London Review Podcasts

Chaohua Wang on justice in China.Read Chaohua Wang in the LRB: https://lrb.me/chaohuawangpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Andrew O'Hagan crosses the road.Read Andrew O'Hagan in the LRB: https://lrb.me/ohaganpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Robert Hanks on the pleasures and pains of putting things off.Read Robert Hanks in the LRB: https://lrb.me/hankspodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Julian Barnes on Van Gogh.Read Julian Barnes in the LRB: https://lrb.me/barnespodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on the rise of the Houthis in Yemen.Read Gaith Abdul-Ahad: https://lrb.me/abdulahadytSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Seymour Hersh talks to Christian Lorentzen about his pieces for the LRB, collected in a new book, The Killing of Osama bin Laden.Read Seymour Hersh in the LRB: https://lrb.me/hershpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hilary Mantel reads her short story, ‘The School of English’.Read Hilary Mantel in the LRB: https://lrb.me/mantelytSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In his 2015 Winter Lecture, Tariq Ali argues that we are living in the twilight period of democracy.Read more Tariq Ali in the LRB: https://lrb.me/tariqalipodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In her 2015 Winter Lecture, Marina Warner shows how higher education in the UK has been betrayed.Read more Marina Warner in the LRB: https://lrb.me/warnerpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In his 2015 Winter Lecture, Adam Phillips reflects on the ways we hate ourselves.Read more by Adam Phillips in the LRB: https://lrb.me/phillipspodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Peter Pomerantsev on images and myths of Maidan.Read more by Peter Pomerantsev in the LRB: https://lrb.me/pomerantsevpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rosemary Hill on the life and disappearance of Lord Lucan.Read more Rosemary Hill in the LRB: https://lrb.me/hillpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Owen Bennett-Jones on the messengers that paved the way for the Northern Ireland peace process.Read more by Owen Bennett-Jones in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bennettjonespodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alan Bennett on what he did in 2014.Read more Alan Bennett in the LRB: https://lrb.me/bennettpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

James Meek on the British army’s eight years in Afghanistan.Read more James Meek in the LRB: https://lrb.me/meekpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: https://lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

T.J. Clark comes face to face with Rembrandt.Read more T.J. Clark in the LRB: lrb.me/tjclarkpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alan Bennett read this sermon on private educations before the University, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, 1 June 2014.Read more Alan Bennett in the LRB: lrb.me/bennettpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mary Beard reflects on the way women are heard – and have been heard – in public, from Homer’s Odyssey through Margaret Thatcher to internet trolls.Read more Mary Beard in the LRB: lrb.me/beardpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Andrew O’Hagan spent six months with Julian Assange helping him write his autobiography, though in the event Assange didn’t want the book published. O’Hagan speaks about those six months for the first time.Read more Andrew O'Hagan in the LRB: lrb.me/ohaganpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

James Wood explores the estrangement of voluntary emigration: the puzzling sense of losing the country you leave and failing to find another. Homelessness, in a word.Read more James Wood in the LRB: lrb.me/jameswoodpodSign up to the LRB newsletter: lrb.me/acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.