This week, James Marcus goes partying with Susan Sontag and George Steiner; and Laura Beers sheds a light on Eileen O'Shaughnessy, George Orwell's first wife.
'Maestros and monsters: Days and nights with Susan Sontag and George Steiner', by Robert Boyers 'Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's invisible life', by Anna Funder
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The Handmaids' Tales

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

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Join us for at the Hay Festival for a conversation encompassing portals to other worlds, rock bands, improbable giraffes and the travails of the M4.
'Impossible Creatures', by Katherine Rundell 'One Ukrainian Summer: A Memoir About Falling in Love and Coming of Age in the Former USSR', by Viv Groskop
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The TLS on Tour

This week, we hear from two international prize-winning authors, Jenny Erpenbeck and Mircea Cărtărescu.
'Kairos' by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann 'Solenoid' by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Sean Cotter
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Found in Translation

This week, writers including Andrew O'Hagan, Rose Tremain, Ayobami Adebayo and Marian Keyes select their most memorable sporting moments; and we drop in on the European Writers' Festival at the British Library.
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Let the Games Begin!

This week, we look at the busy afterlives of two canonical characters: Nathalie Olah on Tom Ripley and Emelyne Godfrey on Sherlock Holmes.
'Ripley', on Netflix 'The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes: The inspiration behind the world’s greatest detective', by Andrew Lycett
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Regeneration Games

This week, Susan Owens explores the surreal and vivid life of the artist Eileen Agar; and Rosie Goldsmith, curator of the European Writers' Festival, joins us to explain what's on the bill.
'A Look at My Life', by Eileen Agar The European Writers' Festival, the British Library, London, 18-19 May 2024
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