Oct 22

The Wind/Yikes Dichotomy

This week, Tristram Fane Saunders praises the form-busting brilliance of new Nobel Laureate Anne Carson; and Lily Herd on shooting stars, shipwrecks and hubris through the ages.Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

43m 53s

Oct 15

Cabbages and kings

This week, David E Cooper on a mammoth history of the garden; and Larry Wolff takes in Macbeth at the Met.'The Garden: Our 4,000-year quest for paradise', by Jonathan Bate'Macbeth', by Giuseppe Verdi, Metropolitan Opera, New York, until October 20Produced by Charlotte Pardy Hoste ... Show More

52m 44s

Oct 8

Costume Dramas

This week, Sophie Oliver on Rebecca West's struggle with her love of clothing; and Robert Poole introduces us to a dashing 19th-century radical.'A Fable for Christians', by Rebecca West'Mad Tom's Rising: The revolutionary mystic Sir William Courtenay and the last battle fought on ... Show More

47m 49s

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

Nov 2023

True Lies

This week, the fellas are back discussing Alenka Zupančič's Problemi essay, 'Lying on the Couch'. How does the psychoanalytic framework allow us to make sense of culture and lying, what is the asymmetry of a truth and a lie, and what did we think of the new Beatles song? Mike is ... Show More

38m 42s

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

Aug 2012

Episode 164: Marjane Satrapi, Fran Lebowitz, and Pizza Brains

This Week: “Persepolis” author/filmmaker Marjane Satrapi laughs in the face of death… satirist Fran Lebowitz plays Nanny to America… author Emma Straub narrates a Hollywood fable… multi-Oscar-winner Ve Neill makes up a Makeup list… and Brendan inhales info about air. Plus, a visi ... Show More

51m 6s

Jul 2024

How To (Realistically) Romanticise Your Life

THE SUMMER BONANZA BEGINS. podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat: spiralling on negative biases, generational trauma, perspective, and privilege. ✷ see more ✷ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/@sephyandwing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blan ... Show More

27m 34s

Jun 2022

Oceans and the Sea

Smugglers, refugees, trade and melting ice and polar exploration are part of the conversation as Rana Mitter is joined in the BBC tent at the Hay Festival by Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose books have drawn on his birthplace Zanzibar and the refugees arriving ... Show More

45m 22s

Murder Most Foul