein about the ever-evolving relationship between Judaism and American literature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 15, 201614 min

Oscar Wilde and the Chatterton myth

Mika Ross-Southall and Michael Caines look at the enduring appeal of Thomas Chatterton, an icon of thwarted Romantic genius, and how he became a figure of especial importance for Oscar Wilde. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 07, 201614 min

Henry James in the TLS

To mark the centenary of Henry James's death, Catharine Morris and Michael Caines trace the course of his work as it was discussed in his lifetime – and as some of it appeared in the TLS itself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 02, 201611 min

Mary Beard

On the 10th anniversary of her blog, A Don's Life, The TLS' Classics Editor Mary Beard joins Rozalind Dineen to discuss its success. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 02, 201617 min

Jane Austen's Emma

Michael Caines and Catharine Morris celebrate the bicentenary of Jane Austen's magnificent novel and its quixotic heroine.Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 21, 201616 min

"Tea at the Midland" by David Constantine

Michael Caines reads a short story about a man and a woman taking tea, watching the surfers at Morecambe Bay – and falling out over art.For more information, head to www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 13, 201615 min

Jacob Tonson's poets

A selection of poems by Aphra Behn, John Milton, Alexander Pope and the Earl of Rochester.Read by Michael Caines, Mika Ross-Southall and Alan Jenkins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 11, 201615 min

John Donne

John Donne was the greatest English dramatic poet who never wrote a play. Here, Alan Jenkins reads a selection of his works. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 11, 201516 min

Vertigo

Vertigo special: Toby Lichtig of The TLS introduces David Collard who compares Alfred Hitchcock's film interpretation to the original novel.The film was recently voted 'the best of all time' by 846 critics, programmers, academics and distributors. Find out more: www.the-tls.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 09, 201514 min

Douglas Oliver: a poetic vision of the body politic

Michael Caines looks back to Douglas Oliver's long poem The Infant and the Pearl, first published in 1985 – a poetic vision of the contemporary political scene, among other things, cast in the mould of a medieval dream poem.Find out more: www.the-tls.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 18, 201515 min

J.H. Prynne: an examination of imagery

We discuss a poem by J.H. Prynne called To Pollen, from 2006, which conducts its own examination of the uses and misuses of images and stories of suffering.Read by Robert Potts.Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 09, 201510 min

Summer Holidays

“August for the people and their favourite islands”, said W.H. Auden in 1935, with the Isle of Wight in mind. Now people’s favourite islands are more likely to be Majorca or Mykonos, but the lure of the seaside remains. Alan Jenkins reads a selection of holiday poems from the past eighty years.Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 12, 201518 min

Cycling: tour de force

David Horspool and Lucy Dallas take an in-depth look at the world of cycling literature. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 23, 201517 min

Tennis: Game, Sex and Match

In the latest episode of TLS Voices, Michael Caines and Mika Ross-Southall look at how tennis has inspired writers over the centuries.Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 09, 201516 min

John Fletcher

In the latest episode of TLS Voices, Mika Ross-Southall and Michael Caines consider Shakespeare's collaborator John Fletcher – a major English dramatist whose work, paradoxically, is largely neglected today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 03, 201513 min

Christine Brooke-Rose

In the latest episode of TLS Voices, Michael Caines, Natalie Ferris and Mika Ross-Southall explore the experimental work of Christine Brooke-Rose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 26, 201517 min

Waterloo

In the latest episode of TLS Voices, Adrian Tahourdin goes to Waterloo.Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 18, 20158 min

Byron

In the latest episode of TLS Voices, Michael Caines and Roz Dineen celebrate a selection of Byron's Letters and Journals.Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 29, 201521 min

Anthony Trollope

200 years since his birth, we discuss the life and work of Anthony Trollope. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 22, 201522 min

Hermione Lee discusses Virginia Woolf

100 years since its publication, Hermione Lee discusses The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf.In discussion with Thea Lenarduzzi from the TLS.Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 13, 201515 min

Ruth Scurr discusses John Aubrey and the art of writing biography

Ruth Scurr talks about her unconventional approach to writing a biography of John Aubrey, the seventeenth-century biographer most famous for Brief Lives.In discussion with Mika Ross-Southall from the TLS.Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 25, 201515 min

Robert Herrick and John Evelyn

Michael Caines reads a selection of verses by the seventeenth-century poet Robert Herrick, as well as a remarkable and little-known elegy by the diarist John Evelyn.Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 21, 201519 min

Ariel poems

Alan Jenkins reads a selection of Ariel poems by, among others, Thomas Hardy, Walter de la Mare and T. S. Eliot, from Faber's Christmas pamphlet seriesFind out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 16, 201416 min

T. E. Hulme

Welcome to TLS Voices Deputy Editor Alan Jenkins considers the work of T. E. Hulme.Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 19, 201415 min

Ivor Gurney

TLS VoicesMichael Caines considers the work of the war poet Ivor Gurney, and reads a selection from his work, including the previously unpublished poems "The Women at Work" and "The Vow of Life".Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 05, 201411 min

Gabriel-Ernest by Saki

The Times Literary Supplement - an occasional series of readings.The TLS turns to the dark side, finding stories within stories, eyes in the dark, guilty consciences and beasts in the woods – tales from M. R. James, Edith Wharton and Saki, read and introduced by Michael Caines, Mika Ross-Southall and Lucy Dallas.3 of 3Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 30, 201415 min
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