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Family, grief and finding love late with Christina Patterson
Christina Patterson is a journalist and author, whose new book Outside The Sky Is Blue, is an absolutely beautiful reflection on family, illness, grief and love. I worked with Christina many years ago
Series finale! Lily King on Writers and Lovers
I adored this episode. Lily King is the author of five novels - including, most recently, the phenomenal best seller Writers and Lovers, which documents the creative and romantic travails of aspiring
Sarah Pearse on being fangirled by Reese Witherspoon and how to get published
Sarah Pearse on being fangirled by Reese Witherspoon and how to get published
Arifa Akbar on her sister's death and the medical failures around it
Arifa Akbar is the Guardian's Chief Theatre Critic and the author of the phenomenally powerful Consumed: A Sister's Story. It's an astonishing read, which tells the story of Arifa's sister's death fro
Tahmima Anam on satirising big tech - and the five years that her son wouldn't eat
Tahmima Anam on satirising big tech - and the five years that her son wouldn't eat
Elif Shafak on postnatal depression and writing as 'animal instinct'
Elif Shafak on postnatal depression and writing as 'animal instinct'
Emily Ratajkowski on fame, trauma and the male gaze
Emily Ratajkowski is a model, activist and actress - and now the author of My Body, a collection of essays reflecting on her position in the spotlight
Season finale! Alix O'Neill on growing up in the shadow of The Troubles
Right, I'm off to enjoy my honeymoon (yes, all being well, by the time you read this I will be one day into married life). But I'm leaving you with a joy of an episode. I loved this book. The Troubl
Phoebe Luckhurst on fitting a novel around a full-time job and launching The Tab
Today's episode was such a joy to record - Phoebe Luckhurst is an editor at the Evening Standard newspaper, and also the author of The Lock In, a totally fun indulgence of a book about what happens w
Olivia Petter on love and relationships in the internet age
This was such a fun interview! Olivia Petter is a podcasting phenomenon and the author of Millennial Love, a kind of modern anthropological anthology of what dating and relationships are like now. Fro