In this week’s programme I talk to film historian Gary D Rhodes about the birth of the American horror film. Gary’s book is a fascinating exploration of the first two decades… Read More
Gary D Rhodes on the birth of American horror films
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Thomas Laqueur on the work of the dead
This programme features an interview with Berkeley cultural historian Thomas Laqueur. We spoke recently about his latest book, The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains, a… Read More
Oliver Ready: Translating Crime and Punishment
I visited Oliver Ready a few years ago at St Antony’s College, Oxford, where he is a research fellow in Russian society and culture, to hear about his five-year engagement… Read More
Edith Grossman on why translation matters
This programme is one from the archive, a conversation I had back in 2010 with doyenne of Spanish translators Edith Grossman in which she makes the case for taking translation… Read More
Robert Irwin: in praise of the camel
This programme from the archive features a conversation I had back in 2010 with Robert Irwin about the extraordinary world of the camel. Robert is a true polymath: Arabist, historian,… Read More
James Serpell: Dogs as the animal kingdom’s ambassadors
I was lucky enough to have the chance to talk to James Serpell earlier this year about the new edition of his book, The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behavior… Read More
Fiona Sampson: what poetry can learn from music
What can poetry learn from music? Not about surface lyricism, but at the deeper levels of form, of their relationship to time – Eliot writes in ‘Burnt Norton’: ‘Words move,… Read More
More than happiness, the Buddhist and Stoic way
Last month, I spoke to existential psychotherapist Antonia Macaro about her new book, More than Happiness, which investigates ‘Buddhist and Stoic wisdom for a secular age’. Antonia writes in her… Read More
Picasso drawings: “the backbone of his art”
In this week’s programme I’m talking to Christopher Lloyd about the crucial role drawing played in the art of Pablo Picasso. What follows is a lightly edited extract from our… Read More
Horse dramas and flea circuses
‘What do we mean when we say an animal performs?’ My guests on this programme are Karen Raber, professor of English at the University of Mississippi, and Monica Mattfeld, assistant… Read More