History in the Making

Emma Smith on how Shakespeare scholarship grapples with gaps; and Muriel Zagha admires François Ozon's noir adaptation of Camus's classic novel'Book Culture in Shakespeare's Stratford: The Quiney Connections', by Marlin E. Blaine, Lena Cowen Orlin, Robert Bearman and Alan H. Nels ...  Show more

It's been quite a month on The TLS Podcast, here's a listen back at some of the conversations we've had in March.We hear from Christy Edwall on the joys of being a lifelong bookworm, Sarah Lonsdale on the remarkable Clemence Dane, Julian Evans on two books exploring the link betw ...  Show more

Love, passion, desire and pleasure are running themes in Colette's writing and her life. And that life was seen as really scandalous and even notorious, especially in her younger years. 

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Part two of Colette's story picks up during her marriage to Henri de Jouvenel through the end of her life. Despite her life's many scandals, by the time she died Colette was regarded as a national icon in France.

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Fille de Louis XI et soeur de Charles VIII, Anne a tenu la régence durant la minorité de son frère. Femme de gouvernement, elle développa une cour fastueuse et culturelle à Moulins, faisant de la capitale du Bourbonnais l'une des grandes villes du royaume. 

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Les reines de Paris ont aussi influencé le monde politique de leur temps en usant de leurs charmes. Ces coquettes deviennent espionnes, auprès d’hommes aussi importants que Napoléon III.

"Secrets d'Histoire" est un podcast d'Initial Studio, adapté de l'émission de té ...