LRB Conversations
13 October 2020
To mark the publication of the latest LRB Collection of essays, about sport, David Runciman, on loan from Talking Politics, talks to Ben Markovits about Michael Jordan, home advantage, how...
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LRB Conversations
Aeschylus’ Ghosts
Emily Wilson and Thomas Jones, 14 October 2020
6 October 2020
Emily Wilson talks to Thomas Jones about three new translations of the Oresteia. They discuss what the texts of the tragedies may tell us about the state of democracy in fifth-century Athens, the...
Talking Politics
Trump Stress Test
David Runciman and Sarah Churchwell, 19 October 2020
15 October 2020
David talks to the historian Sarah Churchwell about how well America's political institutions have withstood the stress of the last four years. Have we seen the limits of presidential power or have...
Close Readings
On Adrienne Rich
Seamus Perry and Mark Ford, 19 October 2020
29 September 2020
In the latest episode of Close Readings, Seamus Perry and Mark Ford turn to the life and work of Adrienne Rich, the great poetic interrogator of the American family home as a site of trauma for daughters...
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Lectures & Events
Akihito and the Sorrows of Japan
Richard Lloyd Parry, 19 October 2020
11 March 2020
In his 2020 LRB Winter Lecture, Richard Lloyd Parry considers the paradoxical figure of Akihito, who abdicated in April 2019: a hereditary monarch, the son of the wartime emperor, Hirohito, strictly...
LRB Films & Interviews
Old Ties
Alan Bennett, 18 August 2020
24 December 2019
Alan Bennett examines his wardrobe, in his 2019 Diary.
Bookshop Events & Films
14 October 2020
John Lanchester discusses his chilling collection of short stories, which explores the uncanniness of modern life through demonic phones, haunted selfie-sticks and other technology gone horribly wrong.
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