Toby Litt
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Becoming Animal
Writer Toby Litt is inspired by the world of the brown hare.
Rainsong in Five Senses
India and the Sound of Rain
Nandini Das curates essays from across the globe on five different experiences of rain.
Japan and the Taste of Rain
Australia and the Smell of Rain
Nandini Das curates global essays on five different sensory experiences of rain.
Paris and the Look of Rain
Nandini Das introduces another essay about the global differences in our response to rain.
England and the Touch of Rain
Nandini Das curates essays from across the globe on differing sensory responses to rain.
Shakespeare's Sisters
Maria Anna Mozart
Lucy Powell explores what happened to 'Nannerl' Mozart.
Sarah Fielding
Lucy Powell asks why history has forgotten the achievements of novelist Sarah Fielding.
Fanny Dickens
The brilliant women whose success was often eclipsed by their more famous brothers.
Katharine Wright
Where is Katharine Wright's place in aviation history?
Madame E Toussaint Welcome
Lucy Powell remembers one of the first African American film directors.
John Halifax, Gentleman
2/5 Clare Walker Gore explores how Dinah Mulock Craik subverted Victorian expectations
Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf: Sindhubala
Preti Taneja on the writing and politics of Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi
Books to Make Space For On The Bookshelf: Closer
4/5 New Generation Thinker Diarmuid Hester on the transgressive writing of Dennis Cooper
Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf: There's No Story There
Lisa Mullen looks at depictions of war-time factory workers in the novel by Inez Holden
Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf
The Black Lizard
New Generation Thinker Christopher Harding reads the Japanese equivalent of Conan Doyle.
Clare Walker Gore explains how Dinah Mulock Craik subverted Victorian expectations.
Sindhubala
Preti Taneja on the writing and politics of Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi.
Closer
Diarmuid Hester looks at the George Miles Cycle from punk radical Dennis Cooper.
There's No Story There
Lisa Mullen looks at the depiction of war-time factory workers in a novel by Inez Holden.
Blood and Bronze
A Portrait of the Artist
Professor Jerry Brotton explores the darker side of the Italian Renaissance.
Overture
Cellini’s early years are spent training as a musician.
Storming the Capitol
Having built a career as a goldsmith, Cellini becomes a soldier during the Sack of Rome.
Death in Florence
On his return to Florence, Cellini experiences the horrors of the plague.
The Scorpion
Cellini roams between the great Italian courts, making art and causing trouble.
Crime and Punishment
Cellini is imprisoned for over a year in Rome, enduring various attempts on his life.
Golden Years
Cellini arrives in Fontainebleau to work for Francis I.
Forging the Renaissance
Back in Florence, Cellini works for Cosimo de’ Medici and creates his greatest work.
Sex and Death
Cellini’s misconduct leads him back to jail, where he completes another masterpiece.
Rebirth
Cellini’s violent life leaves behind a controversial legacy.
Folk at ѿý
At ѿý with Greg Russell
Greg Russell shares a Labi Siffre song with Verity Sharp that’s resonating under lockdown.