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The Day of the Papering by Bernie McGill 26.06.2026 ↓

An original short story specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4 from the writer Bernie McGill. Read by...

Midnight No-call Blues 26.06.2026 ↓

Midnight No-call Blues by Fiona Keane

The end of the human internet 26.06.2026 ↓

Sean talks with Atlantic writer Charlie Warzel about the increasingly weird experience of b...

Rosebud in NYC - Michael Feinstein 26.06.2026 ↓

Michael Feinstein, the pianist, singer and perhaps the greatest living interpreter of what is known ...

Playwright Anna Deavere Smith turns to her family’s history for inspiration 25.06.2026 ↓

For more than 50 years, Anna Deavere Smith has pioneered a type of theater built from real people's ...

Roz Chast: While You Were Sleeping 25.06.2026 ↓

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three works from an evening with New Yorker author and cartoonist Roz Cha...

Are my polished nails suffocating? 25.06.2026 ↓

This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's Mystery Hour. To join the game, call 0345 60 60 973, T...

How Murdoch's media wields power and punishment 25.06.2026 ↓

For many decades, Rupert Murdoch's global media empire has wielded immense power a...

Frank Cottrell-Boyce 25.06.2026 ↓

The writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce talks to John Wilson about his cultural influences and career. He st...

95: Carlo Gebler talks to Virginia Evans about The Correspondent 25.06.2026 ↓

Send us Fan MailEpistolary novels used to be all the rage Think Clarissa, think Dracula, think the m...

What's next for Lebanon, as UN Peacekeepers prepare to leave? 24.06.2026 ↓

After nearly five decades, United Nations peacekeepers are preparing to leave Leba...

480: Editor Harry Mount chats to Fruity Metcalf, editor of the new Oldie Review of Books, free with the July issue of The Oldie 24.06.2026 ↓

They gossip about her wild night in Manhattan with old friend Jay McInerney, author of Bright Light...

479: Kathy Lette in conversation with Charlotte Metcalf 24.06.2026 ↓

Kathy Lette burst onto our scenes as the exuberant and hilariously outspoken Australian novelist wi...

Mariana Mazzucato on making economies work for the common good 23.06.2026 ↓

Countries around the world are grappling with how to handle the cost of housing, p...

Why artists shouldn't fear AI | Jaron Lanier 23.06.2026 ↓

What does originality mean in the age of AI? Why should artists resist the temptation to fe...

Andrew Sean Greer 23.06.2026 ↓

Andrew Sean Greer writes the kind of novels that you want to press into others' hands when what ...

478: Pru Leith at the Oldie Literary Lunch 22.06.2026 ↓

Pru Leith speaking about her new book, Being Old... and Learning to Love It!, at the Oldie Literary...

476: A N Wilson at the Oldie Literary Lunch 22.06.2026 ↓

A N Wilson speaking about his book, The Wise and Their Works: The Great Exhibition of 1851, at the ...

The Jackpod: Yankee Doodle Caged 22.06.2026 ↓

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on why he feels ambivalent about the 250th anniversary of the sign...

Little Happier: An Important Creativity Lesson from “Green Eggs and Ham” 22.06.2026 ↓

It may seem counter-intuitive, but it’s true: imagination is often sparked more by constrai...

The 1926 Census - LIVE at Listowel Writers Week 22.06.2026 ↓

In this special recording, What Were We Like appears before a live audience at this year's Listowel ...

The Verb - a house of multipoet occupancy 21.06.2026 ↓

The celebrated writer Daniel Mendelsohn on his acclaimed translation of Homer's epic poem, The Odyss...

Maggie O'Farrell 21.06.2026 ↓

The bestselling author of Hamnet returns with her tenth novel - Land - which is a soaring history se...

Ben Lerner Reads “The Readers” 21.06.2026 ↓

Ben Lerner reads his story “The Readers,” from the June 29, 2026, issue of the mag...

Rupert Lowe 20.06.2026 ↓

Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe is the newest disruptor in right-wing politics but the path he has tak...