John Yorke takes a look at King Lear, Shakespeare’s most brutal tragedy. Read more
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King Lear - Episode One
John Yorke takes a look at King Lear, Shakespeare’s most brutal tragedy.
King Lear - Episode Two
Comet in Moominland
John Yorke takes a look at Tove Jansson's 1946 novel Comet in Moominland.
The Girls of Slender Means
John Yorke takes a look at The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark.
Death at La Fenice
John Yorke looks at Death at La Fenice, Donna Leon’s first Commissario Brunetti novel.
Hiroshima
John Yorke looks at how Hiroshima, the book by John Hersey, changed journalism.
Treasure Island
John Yorke looks at Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
On the Origin of Species
John Yorke investigates Charles Darwin’s world-changing book On The Origin of Species.
The Cherry Orchard - Episode One
John Yorke takes a look at Anton Chekhov’s final and most radical play.
The Cherry Orchard - Episode Two
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
John Yorke looks at the worldwide bestseller A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian.
