On the 2 May 1982, the Argentine battleship the 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰 was sunk by the British submarine HMS 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘳, killing over 300 in what would become the most controversial military action of the Falklands War. Margaret Thatcher and her government claimed the 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰 was an active threat, yet the diary of young Lieutenant Narendra Sethia, written on board the submarine at the time of the attack, suggested otherwise.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘺, our new podcast series, investigates the sinking and the national scandal that followed. In the final episode, Andrew O’Hagan speaks to Sethia and other men whose lives were altered by the sinking.
Listen to the full series at lrb.me/belgrano or wherever you get your podcasts
THE BELGRANO DIARY: a new six-part podcast series from the London Review of Books, presented by Andrew O'Hagan, starting 28 March.
An Argentinian warship torpedoed as it was heading home. War over a forgotten remnant of the empire, victory for a beleaguered prime minister back in Britain.
This is the story of the bloodiest and most controversial military action of the Falklands War; of government cover-ups and conspiracies; of whistleblowers, crusading politicians and journalists fighting for the story.
Caught in the middle of it all, a young officer who kept a diary that contradicted Margaret Thatcher’s account of the sinking in every crucial detail.
Listen to the trailer now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts – then follow in your podcast app to make sure you don’t miss an episode.
An Argentinian warship torpedoed as it was heading home. War over a forgotten remnant of the empire, victory for a beleaguered prime minister back in Britain.
This is the story of the bloodiest and most controversial military action of the Falklands War; of government cover-ups and conspiracies; of whistleblowers, crusading politicians and journalists fighting for the story.
Caught in the middle of it all, a young officer who kept a diary that contradicted Margaret Thatcher’s account of the sinking in every crucial detail.
THE BELGRANO DIARY: a new six-part podcast series from the London Review of Books, presented by Andrew O'Hagan, starting 28 March.
Listen to the trailer now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts – then follow in your podcast app to make sure you don’t miss an episode.
What is satire? In this Close Readings podcast series, Clare Bucknell and Colin Burrow attempt, over twelve episodes, to chart a stable course through some of the most unruly, vulgar, incoherent, savage and outright hilarious works in all of English literature. Subscribe to the podcast or sign up for a full Close Readings Plus course: you’ll still get podcast access to everything but also a host of other features to transform your reading in 2024.
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Agatha Christie, writes John Lanchester, ‘is the only writer by whom I’ve read more than fifty books. So – why?’ Listen to Lanchester read his piece from 2018, where he dissects Christie’s compulsive readability, and considers why, despite her brazen lack of style, she was a great experimental formalist:
lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/the-case-of-agatha-christie
‘Sontag was the supremo and I the obsequious gopher.’ Listen to Terry Castle read her piece about her ‘on-again, off-again, semi-friendship’ with author and theorist Susan Sontag here:
lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/desperately-seeking-susan
Susan Sontag was a moralist and a gossip, seductive and snobbish - and a catalytic force for modern feminism. Listen to literary critic Terry Castle recall her ‘on-again, off-again, semi-friendship’ with the author and theorist here:
lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/desperately-seeking-susan
In Ukraine, ravers are rebuilding destroyed villages through a project called Repair Together - the rhythm of techno music soundtracking the heavy labour of reconstruction. ‘It’s quickest if everyone moves to the beat.’
James Meek recently went to visit, and reports for the LRB Podcast.
What's going on in the bedroom scene in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'?
Medieval literature professor Irina Dumitrescu and historian Mary Wellesley discuss the hero's tricky predicament in their latest episode of Close Readings.
Find Close Readings on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your audio.
What do we know about ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’? Historian Mary Wellesley and medieval literature professor Irina Dumitrescu tackle the mysterious and dazzling 14th-century poem in their latest Close Readings podcast.
Find Close Readings on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
