The TLS Podcast

Summer Breeze

This week, Alex and Lucy look back over some recent highlights, including Mary Beard’s survey of the Romans at play, and the best summer reads. Plus: we hear from a cat called Vincent Price.

Revolutionary Roads

This week, Roy Foster introduces us to a Devonshire debutante turned IRA terrorist, and Emile Chabal explains how Marine Le Pen created the phenomenon of ‘cat-washing'

Boys And Their Toys

This week, we go in search of the woman who created William Brown, beloved outlaw of the suburbs; and take a look at the sporting scene in the Middle East ahead of this winter’s men’s Fifa World World Cup.

Paradise Lost and Particles Found

This week, Jonathan Bate leads us a merry dance in search of fresh woods and pastures new; and Philip Ball explains the importance of the mysterious Higgs Boson.

Making Waves: An Oceanic Austen And A Modern Orwell

Alex Clark and Toby Lichtig are joined by Devoney Looser, who scrutinises the naval career of Charles Austen, Jane’s youngest brother, in the dying days of the slave trade; and Jeremy Allen talks us through the art of waiting tables in Paris.

From Mountain Passes To Streets Paved With Gold

This week, Alex Clark and Michael Caines discuss the turbulent history of the Tour de France and wander through London’s richest enclaves

Lazing On A Sunny Afternoon

This week, Lucy and Alex are joined by fiction and politics editor Toby Lichtig, and Henry Hitchings takes a stroll through the complex world of cryptocurrency and one of its most charismatic characters

Kidneys, Plums and Free Love

This week, Alex Clark and Lucy Dallas are joined by Paul Muldoon to celebrate Bloomsday, there’s news from the world of Ukrainian literature; and Toby Lichtig catches up with Tessa Hadley at the Hay Festival.

The TLS podcast at the Hay Festival

Join Alex Clark, Lucy Dallas and Toby Lichtig as they chat to the BBC correspondents Lyse Doucet and Sana Safi, and to the legendary documentarian Norma Percy, in a special conversation recorded live at the Hay Festival.‘My Pen is t…

The Ebb and Flow of Power

This week, Lucy Dallas and Alex Clark are joined by Lucy Hughes-Hallett to discuss two books about Mussolini’s Italy, and train buff extraordinaire Andrew Martin gets on board with a history of British Rail.‘Blood and Power: The Ris…