Listen "Life Lessons and Making Sporting History"
Episode Synopsis
This week, Lucy Dallas and Alex Clark are joined by Dinah Birch to discuss Elizabeth Finch, the new novel by Julian Barnes, and find themselves in a world of charismatic teachers and forgotten Roman emperors. Also, the sports historian David Goldblatt explores a global survey of sport through the ages from the ancient Chinese game of cuju to the glories of Bristol Rovers.‘Elizabeth Finch’ by Julian Barnes‘Games People Played: A Global History of Sport’ by Wray VamplewProduced by Sophia Franklin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
More episodes of the podcast The TLS Podcast
Foundation course
27/11/2025
Books of the Year
20/11/2025
Devices and Desires
13/11/2025
Motherload
06/11/2025
Scare Stories
30/10/2025
Escape Artists
23/10/2025
Dramatic licence
16/10/2025
What Ho!
09/10/2025
Not All Heroes Wear Capes
02/10/2025
All Rise
25/09/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.