Southbank Centre's Book Podcast

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  • A monthly books podcast presented by Ted Hodgkinson featuring the finest writers, poets and thinkers from across the globe, onstage and backstage at Europe's largest arts centre.
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Episodes
  • Southbank Centre’s Book Podcast: Hilary Mantel – The Mirror and the Light

    Southbank Centre’s Book Podcast: Hilary Mantel – The Mirror and the Light
    Mar 13 2020
    British author Hilary Mantel reveals the eagerly awaited third novel in her thrilling Thomas Cromwell trilogy, The Mirror and the Light. The book offers a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man’s vision. It’s the story of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage. In this podcast, chaired by journalist and broadcaster Alex Clark, Mantel reflects on the finale of one of the most compelling and celebrated trilogies of modern times, ending with a special reading of The Mirror and the Light.
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Will Self: a life in writing

    Will Self: a life in writing
    Feb 28 2020
    In this podcast, recorded live at Southbank Centre, author and journalist Will Self joins Alex Bilmes, to discuss his newly released, and typically funny and frenzied memoir, Will. In an entertaining half hour, Self discusses why he wrote Will, the challenges of memoir writing and how it can lead to criticism that is much more ad hominem. Will, perhaps inevitably, is also a book about drugs and drug use, a subject which Self expands upon to talk about the evolution of drug culture and why stories of drug use often draw in people who would never entertain the idea of drug-use themselves.
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    35 mins
  • Richard Dawkins: an argument for Atheism

    Richard Dawkins: an argument for Atheism
    Jan 28 2020
    Ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author Richard Dawkins joins David Freeman to discuss his latest book Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide. In this podcast recorded as part of our 2019 autumn literature season, the pair take Dawkins’ book as a cue to discuss a broad range of topics including the ‘tribalism’ of religion, Dawkins preference for truth over symbolism and whether you can be good without a God.
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    28 mins

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