This week, Lucy and Alex discover how James Shapiro created his landmark work on a formative year in Shakespeare’s life; and Miranda France on her spellbinding study of memoir and creative writing.
‘1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare’, by James Shapiro
‘The Writing School’, by Miranda France
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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Rules of law
Jesmyn Ward’s lyrical fiction - a bonus episode
Those are pearls . . . and Michael Jackson's performative drama
Philip Roth and the translatable
The making of me
Roman emperors and football managers
BONUS: Madeline Miller on Circe
Mothers and millennials
Carlo Rovelli's time – a special episode
Why does everyone hate Nixon?
The risky art of cartooning
Culture clash
Empathy: for better, for worse
The New Elizabethans
Hyper-liberalism and the 6,000th TLS
Everyone's a winner – a bonus episode
On the consciousness of cows
Ada Lovelace: tech prophet and trophy wife
Writers and their mothers
Jewishness: seriously funny
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It is Free
Exploring the National Parks
The Covert Narcissism Podcast
Greece Travel Secrets Podcast
Stuff You Should Know
The Ezra Klein Show