The LRB Podcast

Colm Tóibín discusses The Testament of Mary and his life and work generally with Michael McGirr, at the Melbourne Writers Festival, 2013.

Colin Burrow, Michael Dobson, James Shapiro, Emma Smith and Marina Warner discuss the ways we continue to make (and occasionally unmake) Shakespeare in our own image.

Andrew O’Hagan chaired this discussion between Linda Colley, R.W. Johnson and Tom Devine about national histories and the ways they should, and should not, be taught.

Paul Myerscough talks to Jacqueline Rose about her career, from her groundbreaking work on feminism in the 1970s through to her more recent writings on Zionism and the place of fantasy in the world of states and nations.

Peter Campbell talks to Julian Bell about the things painters can and can’t do.

Jenny Diski reads from her novel Apology for the Woman Writing and answers questions at the London Review Bookshop.

Slavoj Žižek responds to criticisms of his piece for the LRB, ‘Resistance is Surrender’, and presents his views on violence.

Iain Sinclair, Will Self and Jonathan Meades discuss London’s relentless processes of erasure and renewal.