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Claire Tomalin: The Young H G Wells

In this week’s Book Club podcast, my guest is Claire Tomalin. Claire’s new book, The Young H G...

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Jane Ridley: George V

In this week’s Book Club podcast, my guest is the historian Jane Ridley, talking about her new...

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James Holland: Brothers In Arms

In this week's Book Club podcast I'm joined by the historian James Holland to talk about his...

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Joan Bakewell: The Tick of Two Clocks

In this week’s Book Club podcast my guest is Joan Bakewell, who talks to me about her new book...

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Kate Lister: Harlots, Whores and Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale

In this week’s book club podcast, I’m joined by Kate Lister to talk about her new book Harlots,...

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Chuck Palahniuk: Greener Pastures

Chuck Palahniuk -- best known as the author of Fight Club -- has just announced that he's...

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Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen: Freud's Patients

In this week's Book Club podcast I'm joined by Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, a historian of...

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Robert Douglas-Fairhurst: A Year That Changed Dickens and the World

This week, I’m joined by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst - whose latest book is The Turning Point: A...

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Oliver Burkeman: 4,000 Weeks

My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the writer Oliver Burkeman. His new book 4,000 Weeks...

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Hermione Lee: Tom Stoppard, A Life

My guest on this week’s podcast is the biographer and critic Hermione Lee. Her biography of Tom...

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Michael Bracewell: Souvenir

Michael Bracewell’s new book Souvenir is a vivid and poetic evocation of London on the brink of...

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Michael Pye: Antwerp

In this week's Book Club podcast I'm talking to Michael Pye about his new book Antwerp: The Glory...

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Iain MacGregor: Checkpoint Charlie

In this week's Book Club podcast we anticipate the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Wall going up...

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Mary Ann Sieghart: The Authority Gap

My guest in this week’s books podcast is Mary Ann Sieghart, whose new book The Authority Gap...

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Marie Le Conte: Honourable Misfits

My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the political journalist Marie Le Conte, whose new...

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Frederick Forsyth: The Day of the Jackal at 50

My guest in this week’s book club podcast is Frederick Forsyth, whose classic thriller The Day of...

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Adam Roberts & Lisa Duggan on Ayn Rand

Who is John Galt? This week's Book Club podcast looks at the life, work and personality of Ayn...

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Anne Sebba: A Cold War Tragedy

In this week’s Book Club podcast my guest is Anne Sebba - whose Ethel Rosenberg: A Cold War...

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Richard Ovenden: Burning The Books

My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the chief librarian of Oxford's Bodleian Library,...

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Charles Spencer: The White Ship

My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Charles Spencer, whose book The White Ship:...

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