Do I dare disturb the universe?
As Faber&Faber release an app of The Waste Land, poet Lavinia Greenlaw describes her first, determinedly un-digital, encounters with T.S. Eliot. Also, listen to Eliot reading an extract from his famously epic poem.
The Summer Book
An extract from one of our favourite books to read in summer, appropriately called The Summer Book, including an insightful and equally lovely foreword by Esther Freud.
La Ricarda
Perhaps the best example of Catalonian rationalism, La Ricarda is also a living family home. Watch an interview with two sisters who grew up there and read James Seaton’s impressions of our visit.
Russian Wonder Tales
Four podcasts of traditional Russian folk tales, translated by Post Wheeler in 1911 and read here by an amateur sitting at the fireside.
Stories In Song
An essay and playlist from Rob Young on the enduring British traditions of story-telling and folk music.
A Modern Myth
Owen Sheers describes how he made an ancient myth modern, and reads from his resulting novella White Ravens.
Hannah Barry Gallery
Nancy Durrant tells the remarkable story of Hannah Barry, her eponymous gallery and their heartening rise.
