137 episodes
The LRB Podcast The London Review of Books
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On the LRB Podcast you'll find recent (and not so recent) pieces read by the author; our 'Close Reading’ series, in which Seamus Perry and Mark Ford consider 20th century poets through the lens of the pieces written about them in the LRB; and a range of other conversations on topics and writers covered in the paper.
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Colin Burrow: Fiction and the Age of Lies
The line between making a fiction and telling a lie has been blurry at least since Homer, and liars – from Odysseus and Iago to Austen’s Wickham and beyond – have often played central parts within fictions. This lecture will aim to tell some (though not all) of the truth about the relationship between lies and fiction from Homer to Ian McEwan, and will ask if fiction has responded adequately to the maggoty abundance of lies in public life at the present time.
Colin Burrow delivers the first of the LRB's 2020 Winter Lectures, from the British Museum.
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Alan Bennett’s Diary for 2019
Alan Bennett reads his Diary for 2019, with a few little extra bits.
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The LRB at 40: Jeremy Harding, Adam Shatz and Nikita Lalwani
In the last of a series of events marking the LRB's 40th anniversary, Jeremy Harding and Adam Shatz talk to Nikita Lalwani about their work for the paper, with a focus on North Africa and the Middle East.
Due to some problems with the audio recording, this is a slightly abridged version of the event.
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The LRB at 40: Nell Dunn, Tessa Hadley and Joanna Biggs on women in fiction
As part of a series of events marking the LRB's 40th anniversary, Nell Dunn and Tessa Hadley talk to Joanna Biggs, one of the LRB's editors, about fictional representations of women’s everyday lives.
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The LRB at 40: Rosemary Hill and Iain Sinclair on London
As part of our series of events marking the 40th anniversary of the LRB, longtime contributors Rosemary Hill and Iain Sinclair talked to the LRB’s digital editor, Sam Kinchin-Smith, about London, through the lens of pieces they've written for the paper.
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The LRB at 40: Katrina Forrester and William Davies on the crisis of liberalism
As part of our series of events marking the LRB's 40th anniversary, Katrina Forrester and William Davies discuss political crisis, and in particular the crisis of liberalism, through the lens of pieces they've written for the paper.
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Customer Reviews
Ford and Perry make for Podcast poetry
Perfectly measured literary criticism from Professors Ford and Perry. Mixture of close reading and contextual analysis delivered in supervision-lecture hybrid format. The erudite double act complement each other brilliantly and both their shared passion for the subject and breadth of knowledge are inspiring.
Very disappointed
I am very disappointed by "the state of" podcasts so far. "The state of the nation" podcast was a lttle like chatting in the pub after a labour party meeting. Little insight and lots of strongly held, badly argued opinions . Very surprising for academics and editors of LRB. If you are interested in current topics the "Talking Politics" podcast is much better in terms of provding giving a broad nuanced view of issues.
Will Zac
Any subject.....all the contributors.......absolutely outstanding podcast....a must listen.
