163 Episodes

  1. ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ (1917) by Wilfred Owen

    Published: 17/11/2021
  2. “It Felt Right to Reunite Them”: Emily Ingram on Writing Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

    Published: 6/11/2021
  3. Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelley

    Published: 4/11/2021
  4. “Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz”: Gail Crowther on Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton

    Published: 30/10/2021
  5. The Bell Jar (1963) by Sylvia Plath

    Published: 28/10/2021
  6. “A Plath for all Seasons”: Eilish Mulholland on Reading Sylvia Plath

    Published: 24/10/2021
  7. ‘A Birthday Present’ (1963) by Sylvia Plath

    Published: 23/10/2021
  8. The Giants and Lycaon (8 AD) by Ovid (The Metamorphoses, Book 1)

    Published: 16/08/2021
  9. “It is Sort of Taboo”: Amanda Golden on Writing in the Margins

    Published: 13/08/2021
  10. ‘The Colossus’ (1959) by Sylvia Plath

    Published: 11/08/2021
  11. “It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time”: Mark Walker on Translating the Hobbit into Latin

    Published: 7/08/2021
  12. The Life of Merlin (1150) by Geoffrey of Monmouth

    Published: 6/08/2021
  13. “The Right Sound for Shakespeare Should Be Your Sound”: Ben Crystal on Original Pronunciation

    Published: 31/07/2021
  14. Richard III (1592-93) by William Shakespeare

    Published: 30/07/2021
  15. “The Last Days of Sylvia Plath”: Carl Rollyson on Biography

    Published: 28/07/2021
  16. The Life of Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)

    Published: 27/07/2021
  17. "A Man of Great Enthusiasms": Andrew Lycett on Arthur Conan Doyle

    Published: 9/07/2021
  18. The White Company (1891) by Arthur Conan Doyle

    Published: 7/07/2021
  19. "Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde": Jeremy Hodges on Katharine de Mattos

    Published: 30/06/2021
  20. The Black Arrow (1888) by Robert Louis Stevenson

    Published: 29/06/2021

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Featuring interviews with authors, actors and academics, Ear Read This creates well-researched critical introductions to vintage and modern classics. Specialties include: Shakespeare, Arthurian literature and books from or about our home city of Edinburgh.

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