My guest in this week’s Book Club is Ian McEwan – whose latest novel Lessons draws on his own...
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My guest in this week’s Book Club is Ian McEwan – whose latest novel Lessons draws on his own...
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Francis Fukuyama: Liberalism and its Discontents
This week we spotlight our most popular episode of the last year, Sam's conversation with Francis...
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This week Sam is on holiday, so we have taken the opportunity to repost his conversation with Sir...
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Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones: A Question of Standing
My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones – whose new book A Question of...
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Andrea Wulf: Magnificent Rebels
In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm joined by Andrea Wulf to talk about the birth of...
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My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the critic, novelist and art historian Chloë Ashby....
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My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Anne Weber, author of Epic Annette: A Heroine’s...
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Allan Mallinson: The Shape of Battle
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is the historian, novelist and former Army officer...
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My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Kavita Puri, whose book Partition Voices excavates...
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Linsday Fitzharris: The Facemaker
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Lindsey Fitzharris – whose new book is The...
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Simon Jenkins: The Celts: A Sceptical History
My guest in this week’s book club podcast is Simon Jenkins. His new book The Celts: A Sceptical...
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Philip Mansel: King of the World
In this week’s Book Club podcast, my guest is the historian Philip Mansel. We talk about his new...
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Andrea Elliott: Invisible Child
In this week's Book Club podcast I'm joined by the New York Times's Andrea Elliott, who won the...
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China Miéville: A Spectre, Haunting: On The Communist Manifesto
In this week’s Book Club podcast, I’m joined by the writer China Miéville to talk about his new...
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Daniel Kahneman and Olivier Sibony: Noise
My guests in this week's Book Club podcast are Daniel Kahneman and Olivier Sibony, co-authors...
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William Leith: Finding My Father
My guest in the Book Club podcast this week is my namesake (but no relation) William Leith –...
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Wendy K. Pirsig: On Quality – Robert M. Pirsig
In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm talking to Wendy K Pirsig – widow of Robert M Pirsig,...
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Caroline Frost: Carry On Regardless
In this week's Book Club podcast, my guest is Caroline Frost, author of the new Carry On...
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Simon Kuper: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK
My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the writer Simon Kuper, whose new book – Chums: How...
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Stephen Dodd: Beautiful Star – Yukio Mishima
In this week's Book Club podcast, our subject is the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima - whose novel...
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