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Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

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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 R...

32:46Aug 6, 2026

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. In this mont...

27:30Aug 2, 2026

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...

47:56Jul 30, 2026

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 wa...

48:44Jul 23, 2026

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...

46:47Jul 16, 2026

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...

45:53Jul 9, 2026

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 th...

44:41Jul 2, 2026

Live From the Hay Festival

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39:55Jun 4, 2026

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...

19:49May 31, 2026

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 Talbo...

35:59May 28, 2026

Fabrications

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

53:24May 21, 2026

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 Poun...

32:32May 17, 2026

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...

46:23May 14, 2026

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 Ho...

55:32May 7, 2026

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...

23:13May 3, 2026

Strike!

This week, Russell Williams on the French writers laying down their pens; and John-Paul Stonard hails a bravura production of Bertolt Brecht...

53:31Apr 30, 2026

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....

41:19Apr 23, 2026