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
C. Thi Nguyen: How To Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game (07.01.2026)
Previous Episodes
- Books of the Year | Sam Leith & Philip Hensher
- Speaker series: Bernard Cornwell – Sharpe's Storm
- Jonathan C. Slaght: The Journey to Save the Siberian Tiger from Extinction
- James Geary: A Brief History of the Aphorism
- Leon Craig: The Decadence
- Benjamin Myers: Jesus Christ Kinski
- Wikipedia founder on his 'friend' Elon Musk & finding truth online
- Graham Robb: The Discovery of Britain
- Nat Jansz: Comet in Moominland turns 80
- Peter James: Jack Higgins's The Eagle Has Landed
- Luke Kemp: The History and Future of Societal Collapse
- Ben Schott: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Language
- Speaker series: Jeffrey Archer – End Game
- Philippa Gregory: Boleyn Traitor
- Sudhir Hazareesingh: Daring to be Free
- Roger Lewis: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
- Andrew Bayliss: Sparta – The Rise and Fall of An Ancient Superpower
- Lea Ypi: Indignity
- Brideshead Revisited, 80 years on: from the archives
- Max Hastings: Sword – D-Day, Trial by Battle
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