17 Podcast Episodes
Stuart Kells reveals the truth about Allen Lane and Penguin Books
Stuart Kells reveals the truth about Allen Lane and Penguin Books
Author/historian Stuart Kells has been chasing rare books and other bookish treasures since childhood. In the 1980s he w... Read more
3 May 2022
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1hr 13mins
10 - 21 - 21 Allen Lane & Mike Prather
10 - 21 - 21 Allen Lane & Mike Prather
Allen Lane & Mike Prather from Mainly Creative sit down with David to talk entrepreneurship and creativity.
25 Feb 2022
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1hr 51mins
Mehr Afshan Farooqi, "Ghalib: a Wilderness at My Doorstep: A Critical Biography" (Allen Lane, 2021)
Mehr Afshan Farooqi, "Ghalib: a Wilderness at My Doorstep: A Critical Biography" (Allen Lane, 2021)
Mirza Ghalib is one of the most celebrated poets in the Urdu literary canon. Yet, at the time, Ghalib was prolific in bo... Read more
20 May 2021
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42mins
Mehr Afshan Farooqi, "Ghalib: a Wilderness at My Doorstep: A Critical Biography" (Allen Lane, 2021)
Mehr Afshan Farooqi, "Ghalib: a Wilderness at My Doorstep: A Critical Biography" (Allen Lane, 2021)
Mirza Ghalib is one of the most celebrated poets in the Urdu literary canon. Yet, at the time, Ghalib was prolific in bo... Read more
20 May 2021
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42mins
Mehr Afshan Farooqi, "Ghalib: a Wilderness at My Doorstep: A Critical Biography" (Allen Lane, 2021)
Mehr Afshan Farooqi, "Ghalib: a Wilderness at My Doorstep: A Critical Biography" (Allen Lane, 2021)
Mirza Ghalib is one of the most celebrated poets in the Urdu literary canon. Yet, at the time, Ghalib was prolific in bo... Read more
20 May 2021
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42mins
David Abulafia, "The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans" (Allen Lane, 2019)
David Abulafia, "The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans" (Allen Lane, 2019)
Building on his 2011 work The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean, David Abulafia's latest book, The Boundle... Read more
10 Feb 2021
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1hr 11mins
Simon Baron-Cohen, "The Pattern Seekers: A New Theory of Human Invention" (Allen Lane, 2020)
Simon Baron-Cohen, "The Pattern Seekers: A New Theory of Human Invention" (Allen Lane, 2020)
Why are humans alone capable of invention? This question is relevant to every human invention, from music to mathematics... Read more
26 Jan 2021
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1hr 1min
Simon Baron-Cohen, "The Pattern Seekers: A New Theory of Human Invention" (Allen Lane, 2020)
Simon Baron-Cohen, "The Pattern Seekers: A New Theory of Human Invention" (Allen Lane, 2020)
Why are humans alone capable of invention? This question is relevant to every human invention, from music to mathematics... Read more
26 Jan 2021
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1hr 1min
Andrew Roberts, "Leadership in War: Lessons From Those Who Made History" (Allen Lane, 2019)
Andrew Roberts, "Leadership in War: Lessons From Those Who Made History" (Allen Lane, 2019)
Andrew Roberts is one of our most distinguished biographers and historians, and the author of the magisterial work, Chur... Read more
27 Nov 2019
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33mins
Andrew Roberts, "Leadership in War: Lessons From Those Who Made History" (Allen Lane, 2019)
Andrew Roberts, "Leadership in War: Lessons From Those Who Made History" (Allen Lane, 2019)
Andrew Roberts is one of our most distinguished biographers and historians, and the author of the magisterial work, Chur... Read more
27 Nov 2019
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33mins