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Close Readings

London Review of Books

Close Readings is a multi-series podcast from the London Review of Books. Two contributors explore areas of literature through a selection of key works, providing an introductory grounding like no other. Listen to some episodes for free here, and extracts from our ongoing subscriber-only series.

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STARTING IN 2027

'Conversations in Philosophy II' with Jonathan Rée and James Wood

‘The Everyday’ with David Trotter and Rachel Bowlby

‘Poetry and Place’ with Seamus Perry and Mark Ford

‘Mediterranean Worlds’ with Josephine Quinn and guests

‘Medieval-ish Novels’ with Irina Dumitrescu and Mary Wellesley

RUNNING IN 2026

'Who's afraid of realism?' with James Wood and guests

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  1. Next Year on Close Readings 29:40
  2. Who’s afraid of realism? ‘Afternoon Raag’ by Amit Chaudhuri 22:42
  3. London Revisited: The Age of ‘Improvement’ 26:48
  4. Narrative Poems: ‘Enoch Arden’ by Alfred Tennyson 19:51
  5. The Man Behind the Curtain: ‘Ulysses’ by James Joyce 52:04
  6. Nature in Crisis: ‘Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism’ by Thea Riofrancos 23:52
  7. Who’s afraid of realism? ‘Shyness and Dignity’ by Dag Solstad 24:18
  8. London Revisited: The Monster 26:10
  9. Narrative Poems: ‘Amours de Voyage’ by Arthur Hugh Clough 13:55
  10. Nature in Crisis: ‘The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the Far Right’ by Alex Roberts and Sam Moore 15:38
  11. Who’s afraid of realism?: ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ by Muriel Spark 21:54
  12. London Revisited: Coffee, Satire and Bubbles 24:20
  13. Narrative Poems: ‘Childe Roland’ and ‘The Pied Piper’ by Robert Browning 18:01
  14. Nature in Crisis: ‘Lessons for Survival’ by Emily Raboteau 12:06
  15. Who’s afraid of realism? ‘Pnin’ by Vladimir Nabokov 23:43
  16. London Revisited: Pepys, Plague and Fire 25:00
  17. Narrative Poems: ‘The Eve of St Agnes’ by John Keats 16:53
  18. The Man Behind the Curtain: ‘Middlemarch’ by George Eliot 35:43
  19. Nature in Crisis: ‘Impasse’ by Roy Scranton 15:37
  20. Who’s afraid of realism? ‘Seize the Day’ by Saul Bellow 16:34
  21. London Revisited: The Road to Civil War 26:53
  22. Narrative Poems: ‘The Ruined Cottage’ and ‘Michael’ by William Wordsworth 16:56
  23. Nature in Crisis: ‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ by Robin Wall Kimmerer 15:19
  24. Who’s afraid of realism? ‘Voyage in the Dark’ by Jean Rhys 20:06
  25. London Revisited: Shakespeare’s City 17:05
  26. Narrative Poems: ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 14:27
  27. Nature in Crisis: ‘Is a River Alive?’ by Robert Macfarlane 14:54
  28. Who’s afraid of realism? ‘Mrs Dalloway’ by Virginia Woolf 21:10
  29. London Revisited: The Protestant Capital 21:55
  30. What do you think of Close Readings? 0:27
  31. Narrative Poems: ‘Tam o’ Shanter’ by Robert Burns and ‘Peter Grimes’ by George Crabbe 21:36
  32. Nature in Crisis: 'Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth' by James Lovelock 28:44
  33. Who’s afraid of realism? ‘The Death of Ivan Ilyich’ by Leo Tolstoy 23:23
  34. The Man Behind the Curtain: ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley 35:14
  35. London Revisited: Plague, Rebellion and Guilds 27:44
  36. Narrative Poems: ‘The Rape of the Lock’ by Alexander Pope 15:07
  37. Nature in Crisis: ‘The Burning Earth’ by Sunil Amrith 12:54
  38. Who’s afraid of realism? Three stories by Anton Chekhov 23:50
  39. London Revisited: The Medieval Capital 24:29
  40. Narrative Poems: ‘Paradise Lost’ (Book 9) by John Milton 22:00
  41. Nature in Crisis: ‘Blue Machine’ by Helen Czerski 15:11
  42. Who’s afraid of realism? ‘Notes from Underground’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky 20:17
  43. London Revisited: Mosaics, Archers and a Walled Garden 18:43
  44. Narrative Poems: 'Venus and Adonis' and 'The Rape of Lucrece' by William Shakespeare 19:10
  45. Nature in Crisis: ‘The Light Eaters’ by Zoë Schlanger 15:38
  46. Who’s afraid of realism? ‘Madame Bovary’ by Gustave Flaubert (part two) 10:27
  47. London Revisited: Roman Beginnings 22:41
  48. Narrative Poems: 'Hero and Leander' by Christopher Marlowe 16:49
  49. Nature in Crisis: ‘Silent Spring’ by Rachel Carson 15:36
  50. Who's afraid of realism? 'Madame Bovary' by Gustave Flaubert (part one) 21:10