London Review Podcasts

Carmen Callil, writer, editor and founder of Virago, tells Rosemary Hill how she made her way in 1960s London. Read more by Rosemary Hill in the LRB: lrb.me/hillpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ferdinand Mount on how India was governed strictly for the benefit of Britain. Read more by Ferdinand Mount in the LRB: lrb.me/mountpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer and actor Wallace Shawn talks to Adam Shatz about ‘the thin line between entertainment and cruelty’ in the age of Trump. Read more by Adam Shatz in the LRB: https://lrb.me/shatzpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William Davies talks to Tom Crewe about politics in the new media age. Read more by William Davies in the LRB: https://lrb.me/daviespod Read more by Tom Crewe in the LRB: https://lrb.me/crewepod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elaine Mokhtefi tells Jeremy Harding about her time working in Algeria in the 1960s when she met Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Bohemia was never a safe country for women. If they didn’t all die of consumption in a garret, many of them might as well have done’ – Rosemary Hill on the letters of Ida John. Read more by Rosemary Hill in the LRB: lrb.me/hillpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘It’s like the drunken lout at a party who can’t get anyone to like him.’ Andrew O’Hagan reads the Daily Mail. Read more by Andrew O'Hagan in the LRB: lrb.me/ohaganpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Crewe talks to Lorna Finlayson about Jeremy Corbyn and Labour’s prospects in the general election and beyond. Read more by Tom Crewe in the LRB: lrb.me/crewepod Read more by Lorna Finlayson in the LRB: https://lrb.me/finlaysonpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Once you start seeing everyday behaviour as having the potential to draw people into terrorism, you’re inside the problem’ – Karma Nabulsi on the British government’s Prevent programme. Read more by Karma Nabulsi in the LRB: https://lrb.me/nabulsipod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss the work of Philip Larkin, drawing on articles from our archive by contributors including Alan Bennett, Barbara Everett and John Bayley. You can find a reading list of pieces mentioned in this episode here: https://lrb.me/philiplarkinpod Subscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julian Barnes on Georges Simenon and Brexit. Read more by Julian Barnes in the LRB: https://lrb.me/barnespod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam Shatz talks to Joshua Landis about the war in Syria. Read more by Adam Shatz in the LRB: https://lrb.me/shatzpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Runciman talks to John Lanchester about banks, Europe and technology in this latest collaboration with Talking Politics. Read John Lanchester in the LRB: https://lrb.me/lanchesterpod Read David Runciman in the LRB: https://lrb.me/runcimanpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Iain Sinclair delivers his lecture on ‘The Last London’ at the British Museum, as part of the LRB’s Winter Lecture series. Read more by Iain Sinclair in the LRB: https://lrb.me/sinclairpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mary Beard delivers her lecture ‘Women in Power’ at the British Museum. Read Mary Beard in the LRB: https://lrb.me/beardpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first of our ongoing and occasional collaboration with the Talking Politics podcast, David Runciman talks to Mary Beard about women in power. Read Mary Beard in the LRB: https://lrb.me/beardpod Read David Runciman in the LRB: https://lrb.me/runcimanpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily Witt goes to the Burning Man gathering in Nevada, from our 17 July 2014 issue. Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Bennett reads his diary for 2016. Read more by Alan Bennett in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bennettpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To mark John Berger’s 90th birthday, the London Review Bookshop and Verso Books organised a discussion of his work with Mike Dibb, Yasmin Gunaratnam and Tom Overton, hosted by Gareth Evans. Read John Berger in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bergerpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frederick Seidel reads his poem ‘In Late December’. Read Frederck Seidel in the LRB: https://lrb.me/seidelpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.