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Emily Mayhew: The Four Horsemen
Episode 52
The horsemen of the title are those of the Apocalypse, the terrifying outriders of war, pestilence, famine and death. Dr Mayhew considers development…
5 years, 2 months ago
Helena Attlee: Lev's Violin
Episode 51
Helena's citrusy history of Italy, The Land Where Lemons Grow, sold by the armful when it came out in 2014. Her new book tells the story of one fragi…
5 years, 3 months ago
Ross King: The Bookseller of Florence
Episode 50
In medieval Europe, literacy rates among adult males was only 25% in cities, dwindling to 1% in villages. At the same time in Florence it was 70%. So…
5 years, 3 months ago
Edmund de Waal: Letters to Camondo
Episode 49
Not so much a sequel to ‘The Hare with Amber Eyes’, this short, superb and immensely powerful book is nevertheless complementary to his earlier book.…
5 years, 4 months ago
Roland Philipps: Victoire
Episode 48
Roland Philipps' new book, Victoire, is a gripping story of espionage, seduction and double-crossing. It follows Mathilde Carré, a spy in the intelli…
5 years, 4 months ago
Horatio Clare: Heavy Light
Episode 47
... A Journey through Madness, Mania and Healing. Horatio talks to Arabella von Friesen about what he refers to as "one of the stranger journeys of a…
5 years, 5 months ago
Henry 'Chips' Channon: The Diaries
Episode 46
Simon Heffer, distinguished historian and editor of the diaries (the first volume of which is published today), is joined by Tim Bouverie.
Edited …
5 years, 5 months ago
A Cuckoo Press Publication: Gaia Servadio's A Wartime Childhood
Episode 45
A short, powerful memoir of a Jewish family’s flight from the Gestapo in Italy, 1943. Read by Arabella von Friesen.
Edited by Magnus Rena
Music…
5 years, 6 months ago
Juliet Nicolson: Frostquake
Episode 44
... The Frozen Winter of 1962 and How Britain Emerged a Different Country... with moving parallels to our current situation. You can order a copy thr…
5 years, 6 months ago
Wodehouse Wednesdays: Jeeves and the Leap of Faith 2
Episode 43
Episode two of Ben Schott's spiffing homage.
Read by John de Falbe, edited by Magnus Rena
Music: Cab Calloway, Minnie the Moocher
5 years, 9 months ago