John Phipps

The Literary Disco podcast made me want to throw my laptop at the wall

Plus: if you want to hear some great short stories, well told, head to the New Yorker and René Auberjonois reading Stefan Zweig

George Eliot, author of Middlemarch, one of the 'most effective instruments ever devised for the destruction of human vanity'. Image: Culture Club / Getty Images
  • Comments

  • Selected Shorts; Literary Disco

    Spotify, iTunes and other apps

  • Love Letter

    New Yorker, via its site

Already a subscriber? Log in

This article is for subscribers only

Subscribe and get your first month of access for free. After that it’s just £10.99 a month.

There’s no commitment, you can cancel any time.

  • Unlimited access to our website and app
  • Enjoy Spectator newsletters and podcasts
  • Explore our online archive, going back to 1828

Read next

Trending

Kate Andrews

The dangers of political prosecution

Kate Andrews
From the magazine
At the start of January, Donald Trump offered up a cheery new year message for Americans. ‘If I don’t get immunity, then Crooked Joe Biden doesn’t get immunity,’ the former president declared on his social media platform Truth Social. With this, he touched on a looming question about 2024: will the presidential race be decided

Because you read about books

Also by John Phipps

Latest

Comments

A blooming good offer

Join the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting the next 3 months for £3.

Already a subscriber? Log in