Nicholas Shakespeare tells Steve Paulson that Chatwin was a man of mystery and paradox who was willing to toy with the strictly factual to preserve an emotional truth. We also hear travel writer Paul Theroux comment on Chatwin, a long-time friend.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Richard Nelson hikes through the Alaskan wilderness recording sounds you can't hear anywhere else, and he plays excerpts during this conversation with Anne Strainchamps.
John Polkinghorne is a former physicist at Cambridge University who now devotes himself to reconciling science and religion.
Intrepid TTBOOK intern John Pederson visits local bee keeper Mary Seeley as she's setting up some new hives.
Lewis Buzbee has spent his life besotted with books. He's sold them, and now he writes them.
Julian Barnes talks about “England, England.” It’s his latest novel, in which all the tourist attractions of England (Stonehenge, the Tower of London, the Royal Family) are recreated in one theme park.
What's the best piece of reporting you encountered this year? TTBOOK listeners recommend these stories. We'll add new suggestions as they come in.
Michael Colgan, director of the Gate Theatre in Dublin, co-produced “Beckett on Film.” He talks about the challenges of turning 19 of Samuel Beckett’s plays into films.
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