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The TLS Podcast
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Live From the European Writers' Festival with Toby Lichtig
This week, we join Toby live from the European Writer's Festival where he spoke to novelists Beatriz Serrano and Sulaiman Addonia.
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Live From the Hay Festival
This week, join us live from Hay Festival.
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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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.
We hear from Merlin Holland on the...
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...
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 relation...
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.
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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...
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.
'The Palm House'...
April Highlights
April is behind us - here's a look back at some of the conversations we've had this month on The TLS Podcast.
We hear from Fiona Stafford on en...
Strike!
This week, Russell Williams on the French writers laying down their pens; and John-Paul Stonard hails a bravura production of Bertolt Brecht.
Th...
On the Road
This week, Sara Wheeler reflects on monumental task of becoming Jan Morris's biographer; and Abigail Dembo reads us an intriguing new poem.
'Jan...
Grief Work
Emma Smith on how Shakespeare scholarship grapples with gaps; and Muriel Zagha admires François Ozon's noir adaptation of Camus's classic novel
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March Highlights
It's been quite a month on The TLS Podcast, here's a listen back at some of the conversations we've had in March.
We hear from Christy Edwall on...
Cool Your Jets!
This week, Emily Herring explains why we all need to take it a bit easier; and Ana Alicia Garza on the novelist whose ancestor inspired a Victorian cl...
That Old Chestnut
This week, John Banville considers the work of a formidable Irish writer; and Fiona Stafford on meetings with remarkable trees.
'An Arrow in Fli...
Food fights
This week, Julian Evans on two books exploring the link between food and war in Ukraine; and Lily Herd introduces this issue's In Brief reviews.
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In Conversation with Michael Morpurgo
Here is the interview with Michael Morpurgo in full.
Produced by Charlotte Pardu
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From trains to treaties
This week, an interview with the inspirational Michael Morpurgo; and David Horspool discusses the Second World War with Tim Bouverie, the winner of th...
Revolutionary Roads
This week, the extraordinary stories of two pioneering women: Francesca Wade on Rhoda Power, and Sarah Lonsdale on Clemence Dane.
'In the Storm:...
Full Interview with Francis Spufford
Here is our full conversation with Francis Spufford, he joined us to talk about his new novel, Nonesuch.
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
Hos...
Escape Artists
This week, Christy Edwall on the boon of being a bookworm; and Norma Clarke is impressed by a memoir of a childhood survived.
'Books: A manifest...
February Highlights
As February draws to a close, we’re taking a listen back at some of the conversations we’ve had over the past month on The TLS Podcast.
We liste...
Darkness Visible
This week, novelist Francis Spufford explains why the Blitz proved fertile territory for fantasy and the occult; and Darra Goldstein on the hidden pro...
A Cortège of Snails
This week, Peter Filkins, winner of the inaugural Freudenheim Translation Prize, joins us with chair of the judges Boyd Tonkin to talk about the mercu...
Great Balls of Fire
This week, Mary Beard dons her VR set to experience a Roman cataclysm; and Mary Hitchman on the history of humanity's fascination with the moon.
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The Game's Afoot
This week, Nick Enfield explores the benefits of playing games - whether or not you keep score; and Mike Jakeman on how the football World Cup has got...
January Highlights: Conversations That Started 2026
As January draws to a close, we take a look back through some of the conversations we have had so far in 2026.
First, publisher Alessandro Gall...
Now You See Me
This week, Maria Scott on recently discovered photographs of Jeanne Duval, muse and lover of Charles Baudelaire; and Pratinav Anil weighs up the case...
This Be The Verse
This week, Tristram Fane Saunders surveys the poetic landscape; and Toby Lichtig on a rediscovered slice of life in 1930s Berlin.
'A History of...
Mind Games
This week, Joanna Kavenna explains why she invented a game to write her new novel; how to survive life online; and a new poem.
'Seven', by Joann...
Exclusive: Doubting Thomas
This week, publisher Alessandro Gallenzi reveals how he turned literary detective and uncovered Dylan Thomas's youthful plagiarism; and Norma Clarke o...
Merry Christmas!
This week, we introduce a very festive issue; and Toby Lichtig on the puppeteers pulling the strings of this season's big productions.
'The Peli...
Altogether Elsewhere
This week, Lily Herd heads for outer space in the company of a prodigious imagination; and Andrew Motion joins us with a wonderful new poem.
Beyond the bonnet
This week, Devoney Looser on what we don't know about Jane Austen; and Peter Swaab introduces a previously unpublished story by the great Sylvia Towns...
In Transit
This week, Camille Ralphs confides the highs and lows of travelling by Greyhound bus; and Alev Adil boards a train to join current night owls and bygo...
Foundation course
This week, Damian Flanagan explores the complex history of the Japanese masterpiece The Tale of Genji; and Miranda France on the eventful life and end...
Books of the Year
This week, TLS contributors select their favourites from 2025; plus an interview with CD Rose, winner of this year’s Goldsmiths Prize.
‘We Live...
Devices and Desires
This week, how well does Alan Hollinghurst's novel The Line of Beauty translate to the stage? And Toby Lichtig interviews the newest winner of the Boo...
Motherload
This week, Terri Apter reviews a quartet of books exploring the impact of parenthood on identity, particularly for women; and we revisit Helen Garner,...
Scare Stories
This week, Lily Herd introduces us to the concept of Fascist Yoga; and Mark Storey on America’s ghosts.
‘Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Arch...