THE books podcast: Robert Eaglestone interview
Podcast Powered By PodbeanDownload the podcastOur second Books podcast features Robert Eaglestone, professor of contemporary literature and thought at Royal Holloway, University of London, in...
Podcast Powered By PodbeanDownload the podcastOur second Books podcast features Robert Eaglestone, professor of contemporary literature and thought at Royal Holloway, University of London, in...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Robert Eaglestone reflects on the limits of hagiography
Robert Eaglestone finds much to admire in an unapologetic attempt to justify the humanities in their own terms
Robert Eaglestone relishes a business history that is as much of a page-turner as a novel
Which books have brought insight or consolation to academics and other university staff in this turbulent year? Our expert readers share their discoveries
Robert Eaglestone has reservations about a pre-eminent historian’s analysis of the continuing myths about the Nazis
Robert Eaglestone applauds a bold, although not wholly successful, attempt to reorientate our thinking in the wake of trauma
Robert Eaglestone risks getting a bit ‘meta’ in reviewing a book about the failures of reviewers
With a new show in the pipeline, academics have many suggestions for plot lines and pitfalls to avoid
Robert Eaglestone praises a bold attempt to reveal how much of our moral thinking is still conducted in the shadow of the ancient Greeks
Book of the week: Robert Eaglestone is fascinated by a bold attempt to break down the barriers between literary critics and ‘ordinary readers’
Number of students taking subjects at A level drops after introduction of reformed GCSEs
Robert Eaglestone is thrilled by an intellectual tour de force
From football to religious intolerance and from witchcraft to Hollywood excess: our reviewers select a book they have recently read and would warmly recommend to others and another they look forward...