Oct 8, 2026 · 52 min · 14 segments
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…
Robert PooleGuest
Lucy DallasHost
Alex ClarkHost
I mean, we're always busy at the TLS putting out our issues and doing the podcast and commissioning and all of that kind of thing.
And in fact, I'm just going to do a quick plug for an event because the tickets are on sale now.
But this is a specific event at the South Bank Centre called For the Love of Great Writing, the TLS at 125.
And it's got Mary Beard, Paul Muldoon, Gwendolyn Riley and Ben Markovits discussing how do we define great literature today and why is criticism still essential? Oh, that's great.
I mean, we're always busy at the TLS putting out our issues and doing the podcast and commissioning and all of that kind of thing.
And in fact, I'm just going to do a quick plug for an event because the tickets are on sale now.
But this is a specific event at the South Bank Centre called For the Love of Great Writing, the TLS at 125.
And it's got Mary Beard, Paul Muldoon, Gwendolyn Riley and Ben Markovits discussing how do we define great literature today and why is criticism still essential? Oh, that's great.
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