Grief Totalitarianism

‘Music is both too difficult and too easy to access,’ Nicholas Spice wrote recently in the LRB, ‘and it seems that we have opted to stick with ease over difficulty.’ On this episode he joins Thomas Jones to discuss some of the difficulties: of listening, of understanding, of main ...  Show more

In Autumn Journal, his long 1938 poem, Louis MacNeice took many of the ideals shared by other young writers of his time – a desire for relevance, responsiveness and, above all, honesty – and applied them in a way that has few equivalents in English poetry. This diary-style work, ...  Show more

Juliet and Amanda react to the news of Queen Elizabeth II’s death and discuss the complicated nature of her role in history (3:08). Later, they break down what is next for the royal family and Prince Charles’s reputation (22:12). Finally, they talk about the press coverage surrou ...  Show more

The UK has experienced an unprecedented week of constitutional upheaval with new national and political leadership. 

We discuss the death and mourning of Queen Elizabeth II, the arrival of King Charles III and what it all means for the new prime minister Liz Truss.& ...

Queen Elizabeth suffers the loss of her friend Winston Churchill and deals with the anti-monarchy sentiments and possible KGB ties of her new Prime Minister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices