Jul 2

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.'Jamaican Forget-Me-Not', by Hannah LoweProduced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

44m 41s

Jun 25

Toby Lichtig in conversation with Nigel Planer

This week, we continue to enjoy festival season as we listen to Toby Lichtig's conversation with Nigel Planer live from the Hay Festival. Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

46m 42s

Jun 18

Live From the Hay Festival: Toby talks to Colm Tóibín

This week, we join Toby live from the Hay Festival where he talks to Colm Tóibín where they discuss exile and return, secrets and evasion, the avoidance of drama, and how (not) to end a story.Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

46m 6s

Mar 2025

Selects: Seven - No, Wait, Five - Mysteries of the Art World

When you get a bunch of artistic types together into a community – aka, the art world – some intrigue and mystery are bound to arise. Listen in to this classic episode as Chuck and Josh cover strangeness around Van Gogh, Caravaggio, Raphael, and Vermeer – plus don’t miss Hilter!S ... Show More

47m 4s

Mar 2022

Memory: Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock

Berlin artist-duo Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock talk with Samantha Rose Hill about the work of memory, Holocaust memorials in Berlin, and Walter Benjamin. “Hannah Arendt: Between Worlds” is a coproduction of the Goethe-Institut and the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. Th ... Show More

51m 21s

Jan 2022

Once More from the Top

Poet Fiona Sampson, conductor Alice Farnham, and broadcaster Tom Service join Ian McMillan to explore the maths, metaphors and musical terms that make up the language of conducting. Plus comedy writer Jack Bernhardt takes a sideways look at Hollywood's take on the tortured genius ... Show More

44m 5s

Jun 2021

Seven - No, Wait, Five - Mysteries of the Art World

When you get a bunch of artistic types together into a community – aka, the art world – some intrigue and mystery are bound to arise. Listen in as Chuck and Josh cover strangeness around Van Gogh, Caravaggio, Raphael, and Vermeer – plus don’t miss Hilte ... Show More

46m 40s

Feb 2025

Singers Who Changed Our Lives

Is it just us, or are musicians everywhere right now? Latisha and Kat dive into all things Grammys, Super Bowl, and festival season—plus, they relive some of their wildest concert memories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

25m 34s

May 2021

Sinéad O'Connor

I chat with singer and songwriter Sinéad O'Connor/ Shuhada’ Sadaqat about her new book "Rememberings" We speak about art, the creative process, and religion.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener nor ... Show More

1h 19m

Nov 2023

Shakespeare as inspiration

Matthew Sweet is joined by Professor Preti Taneja – author of a novel We That Are Young which sets the King Lear in Delhi, by Dr Iain Robert Smith who studies films from around the world, and by Andrew Dickson, journalist and author of Worlds Elsewhere: Journeys Around Shakespear ... Show More

44m 21s

Jun 2025

Review Programme: Van Gogh and Anselm Kiefer

Charlotte Mullins and Katja Hoyer are with Tom Sutcliffe to review The Royal Academy of Arts' Kiefer/Van Gogh exhibition, Nell Stevens novel The Original, and German language film From Hilde, with Love. And Sarfraz Manzoor is on to discuss a new Bruce Springsteen compilation – Tr ... Show More

42m 25s

Oct 2024

off the record: life-changing advice, burnout, & bucket lists

podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat: spiralling on privilege and education, beauty product and life hack essentials, inspiration and muses, and night at the museum. ✷ see more ✷ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/@sephyandwing" rel="noopener nore ... Show More

54m 45s

All the World's a Stage