Following his piece for the LRB about Covid-19, Rupert Beale talks to Thomas Jones about what the novel coronavirus is, how well countries are dealing with it, and what hopes there are for stopping the contagion. Read Rupert's piece here: https://lrb.me/bealecoronaviruspod For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Following his piece for the LRB about Covid-19, Rupert Beale talks to Thomas Jones about what the novel coronavirus is, how well countries are dealing with it, and what hopes there are for stopping the contagion. Read Rupert's piece here: https://lrb.me/bealecoronaviruspod For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Wash Your Hands, Again

Akihito, who abdicated in April, was a paradoxical figure: a hereditary monarch, the son of the wartime emperor, Hirohito, strictly barred from political utterance, who even so stood out against the historical revisionism of the nationalist right. Richard Lloyd Parry considers the former emperor’s part in the intellectual and political debate over Japan’s wartime record, and its history of apology – or non-apology – for its conduct in East&nbsp;Asia. Read the lecture in the LRB: lrb.me/lloydparrypod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/lrbnewsletterpod For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Akihito, who abdicated in April, was a paradoxical figure: a hereditary monarch, the son of the wartime emperor, Hirohito, strictly barred from political utterance, who even so stood out against the historical revisionism of the nationalist right. Richard Lloyd Parry considers the former emperor’s part in the intellectual and political debate over Japan’s wartime record, and its history of apology – or non-apology – for its conduct in East&nbsp;Asia. Read the lecture in the LRB: lrb.me/lloydparrypod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/lrbnewsletterpod For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Richard Lloyd Parry: Akihito and the Sorrows of Japan

Given what we know about the future of the planet, is having children a matter of consumer choice, of political conviction, or something an authority will eventually decide for us? Meehan Crist explores the debate about the ethics of childbearing in the age of climate crisis. She addresses the relationship between BP and the British Museum, the implications of culture-washing, and the logic of cultural divestment initiatives. Read a written version of the lecture here: https://lrb.me/meehancristpod Read more by Meehan Crist in the LRB: https://lrb.me/meehancristarticlespod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/lrbnewsletterpod For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Given what we know about the future of the planet, is having children a matter of consumer choice, of political conviction, or something an authority will eventually decide for us? Meehan Crist explores the debate about the ethics of childbearing in the age of climate crisis. She addresses the relationship between BP and the British Museum, the implications of culture-washing, and the logic of cultural divestment initiatives. Read a written version of the lecture here: https://lrb.me/meehancristpod Read more by Meehan Crist in the LRB: https://lrb.me/meehancristarticlespod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/lrbnewsletterpod For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Meehan Crist: Is it OK to have children?

The line between making a fiction and telling a lie has been blurry at least since Homer, and liars – from Odysseus and Iago to Austen’s Wickham and beyond – have often played central parts within fictions. This lecture will aim to tell some (though not all) of the truth about the relationship between lies and fiction from Homer to Ian McEwan, and will ask if fiction has responded adequately to the maggoty abundance of lies in public life at the present time. Colin Burrow delivers the first of the LRB's 2020 Winter Lectures, from the British Museum. Read more by Colin Burrow in the LRB: https://lrb.me/colinburrowpod For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

The line between making a fiction and telling a lie has been blurry at least since Homer, and liars – from Odysseus and Iago to Austen’s Wickham and beyond – have often played central parts within fictions. This lecture will aim to tell some (though not all) of the truth about the relationship between lies and fiction from Homer to Ian McEwan, and will ask if fiction has responded adequately to the maggoty abundance of lies in public life at the present time. Colin Burrow delivers the first of the LRB's 2020 Winter Lectures, from the British Museum. Read more by Colin Burrow in the LRB: https://lrb.me/colinburrowpod For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Colin Burrow: Fiction and the Age of Lies

Alan Bennett reads his Diary for 2019, with a few little extra bits. Read the Diary here: https://lrb.me/bennett2019pod And more by Alan Bennett in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bennettpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Alan Bennett reads his Diary for 2019, with a few little extra bits. Read the Diary here: https://lrb.me/bennett2019pod And more by Alan Bennett in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bennettpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Alan Bennett’s Diary for 2019

In the last of a series of events marking the LRB's 40th anniversary, Jeremy Harding and Adam Shatz talk to Nikita Lalwani about their work for the paper, with a focus on North Africa and the Middle East. Due to some problems with the audio recording, this is a slightly abridged version of the event. Read more Jeremy Harding in the LRB: lrb.me/jhardingpod Read more Adam Shatz in the LRB: lrb.me/shatzpod For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

In the last of a series of events marking the LRB's 40th anniversary, Jeremy Harding and Adam Shatz talk to Nikita Lalwani about their work for the paper, with a focus on North Africa and the Middle East. Due to some problems with the audio recording, this is a slightly abridged version of the event. Read more Jeremy Harding in the LRB: lrb.me/jhardingpod Read more Adam Shatz in the LRB: lrb.me/shatzpod For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The LRB at 40: Jeremy Harding, Adam Shatz and Nikita Lalwani

As part of a series of events marking the LRB's 40th anniversary, Nell Dunn and Tessa Hadley talk to Joanna Biggs, one of the LRB's editors, about&nbsp;fictional representations of women’s everyday lives. Read more in the LRB from: Tessa Hadley Nell Dunn Joanna Biggs For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

As part of a series of events marking the LRB's 40th anniversary, Nell Dunn and Tessa Hadley talk to Joanna Biggs, one of the LRB's editors, about&nbsp;fictional representations of women’s everyday lives. Read more in the LRB from: Tessa Hadley Nell Dunn Joanna Biggs For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The LRB at 40: Nell Dunn, Tessa Hadley and Joanna Biggs on women in fiction

As part of our series of events marking the 40th anniversary of the LRB, longtime contributors Rosemary Hill and Iain Sinclair talked to the LRB’s digital editor, Sam Kinchin-Smith, about London, through the lens of pieces they've written for the paper. Read more by Rosemary Hill in the LRB: lrb.me/hillpod Read more by Iain Sincliar in the LRB: lrb.me/sinclairpod Sign up to the LRB's newsletter: lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

As part of our series of events marking the 40th anniversary of the LRB, longtime contributors Rosemary Hill and Iain Sinclair talked to the LRB’s digital editor, Sam Kinchin-Smith, about London, through the lens of pieces they've written for the paper. Read more by Rosemary Hill in the LRB: lrb.me/hillpod Read more by Iain Sincliar in the LRB: lrb.me/sinclairpod Sign up to the LRB's newsletter: lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The LRB at 40: Rosemary Hill and Iain Sinclair on London

As part of our series of events marking the LRB's 40th anniversary, Katrina Forrester and William Davies discuss political crisis, and in particular the crisis of liberalism, through the lens of pieces they've written for the paper. Read more by Katrina Forrester in the LRB: https://lrb.me/forresterpod Read more by William Davies in the LRB: https://lrb.me/daviespod For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

As part of our series of events marking the LRB's 40th anniversary, Katrina Forrester and William Davies discuss political crisis, and in particular the crisis of liberalism, through the lens of pieces they've written for the paper. Read more by Katrina Forrester in the LRB: https://lrb.me/forresterpod Read more by William Davies in the LRB: https://lrb.me/daviespod For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The LRB at 40: Katrina Forrester and William Davies on the crisis of liberalism

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the London Review of Books, and mark the publication of The London Review of Books: An Incomplete History, the LRB’s editor, Mary-Kay Wilmers, along with Alan Bennett, Andrew O’Hagan, John Lanchester and Sheng Yun, talk to LRB publisher Nicholas Spice about the history and character of the paper. &nbsp; The London Review of Books: An Incomplete History is available to buy on the LRB store:https://lrb.me/storepod Read more Alan Bennett in the LRB here: https;//lrb.me/bennettpod For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the London Review of Books, and mark the publication of The London Review of Books: An Incomplete History, the LRB’s editor, Mary-Kay Wilmers, along with Alan Bennett, Andrew O’Hagan, John Lanchester and Sheng Yun, talk to LRB publisher Nicholas Spice about the history and character of the paper. &nbsp; The London Review of Books: An Incomplete History is available to buy on the LRB store:https://lrb.me/storepod Read more Alan Bennett in the LRB here: https;//lrb.me/bennettpod For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

The LRB at 40: Mary-Kay Wilmers, Alan Bennett, Andrew O'Hagan, John Lanchester and Sheng Yun

Bee Wilson on eating out in late Victorian London. Read more by Bee Wilson in the LRB: https://lrb.me/beewilsonpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Bee Wilson on eating out in late Victorian London. Read more by Bee Wilson in the LRB: https://lrb.me/beewilsonpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Bee Wilson: Mmmm, chicken nuggets

James Wood recalls his time at the college, with David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and others. Read more by James Wood in the LRB: https://lrb.me/jameswoodpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

James Wood recalls his time at the college, with David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and others. Read more by James Wood in the LRB: https://lrb.me/jameswoodpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

James Wood: These Etonians

In the concluding episode of their acclaimed series, Seamus Perry and Mark Ford confront Robert Lowell: the Boston Brahmin for whom poetry trumped every other consideration, and whose Cold War ‘confessionalism’ came to exemplify a generation of Americans’ collective trauma; the poet who changed everything, but whose star has somehow fallen. But, Perry and Ford conclude, it will – like this podcast, we hope – rise again. Articles mentioned in this episode: Karl Miller on some names for Robert Lowell (1983): https://lrb.me/millerlowellpod John Bayley on Lowellship (1987): https://lrb.me/bayleylowellpod Michael Hofmann: Read Robert Lowell! (2003): https://lrb.me/hofmannlowellpod Frank Kermode on Lowell's letters (2005): https://lrb.me/kermodelowellpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

In the concluding episode of their acclaimed series, Seamus Perry and Mark Ford confront Robert Lowell: the Boston Brahmin for whom poetry trumped every other consideration, and whose Cold War ‘confessionalism’ came to exemplify a generation of Americans’ collective trauma; the poet who changed everything, but whose star has somehow fallen. But, Perry and Ford conclude, it will – like this podcast, we hope – rise again. Articles mentioned in this episode: Karl Miller on some names for Robert Lowell (1983): https://lrb.me/millerlowellpod John Bayley on Lowellship (1987): https://lrb.me/bayleylowellpod Michael Hofmann: Read Robert Lowell! (2003): https://lrb.me/hofmannlowellpod Frank Kermode on Lowell's letters (2005): https://lrb.me/kermodelowellpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Close Reading: Lowell Studies

Andrew O'Hagan goes to the fashion designer's memorial at the Grand Palais in Paris. Read more by Andrew O'Hagan in the LRB: https://lrb.me/ohaganpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Andrew O'Hagan goes to the fashion designer's memorial at the Grand Palais in Paris. Read more by Andrew O'Hagan in the LRB: https://lrb.me/ohaganpod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Andrew O'Hagan: The Lagerfeld Fandango

Mary Wellesley looks inside the cell of a medieval anchorite, and considers why so many women shut themselves away to devote themselves to prayer and contemplation, and what their lives were like. Read Mary Wellesley in the LRB: lrb.me/wellesleypod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit <a href="https://www.acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a>

Mary Wellesley looks inside the cell of a medieval anchorite, and considers why so many women shut themselves away to devote themselves to prayer and contemplation, and what their lives were like. Read Mary Wellesley in the LRB: lrb.me/wellesleypod Sign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Mary Wellesley: 'This place is pryson'

LRB-published writers read their own work, introduced by the editors of the London Review of Books. Recent podcasts have included Gillian Anderson reading Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Ingratitude’, Alan Bennett reading from his diary, Tariq Ali on his visit to North Korea and Jeremy Harding on migration. There’ll be something new every fortnight.

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