The TLS

The TLS Podcast

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A weekly podcast on books and culture brought to you by the writers and editors of the Times Literary Supplement. To read more, welcome to the TLS . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The TLS

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Society

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www.the-tls.co.uk

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Being Jewish, being American 15.04.2016

Toby Lichtig talks to Morris Dickstein about the ever-evolving relationship between Judaism and American literature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oscar Wilde and the Chatterton myth 07.03.2016

Mika Ross-Southall and Michael Caines look at the enduring appeal of Thomas Chatterton, an icon of thwarted Romantic genius, and how he became a figure of especial importance for Oscar Wilde. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Henry James in the TLS 02.03.2016

To mark the centenary of Henry James's death, Catharine Morris and Michael Caines trace the course of his work as it was discussed in his lifetime – and as some of it appeared in the TLS itself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mary Beard 02.02.2016

On the 10th anniversary of her blog, A Don's Life, The TLS' Classics Editor Mary Beard joins Rozalind Dineen to discuss its success. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jane Austen's Emma 21.01.2016

Michael Caines and Catharine Morris celebrate the bicentenary of Jane Austen's magnificent novel and its quixotic heroine. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Tea at the Midland" by David Constantine 13.01.2016

Michael Caines reads a short story about a man and a woman taking tea, watching the surfers at Morecambe Bay – and falling out over art. For more information, head to www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Tonson's poets 11.01.2016

A selection of poems by Aphra Behn, John Milton, Alexander Pope and the Earl of Rochester. Read by Michael Caines, Mika Ross-Southall and Alan Jenkins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Donne 11.12.2015

John Donne was the greatest English dramatic poet who never wrote a play. Here, Alan Jenkins reads a selection of his works. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vertigo 09.12.2015

Vertigo special: Toby Lichtig of The TLS introduces David Collard who compares Alfred Hitchcock's film interpretation to the original novel. The film was recently voted 'the best of all time' by 846 critics, programmers, academics and distributors. Find out more: www.the-tls.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Douglas Oliver: a poetic vision of the body politic 18.09.2015

Michael Caines looks back to Douglas Oliver's long poem The Infant and the Pearl, first published in 1985 – a poetic vision of the contemporary political scene, among other things, cast in the mould of a medieval dream poem. Find out more: www.the-tls.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

J.H. Prynne: an examination of imagery 09.09.2015

We discuss a poem by J.H. Prynne called To Pollen, from 2006, which conducts its own examination of the uses and misuses of images and stories of suffering. Read by Robert Potts. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summer Holidays 12.08.2015

“August for the people and their favourite islands”, said W.H. Auden in 1935, with the Isle of Wight in mind. Now people’s favourite islands are more likely to be Majorca or Mykonos, but the lure of the seaside remains. Alan Jenkins reads a selection of holiday poems from the past eighty years. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cycling: tour de force 23.07.2015

David Horspool and Lucy Dallas take an in-depth look at the world of cycling literature. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tennis: Game, Sex and Match 09.07.2015

In the latest episode of TLS Voices, Michael Caines and Mika Ross-Southall look at how tennis has inspired writers over the centuries. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Fletcher 03.07.2015

In the latest episode of TLS Voices, Mika Ross-Southall and Michael Caines consider Shakespeare's collaborator John Fletcher – a major English dramatist whose work, paradoxically, is largely neglected today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christine Brooke-Rose 26.06.2015

In the latest episode of TLS Voices, Michael Caines, Natalie Ferris and Mika Ross-Southall explore the experimental work of Christine Brooke-Rose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Waterloo 18.06.2015

In the latest episode of TLS Voices, Adrian Tahourdin goes to Waterloo. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Byron 29.05.2015

In the latest episode of TLS Voices, Michael Caines and Roz Dineen celebrate a selection of Byron's Letters and Journals. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthony Trollope 22.04.2015

200 years since his birth, we discuss the life and work of Anthony Trollope. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hermione Lee discusses Virginia Woolf 13.03.2015

100 years since its publication, Hermione Lee discusses The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf. In discussion with Thea Lenarduzzi from the TLS.Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ruth Scurr discusses John Aubrey and the art of writing biography 25.02.2015

Ruth Scurr talks about her unconventional approach to writing a biography of John Aubrey, the seventeenth-century biographer most famous for Brief Lives. In discussion with Mika Ross-Southall from the TLS.Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Herrick and John Evelyn 21.01.2015

Michael Caines reads a selection of verses by the seventeenth-century poet Robert Herrick, as well as a remarkable and little-known elegy by the diarist John Evelyn. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ariel poems 16.12.2014

Alan Jenkins reads a selection of Ariel poems by, among others, Thomas Hardy, Walter de la Mare and T. S. Eliot, from Faber's Christmas pamphlet seriesFind out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

T. E. Hulme 19.11.2014

Welcome to TLS Voices Deputy Editor Alan Jenkins considers the work of T. E. Hulme. Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ivor Gurney 05.11.2014

TLS VoicesMichael Caines considers the work of the war poet Ivor Gurney, and reads a selection from his work, including the previously unpublished poems "The Women at Work" and "The Vow of Life".Find out more: www.the-tls.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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