The TLS Podcast

It's been quite a month on The TLS Podcast, here's a listen back at some of the conversations we've had in March.

We hear from Christy Edwall on the joys of being a lifelong bookworm, Sarah Lonsdale on the remarkable Clemence Dane, Julian Evans on two books exploring the link between food and war in Ukraine, and we revisit our interview with the inspirational Michael Morpurgo.

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This week, Emily Herring explains why we all need to take it a bit easier; and Ana Alicia Garza on the novelist whose ancestor inspired a Victorian classic.

'In Defence of Leisure: Experiments in living with Marion Milner', by Akshi Singh
'The Brain at Rest: Why doing nothing can change your life', by Joseph Jebelli
Oliver Twist & Me: The true story of Dickens's best-loved novel', by Nicholas Blincoe

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This week, John Banville considers the work of a formidable Irish writer; and Fiona Stafford on meetings with remarkable trees.

'An Arrow in Flight', by Mary Lavin, selected by Colm Tóibín
'The Genius of Trees: How trees mastered the elements and shaped the world', by Harriet Rix
The Great Tree Story: How forests have shaped our world', by Levison Wood

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This week, Julian Evans on two books exploring the link between food and war in Ukraine; and Lily Herd introduces this issue's In Brief reviews.

'Strong Roots: A Ukrainian family story, interrupted', by Olia Hercules
'Bread and War: A Ukrainian story of food, bravery and hope', by Felicity Spector
In Brief: 'Postcards, translators and Esperanto pioneers', by Guilherme Fians, Bernhard Struck and Claire Taylor; 'Rapture of the deep', by Robert Irwin, completed by Andrew Crumey; 'Here comes the sun', by Bill McKibben; 'Queens at war', by Alison Weir; 'Interrupted journeys', by Adrian Potter; 'Literature and epistemic injustice', by Sarah Colvin; 'Invading the American canon', by Muireann Maguire; 'Nabokov and the Russian diaspora', by Bryan Karetnyk

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Here is the interview with Michael Morpurgo in full.

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