The Book Club

The Book Club

Literary interviews and discussions on the latest releases in the world of publishing, from poetry through to physics. Presented weekly by Sam Leith.

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Latest Episode

Ben Schott: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Language (08.10.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • Speaker series: Jeffrey Archer – End Game 05.10.2025
  • Philippa Gregory: Boleyn Traitor 01.10.2025
  • Sudhir Hazareesingh: Daring to be Free 24.09.2025
  • Roger Lewis: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 17.09.2025
  • Andrew Bayliss: Sparta – The Rise and Fall of An Ancient Superpower 10.09.2025
  • Lea Ypi: Indignity 03.09.2025
  • Brideshead Revisited, 80 years on: from the archives 27.08.2025
  • Max Hastings: Sword – D-Day, Trial by Battle 20.08.2025
  • Joanna Pocock: Greyhound 13.08.2025
  • Nicola Barker: TonyInterruptor 06.08.2025
  • Gary Shteyngart: Vera, or Faith 30.07.2025
  • Frances Wilson: Electric Spark – The Enigma of Muriel Spark 23.07.2025
  • Irvine Welsh: Men In Love – Trainspotting Sequel 16.07.2025
  • M. John Harrison: The Course of the Heart 09.07.2025
  • Karin Slaughter: We Are All Guilty Here 02.07.2025
  • Carl Zimmer: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe 25.06.2025
  • William Dalrymple: The Golden Road 18.06.2025
  • Lucy Mangan: How Reading Shapes Our Lives 11.06.2025
  • Alice Loxton: Eighteen – A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives 04.06.2025
  • Robert Macfarlane: Is a river alive? 28.05.2025

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