New Statesman News: Recent Episodes
New Statesman News
A recording of original 1930s BBC broadcasts through the Science Museum's Exponential Horn installation
A recording of original 1930s BBC broadcasts played through the Exponential Horn installation at the Science Museum.
Melvyn Bragg talks to Alex Clark about his new novel Grace and Mary, learning that his mother was "illegitimate", autobiographical fiction and the power of misremembering.
Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and National Poet of Wales Gillian Clarke read two poems, "Liverpool" and "Six Bells", from the Cambridge Literary Festival. Introduction by Alex Clark.
Alex Clark talks to South African novelist Damon Galgut about his new novel Arctic Summer, inspired by the life of E M Forster in the run-up to publishing his masterpiece A Passage to India.
Eleanor Catton talks to Alex Clark at the Cambridge Literary Festival about her Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries, the New Zealand gold fields and the part astrology played in the creation of the 832-page best seller.
This week, Russell Brand has edited the New Statesman. He's written a powerful essay on the need for a revolution in politics, and brought in contributions from the likes of Naomi Klein, Gary Lineker, Noam Chomsky, Diablo Cody, Alec Baldwin, Noel Gallagher, Judd Apatow, Amanda Palmer and many more. Here, he introduces his issue.
Find out more, and buy a copy, at www.newstatesman.com/russellbrand