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  • High Church/Low Church – An explainer

    High Church/Low Church – An explainer
    2025/06/02
    In this mini episode, Mark Meynell returns to explain just what that whole High Church/Low Church concept discussed in A Murder of Quality is about. Mark explains the historical and social distinctions between the two, detailing how Anglicanism and its relationship with non-conformist denominations shaped British society and class systems over time. He also touches […]
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    10 分
  • A Legacy of Spies by John le Carre Explored – Part 2

    A Legacy of Spies by John le Carre Explored – Part 2
    2025/05/26
    In the latest episode of the le Carré Cast, host Jeff continues his discussion with Mark Meynell about the themes and narrative intricacies of John le Carré’s A Legacy of Spies. The conversation explores how le Carré revisits and deconstructs the world and characters he created in The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, […]
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    44 分
  • A Legacy of Spies by John le Carre Explored – Part 1

    A Legacy of Spies by John le Carre Explored – Part 1
    2025/05/12
    In this episode of the le Carré Cast, host Jeff speaks with Mark Meynell, a freelance writer and author of ten non-fiction books, about his transition to writing fiction and his recent book, ‘A Wilderness of Mirrors.’ The discussion covers Mark’s discovery of John le Carré’s works, particularly A Legacy of Spies. They delve into […]
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    46 分
  • Interview – Nick Harkaway on Upcoming le Carre Projects

    Interview – Nick Harkaway on Upcoming le Carre Projects
    2025/04/28
    In part two of my discussion with Sleeper Beach novelist Nick Harkaway we discuss the latest in le Carré news. Nick talks about the upcoming adaptation of one of his novels into an Amason Prime show Kill Jackie, season 2 of The Night Manager and an update about the new comic series, The Circus: Losing […]
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    40 分
  • Interview – Nick Harkaway on Sleeper Beach

    Interview – Nick Harkaway on Sleeper Beach
    2025/04/14
    In this episode I am pleased to welcome back novelist Nick Harkaway. We discuss his latest work, Sleeper Beach, the second in his Titanium Noir series of futuristic mysteries. We talk about his earlier nonfiction book The Blind Giant, how we should be using technologies, and what does it mean when tech companies turn un-Evil. […]
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    42 分
  • Tod Hoffman on le Carré’s Landscape

    Tod Hoffman on le Carré’s Landscape
    2025/03/31
    In this episode I welcome Tod Hoffman, author of Le Carré Landscape, to the show. Tod is a former Canadian Intelligence Officer and used that knowledge to write his insightful book looking at le Carré’s work. We discuss le Carré’s use of interrogation in his novels, slow moving bureaucracy versus moving quickly and his decision […]
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    1 時間 6 分
  • Legacy of Spies TV series – Emergency Podcast

    Legacy of Spies TV series – Emergency Podcast
    2025/03/15
    In this episode we break down the news of a new George Smiley TV series – Legacy of Spies. I have TV and Film expert Matthew Bradford on to talk through what we know and might expect to come. We talk about the long gestating project, producers, and casting. All that and much more in […]
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    41 分
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – 50 years, 50 facts – 1 to 10

    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – 50 years, 50 facts – 1 to 10
    2025/02/17
    In this episode we are celebrating 50 years of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by counting up to 50 interesting things about the book. For numbers one to ten I’m welcoming Matthew Bradford back to the podcast. We talk that iconic cover, opening line and dig into the mystery of who the novel was dedicated to. […]
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    40 分