The TLS Podcast

This week, Tristram Fane Saunders praises the form-busting brilliance of new Nobel Laureate Anne Carson; and Lily Herd on shooting stars, shipwrecks and hubris through the ages.

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This week, David E Cooper on a mammoth history of the garden; and Larry Wolff takes in Macbeth at the Met.

'The Garden: Our 4,000-year quest for paradise', by Jonathan Bate
'Macbeth', by Giuseppe Verdi, Metropolitan Opera, New York, until October 20

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This week, Sophie Oliver on Rebecca West's struggle with her love of clothing; and Robert Poole introduces us to a dashing 19th-century radical.

'A Fable for Christians', by Rebecca West
'Mad Tom's Rising: The revolutionary mystic Sir William Courtenay and the last battle fought on English soil', by Ian Breckon

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This week, Patrick McGuinness delves into the moving and illuminating notebooks kept by Albert Camus; and Elizabeth Lowry on the untold lives of novelist Anita Brookner.

'The Complete Notebooks', by Albert Camus, translated by Ryan Bloom
'Anita Brookner: Art and life', by Hermione Lee

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This week, Toby Lichtig on the six Booker hopefuls; and Kathryn Hughes joins us in an exploration of feline mysteries.

'Cats: A History', by Rod Phillips

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