7 Podcast Episodes
Lucasta Miller: Writer's Block
Lucasta Miller: Writer's Block
'Tolstoy liked to go out with a scythe and work with the peasants. I'm not a nineteenth century Russian landowner, but I... Read more
16 Jun 2022
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3mins
25: Lucasta Miller on Emma Smith's Portable Magic
25: Lucasta Miller on Emma Smith's Portable Magic
📚From prison stints for defacing books, to the historical evolution of the “shelfie”, Emma Smith's Portable Magic is a ... Read more
18 May 2022
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28mins
John Keats, the ultimate Romantic poet: an intriguing new take on his life from Lucasta Miller
John Keats, the ultimate Romantic poet: an intriguing new take on his life from Lucasta Miller
John Keats died of tuberculosis at 25 two centuries ago, but his poetry is still celebrated, studied and widely antholog... Read more
1 May 2022
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1hr 3mins
Lucasta Miller: My Reading Habits
Lucasta Miller: My Reading Habits
'When I was on the judging panel for the Man Booker Prize, we had to read around a hundred and twenty novels in three mo... Read more
25 Apr 2022
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3mins
Lucasta Miller
Lucasta Miller
Lucasta Miller is a writer fascinated by the Romantic, and the dark excesses of the Gothic. Her latest subject is a poet... Read more
9 Jun 2019
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25mins
Dr Lucasta Miller: ‘LEL’ (1838)
Dr Lucasta Miller: ‘LEL’ (1838)
"The gambler who lost touch with the dangers" Although Letitia Landon – or “L.E.L.’s” – name is scarcely known outside s... Read more
14 May 2019
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44mins
Lucasta Miller L.E.I. The Lost Life And Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Lucasta Miller L.E.I. The Lost Life And Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Lucasta Miller, author of... Read more
24 Apr 2019
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39mins