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    The Book Club: The legacy of Franz Kafka

    The Book Club: The legacy of Franz Kafka

    June 3rd marks the centenary of Franz Kafka's death. To talk about this great writer's peculiar style and lasting legacy, I'm joined by two of the world's foremost Kafka scholars. Mark Harman has just translated, edited and annotated a new edition of Kafka's Selected Stories, while Ross Benjamin is the translator of the first unexpurgated edition of Kafka's Diaries. They tell me what they understand by 'Kafkaesque', the unique difficulties he presents in editing and translation, and the unstable relationship between his published works, his notebooks and his troubled life.  

    • 50 min
    Holy Smoke: Calm fire - the consolation of listening to Bruckner

    Holy Smoke: Calm fire - the consolation of listening to Bruckner

    Here's an episode of Holy Smoke to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Anton Bruckner later this year. This embarrassingly eccentric genius was, perhaps, the most devoutly Catholic of all the major composers – but you don't have to be religious to appreciate the unique consolation offered by his gigantic symphonies. On the other hand, it's hard to appreciate the unique flavour of Bruckner without taking into account the influence of the liturgy on his sublime slow movements and what the (atheist) composer and Bruckner scholar Robert Simpson called the 'calm fire' of his blazing finales. If you make it through to the end of this episode, you'll hear exactly what he meant. 

    Produced by Patrick Gibbons

    • 30 min
    Chinese Whispers: Life in a changing China

    Chinese Whispers: Life in a changing China

    Since 1978, China has changed beyond recognition thanks to its economic boom. 800 million people have been lifted out of poverty as GDP per capita has grown eighty times. Some 60 per cent of the country now live in cities and towns, compared to just 18 per cent before.

    But you know all this. What’s less talked about is what that does to the people and families who live through these changes. What is it like to have such a different life to your parents before you, and your grandparents before then? How have people made the most of the boom, and what about those who’ve been left behind?

    A fascinating new book, Private Revolutions, tells the personal stories of four millennial women who were born as these changes took place. Its author, Yuan Yang, is a former Financial Times journalist and now a Labour party candidate, standing in the next election. She joins this episode.

    Further listening: Life on the margins: how China’s rural deprivation curbs its success, with Professor Scott Rozelle.

    Produced by Cindy Yu and Joe Bedell-Brill.

    • 39 min
    Americano: Would a conviction hurt Trump?

    Americano: Would a conviction hurt Trump?

    This week the world may know whether Donald Trump becomes the first US President to receive a criminal conviction. But could this verdict help or hinder him? Tom Lubbock, co-founder of pollsters J L Partners, joins Freddy Gray to discuss. They also analyse the dynamics at play in current polling: why is Trump doing better in the sun-belt states? And is this election a referendum on Biden?

    Produced by Patrick Gibbons and Natasha Feroze. 

    • 23 min
    Americano: What is Trump’s new foreign policy?

    Americano: What is Trump’s new foreign policy?

    Freddy Gray speaks to author Jacob Heilbrunn about what another term in office for Donald Trump might mean for America's foreign policy, its relationship with Israel, and the war in Ukraine.

    How have his views changed since last time? And what will his relationship with Putin be like?

    • 25 min
    Spectator Out Loud: Quentin Letts, Owen Matthews, Michael Hann, Laura Gascoigne, and Michael Simmons

    Spectator Out Loud: Quentin Letts, Owen Matthews, Michael Hann, Laura Gascoigne, and Michael Simmons

    On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Quentin Letts takes us through his diary for the week (1:12); Owen Matthews details the shadow fleet helping Russia to evade sanctions (7:15); Michael Hann reports on the country music revival (15:05); Laura Gascoigne reviews exhibitions at the Tate Britain and at Studio Voltaire (21:20); and, Michael Simmons provides his notes on the post-pub stable, the doner kebab (26:20).
     
    Produced by Patrick Gibbons and Oscar Edmondson.  

    • 30 min

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