Colm Tóibín: Alone in Venice

Would the Founding Fathers recognise the modern United States as the republic they declared in 1776? The nation formed from Britain’s North American colonies has become the most powerful and prosperous in the world, but the muted celebrations on 4 July reflected a divided country ...  Show more

In the sixth episode of their series, Sarah and Sandeep look at poems that explore the complexities of money and its metaphorical power: Frederick Seidel’s ‘In Late December’ starts with an image of degradation in the symbolic heart of global capitalism but ends with an ambiguous ...  Show more

Covid 2.0 and what to do while you’re isolated. Plus a great story about a good friend that is going through some stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

A conversation with the acclaimed poet and New Yorker writer Cynthia Zarin that transports us to two of her favorite cities, Venice and Rome, in a celebration of Italy as the country begins to loosen the longest coronavirus-related lockdown in Europe. The episode features evocati ...  Show more

Rick talks with author Paul Theroux about the advantages of traveling solo, and swaps some travel-writing tricks, then TV host Samantha Brown joins us to describe how the pandemic has affected her love of exploratory travel. We'll also hear what's special about Paris in winter ...

#journeyswithelliott ep.15. Today we are looking at the things we can do to keep ourselves entertained at home while we are stuck inside during the coronavirus pandemic. I also give my professional advice on how to work at home. We also have a new segment where I read out the pag ...  Show more