Podcast appearances and mentions of Laura Cumming

In this episode of the Shakespeare and Company Interview Podcast, Adam Biles welcomes Philip Hoare to the bookstore for a mesmerizing conversation about Hoare's latest book, William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love. With characteristic lyricism, Hoare explores the mystic intersections between Blake's visionary art and poetry and the siren call of the ocean. The discussion flows through queer longing, mythic imagery, and the enduring pull of nature and art. A haunting, moving, and often playful exchange—as unruly and evocative as the sea itself.Buy William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/the-moon-is-a-watery-star*Philip Hoare is the author of ten works of non-fiction. His Leviathan won the Baillie Gifford Prize, and the New York Times praised his last book, Albert &; the Whale, as the result of ‘the forceful weather system that is Hoare's imagination'. Writing in the Observer, Laura Cumming called his writing ‘the animating magic that brings people of the past directly into our present and unleashes spectacular visions along the way'. He lives in Southampton, on the south coast of England, and swims every day in the sea.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. His latest novel, Beasts of England, a sequel to Animal Farm, is available now. Buy a signed copy here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/beasts-of-englandListen to Alex Freiman's latest EP, In The Beginning: https://open.spotify.com/album/5iZYPMCUnG7xiCtsFCBlVa?si=h5x3FK1URq6SwH9Kb_SO3w Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back in 1911, the Mona Lisa didn't get a lot of attention. Art critics considered it an excellent example of a painting from the renaissance era, but the general public wasn't nearly so enamored. That changed in August of that year, when someone plucked it off the wall of the Louvre, busted it out of its glass box and frame, and took off with it. Remember, kids, history hoes always cite their sources! For this episode, Kristin pulled from: “Who stole the Mona Lisa?” by Simon Kuper for Slate “Stolen: How the Mona Lisa became the world's most famous painting,” by James Zug for Smithsonian Magazine “Stealing Mona Lisa,” by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler for Vanity Fair The documentary “Mona Lisa is Missing” “When Picasso went on trial for stealing the Mona Lisa,” by Ian Shank for Artsy.net “The man who stole the Mona Lisa,” by Laura Cumming for The Guardian “The Theft That Made The ‘Mona Lisa' A Masterpiece,” NPR.org Are you enjoying An Old Timey Podcast? Then please leave us a 5-star rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts! Are you *really* enjoying An Old Timey Podcast? Well, calm down, history ho! You can get more of us on Patreon at patreon.com/oldtimeypodcast. At the $5 level, you'll get a monthly bonus episode (with video!), access to our 90's style chat room, plus the entire back catalog of bonus episodes from Kristin's previous podcast, Let's Go To Court.

5x15 and The Writers' Prize present a powerhouse line-up of international writing talent to speak with host, literary critic, and journalist Alex Clark about their recent works, all in contention for this year's Prize. Paul Murray, The Bee Sting Paul Murray, born in Dublin in 1975, authored An Evening of Long Goodbyes, Skippy Dies, The Mark and the Void, and The Bee Sting. An Evening of Long Goodbyes was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award. Skippy Dies was shortlisted for the Costa Novel award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and longlisted for the Booker Prize. The Mark and the Void won the Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2016. The Bee Sting was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023. Paul Murray lives in Dublin. Zadie Smith, The Fraud Zadie Smith, born in northwest London, authored White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW, Swing Time, The Embassy of Cambodia, and collections of essays and short stories. The Fraud is her first historical novel. Laura Cumming, Thunderclap Laura Cumming has been the art critic of the Observer since 1999. The Vanishing Man was longlisted for the Baillie-Gifford Prize, shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, and won the 2017 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography. On Chapel Sands was shortlisted for several prizes. Naomi Klein, Doppelganger Naomi Klein authored international bestsellers including This Changes Everything, The Shock Doctrine, No Logo, No Is Not Enough, and On Fire. She is an associate professor at the University of British Columbia and has launched a regular column for The Guardian. Liz Berry, The Home Child Liz Berry, an award-winning poet, authored collections including Black Country, The Republic of Motherhood, The Dereliction, and The Home Child, a novel in verse. Liz has received the Somerset Maugham Award and Forward Prizes. Mark O'Connell, A Thread of Violence Mark O'Connell authored A Thread of Violence, Notes from an Apocalypse, and To Be a Machine, awarded the Wellcome Book Prize and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. His work appears in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Slate, and The Guardian. Jason Allen-Paisant, Self-Portrait as Othello Jason Allen-Paisant is a Jamaican writer and academic at the University of Manchester. He's the author of Thinking with Trees, winner of the OCM Bocas Prize, and Self-Portrait as Othello. His non-fiction book, Scanning the Bush, will be published in 2024. Our Host Alex Clark, a seasoned critic and broadcaster, chairs the discussion. Winners will be announced on March 13th, 2024.

Miranda and Paul are joined by art critic and author Laura Cumming, whose acclaimed book 'Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death' explores painting in the 17th-century Dutch Republic. It was a true Golden Age, an era of great artists whose prodigious output of paintings is unrivalled anywhere in European history.  Laura's book focuses on the work of Carel Fabritius, whose extraordinary career was cut short when he died in the Delft Thunderclap, a huge explosion of stored gunpowder that devastated the small Dutch town. But her book is also a meditation on artists' relationship with time, and a memoir of Laura's father, himself a noted painter. '1666 and All That' is presented by Paul Lay and Miranda Malins. The producer is Hugh Costello. Original music is by George Taylor. The episode is mixed by Sam Gunn. 

Paddington director Paul King returns with Wonka starring Timothée Chalamet in the title role. He talks with Samira about exploring the backstory of Willy Wonka and Roald Dahl's surprising vision for fiction's greatest confectioner.Front Row rounds up the best non-fiction books of 2023 with Caroline Sanderson - non-fiction books editor for The Bookseller and chair of judges for the Baillie Gifford Prize in 2022, Stephanie Merritt - critic and novelist, and John Mitchinson - cofounder of Unbound, the independent crowdfunding publisher and co-presenter of literary podcast, Backlisted.The extraordinary work of the artist Pauline Boty (1938 – 1966) is explored by the curator of a new exhibition, Mila Askarova, and the art historian Lynda Nead.Presenter Samira Ahmed Producer: Paula McGrathFront Row non-fiction recommendations for 2023Toy Fights: A Boyhood by Don Patterson published by Faber and Faber Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art, Life and Sudden Death by Laura Cumming published by Chatto & Windus How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir by Safiya Sinclair published by Fourth Estate Twelve Words for Moss by Elizabeth-Jane Burnett published by Allen Lane The British Year in 72 Seasons by Kiera Chapman, Rowan Jaines, Lulah Ellgender and Rebecca Warren published by Granta Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside by Rebecca Smith published by William Collins High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia's Haunted Hinterland by Tom Parfitt published by Headline Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon published by Hutchinson Heinemann Shakespeare's Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio by Chris Laoutaris published by Williams Collins

Ian McMillan discusses the act of looking, what it means to write about art and to translate what you see into language, and the relationship between art and life; with American poet Terrance Hayes, Christine Coulson, whose novel One Woman Show is told through museum wall labels, author and art critic Laura Cumming, and Jason Allen-Paisan whose Forward Prize winning collection, Self-Portrait As Othello, explores self-examination through the depiction of the other.

On the morning of 12 October 1654, in the Dutch city of Delft, a sudden explosion was followed by a thunderclap that could be heard more than 70 miles away. Carel Fabritius - now known across the world for his exquisite painting 'The Goldfinch' - had been at work in his studio. He, along with many others, would not survive the day.In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to The Observer's art critic Laura Cumming whose new book, Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life & sudden death, reveals her passion for the art of the Dutch Golden Age and her determination to lift up the reputation of Fabritius. This episode was edited by Joseph Knight and produced by Rob Weinberg.Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned historians including Dan Snow, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lucy Worsley, Matt Lewis, Tristan Hughes and more. Get 50% off your first 3 months with code TUDORS. Download the app on your smart TV or in the app store or sign up here >You can take part in our listener survey here >For more Not Just The Tudors content, subscribe to our Tudor Tuesday newsletter here > Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura Cumming returns to Little Atoms and talks to Neil about her latest book Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life & sudden death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the art critic Laura Cumming. Her new book Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death talks about her fascination for the paintings of the Dutch 17th-century Golden Age, and in particular the entrancing work of the enigmatic Carel Fabritius. She tells me how her preoccupation links to the story of her artist father, why she thinks academic art historians too often miss the most important thing about paintings, and how looking at a work of art makes it possible to commune with the dead.

My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the art critic Laura Cumming. Her new book Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death talks about her fascination for the paintings of the Dutch 17th-century Golden Age, and in particular the entrancing work of the enigmatic Carel Fabritius. She tells me how her preoccupation links to the story of her artist father, why she thinks academic art historians too often miss the most important thing about paintings, and how looking at a work of art makes it possible to commune with the dead.

Guest artist MIKHAIL KARIKIS joins poet and art critic CHERRY SMYTH to discuss his art practice via 'Human Acts' by Han Kang, 2016 published by Granta Books. Set in 1980 South Korea, the novel tells the gruelling story of a violently suppressed student uprising and the inevitable fallout from the original trauma. MIKHAIL and CHERRY's discussion encompasses trust, courage, coalminers, eco-activism, protest and pearl-divers. As well as chance encounters, female superheroes, community collaboration, violent suppression, active listening, self censorship, activist imaginary, heteronormative language, acoustics of resistance, Greek working class, repercussions of trauma, our relationship to the earth, sounds to engender change, giving over artistic power, speaking on behalf of the dead, sound as a sculptural material, a tsunami of screaming, plus being out of tune with ourselves, our social context and the environment. Please support the production of this podcast via patreon.com/artfictionspodcast. And you're welcome to contact the team directly on artfictionspodcast@gmail.com and follow what's happening on Instagram @artfictionspodcast.   MIKHAIL KARIKIS Greek-British artist based in London & Lisbon, working in video, sound and performance. mikhailkarikis.com @mikhailkarikis 'Because We Are Together' National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens 28 Jan - 8 Oct 2023 'The Weather Orchestra' 2023 'Ferocious Love' 2020 Tate Liverpool as recommended by Laura Cumming in 'The Guardian' 'I Hear You' 2019 'No Ordinary Protest' 2018 'The Chalk Factory' 2017 Aarhus Denmark, commissioned by European Capital of Culture 'Sounds from Beneath' 2011-2012   CHERRY SMYTH 'If the River is Hidden' co-authored with Craig Jordan-Baker 'Famished'   ARTISTS + MUSEUMS + PRACTITIONERS Ceri Hand HOME Manchester Mathilda Bevan Tate Liverpool The Granary Gallery Thelma Hubert Gallery The Showroom Whitechapel Gallery   BOOKS + AUTHORS + WRITERS Alison Branagan 'The Essential Guide to Business for Artists and Designers' 2011 Hartmut Rosa 'Resonance: A Sociology of Our Relationship to the World' 2021

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 28, 2023 is: doctrinaire • dahk-truh-NAIR • adjective Doctrinaire is a formal word that means “stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations.” It is often used disapprovingly to describe a person who has very strong beliefs about what should be done and who will not change those beliefs or accept other people's opinions. // They were pleased by the shift in leadership, as their old mayor was extremely doctrinaire. See the entry > Examples: “[The art exhibition,] In the Black Fantastic is a magnificent experience, spectacular from first to last. ... The premise is succinct: to unite artists from the African diaspora who use fantasy, myth and fiction to address racism and injustice. Apposite literary quotations appear on the walls, from Frantz Fanon and others. But there is nothing theoretical or doctrinaire about the work.” — Laura Cumming, The Guardian (London), 3 July 2022 Did you know? The noun doctrine refers to a set of ideas or beliefs that are taught or believed to be true, and is often used specifically for the principles on which a government or religion may be based. Its adjectival form, doctrinal (“of, relating, or preoccupied with doctrine”), as in “doctrinal teachings,” is straightforward and not particularly judgmental. Doctrinaire, however, describes someone who is rigidly and impractically devoted to a doctrine. This critical connotation comes from the word's history in post-revolutionary France as a name for members of a group of constitutional monarchists led by statesman and philosopher Pierre Paul Royer-Collard. Royer-Collard's doctrine was opposed by both ultraroyalists and revolutionists, and he was given the nickname “doctrinaire,” which was later capitalized and extended to his colleagues, thereafter known as the Doctrinaires.

This short clip is an except from Episode 28 with Tammy Crowell and Laura Cumming. In this clip, they provide advice to current Accounting Majors and CPA Graduates. See link to the full episode: https://anchor.fm/samantha-taylor15/episodes/Taking-the-Nonlinear-Path--Tammy-Crowell--MBA--CPA--CA-Laura-Cumming--MBA--CPA--CA-e1cdsnd

This short clip is an except from Episode 28 with Tammy Crowell and Laura Cumming. In this clip, they reflect on doing their CPA and whether they have any regrets. See link to the full episode: https://anchor.fm/samantha-taylor15/episodes/Taking-the-Nonlinear-Path--Tammy-Crowell--MBA--CPA--CA-Laura-Cumming--MBA--CPA--CA-e1cdsnd

This short clip is an except from Episode 28 with Tammy Crowell and Laura Cumming. In this clip, they discuss the best and worst parts about teaching at a University. See link to the full episode: https://anchor.fm/samantha-taylor15/episodes/Taking-the-Nonlinear-Path--Tammy-Crowell--MBA--CPA--CA-Laura-Cumming--MBA--CPA--CA-e1cdsnd

This short clip is an except from Episode 28 with Dalhousie Accounting Instructors Tammy Crowell and Laura Cumming. In this clip, they discuss their paths to becoming a CPA. See link to the full episode: https://anchor.fm/samantha-taylor15/episodes/Taking-the-Nonlinear-Path--Tammy-Crowell--MBA--CPA--CA-Laura-Cumming--MBA--CPA--CA-e1cdsnd

Tammy Crowell and Laura Cumming are both Instructors of Accounting at the Rowe School of Business at Dalhousie University. Along with Sam, they are all close colleagues working to help their students. In this special episode, they sat down to discuss the paths that led them to teaching together at Dalhousie and their journeys to becoming CPAs. They also provide advice to Accounting Majors and CPA Graduates, among much more. -- Tammy's Info: Website: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/rsb/faculty-and-staff/our-faculty/tammy-crowell.html Laura's Info: Website: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/rsb/faculty-and-staff/our-faculty/laura-cumming.html Sam's Info: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-taylor-64b93558/ Email: thesamtaylorpodcast@gmail.com

Laura Cumming talks about her Synaesthesia. Elaine Brown tells the story of the song "There is a Redeemer". Malcolm Guite reads his version of Psalm 38. Alan Sorensen looks for Guidance.

The writer and art critic Laura Cumming talks to Michael Berkeley about the music and art she loves and the extraordinary story of her family. Laura has been writing about art for The Observer for more than two decades, but her books suggest that at heart she's really a detective. All three have unravelled mysteries: a missing Velázquez painting; the inner lives of great artists revealed through their self-portraits; and the secrets and lies which lay behind the kidnap of her mother, aged three, on a Lincolnshire beach in 1929. She describes how her mother overcame childhood trauma and neglect to become an artist and the lynchpin of her own loving family. Her mother introduced Laura to classical music and she chooses a Chopin Nocturne and a performance by Andrés Segovia to remind her of the music they listened to together when she was growing up in Edinburgh. Laura describes the emotional power of art and music, from the overpowering effect of her favourite painting by Velázquez to the music of Bach, Shostakovich, Mozart and the music of the Hebrides, where she spent childhood holidays. And she reveals why, despite her passion for music, she can't bear to go to concerts. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 3

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Laura Cumming - author and art critic for The Observer - about Velázquez, arguably the greatest genius of Spanish painting. They particularly discuss one of the world's most remarkable paintings - Las Meninas ('The Ladies in Waiting'), how the artist rose through the stifling, gilded court of Philip IV, and the way in which Velázquez dignified everyone he painted - from the King himself through to some of the most vulnerable members of his court. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the summer edition of For Your Ears Only packed with lots of recently added titles to tempt you with. The past few months have been difficult for everyone, so we hope you are keeping well and that the books you are receiving from us are helping to bring you some comfort and enjoyment. This season’s picks include the latest in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan detective series by Val McDermid called “How the Dead Speak”, another spine-tingling offer from author Laura Purcell in the form of “Bone China”, plus the first in a new series by Gervase Phinn called “The School at the Top of the Dale”. If you are after some non-fiction choices, then how about “Chastise: The Dambusters Story” by Max Hastings or Sunday Times bestseller “On Chapel Sands” by Laura Cumming.

The Diary of a Nobody (1892) by George and Weedon Grossmith is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to celebrate this touching and funny classic of suburban manners, first published in 1892 and never out of print since, are writer and critic Laura Cumming and novelist and Grossmith expert E.O. Higgins. Also in this episode Andy has been on an imaginary pub crawl round The Local by Maurice Gorham and Edward Ardizzone, while John has been enjoying Percival Everett's 2009 novel I Am Not Sidney Poitier, newly published in the UK by Influx Press.

Laura Cumming, in conversation with William Dalrymple, discusses unearthing family secrets that she had explored in one of the biggest nonfiction hits of last year, 'On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing Persons'. Watch their conversation only on #JLFBraveNewWorld!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Friday on Tea & Tattle Podcast, I’m joined by the art critic and author, Laura Cumming, to discuss Laura’s brilliant book, On Chapel Sands, which is a fascinating investigation into family history and family secrets. In her book, Laura recounts her mother’s kidnapping one autumn afternoon in 1929 from a beach near Chapel St Leonards in Lincolnshire. Laura’s mother, Betty (as she was called as a child), was missing for five days before being found, but she lost all memory of the incident and only found out about the kidnapping when she was in her sixties. Laura, intrigued by this mystery, as well as other curious circumstances surrounding her mother’s childhood, began looking for clues in old family photographs. On Chapel Sands is an account of Laura’s investigations and her remarkable revelations. The book is a beautiful portrait of a particular time, family and place, and it’s also a moving tribute to Laura’s mother. The story is told through Laura’s poetic prose, as well as through photographs and artworks of particular significance, and it’s Laura’s discerning eye and microscopic analysis of images that bring so many surprising truths to light. On Chapel Sands is a marvellous read for anyone interested in family history, and I had a wonderful time chatting to Laura about how she came to write this account of her mother’s early life. Read the show notes: teaandtattlepodcast.com/home/136 Get in touch! Email: teaandtattlepodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @teaandtattlepodcast If you enjoy Tea & Tattle, please do rate and leave a review of the show on Apple Podcasts, as good reviews help other people to find and enjoy the show. Thank you!

We explore how safe museums are from theft now that they are closed and cities are under lockdown due to the coronavirus. We talk to Martin Bailey about the recent theft of a Van Gogh in the Netherlands, the history of stolen Van Goghs and who steals art and why. We also talk to Vernon Rapley, the director of cultural heritage protection & security at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, about how safe the museum is as London’s streets remain deserted. Plus, Laura Cumming picks the latest Lonely Work behind closed doors in a museum: Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus from the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels. And we have a special contribution from the artist—and cartoonist for The Art Newspaper—Pablo Helguera. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Summary For this Tea Reads March Special, I've invited my Mum to join me on the podcast for a Mother-Daughter Book Chat. As I we can’t go outside and enjoy a lot of cultural pursuits at the moment, I thought it would be fun to dedicate Tea Reads episodes during this difficult time to plenty of bookish chat. Do put the kettle on and join my Mum and me for a cosy discussion, featuring lots of ‘happy books.’ Episode Links Meet Mr Mulliner by P. G. Wodehouse. Internet Archive. Francine Raymond website. Her books are available here. Ten Poems About Baking by Helena Nelson. The Austen Girls by Lucy Worsley. Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley. Dress in the Age of Jane Austen by Hilary Davidson. A Place Called Home by Cath Kidston. The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston. Letters from Longstock by Geoffrey Snagge (out of print). Geraldene Holt’s Cake Stall by Geraldene Holt (out of print). Diary of a French Herb Garden by Geraldene Holt (out of print). Geraldene Holt’s website. Marram by Leonie Charlton. On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming. Find Tea & Tattle on instagram: @teaandtattlepodcast Read the show notes: teaandtattlepodcast.com/home/teareads32 Get in touch! Email: teaandtattlepodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @teaandtattlepodcast If you enjoy Tea & Tattle, please do rate and leave a review of the show on Apple Podcasts, as good reviews help other people to find and enjoy the show. Thank you! Happy Listening!

Art critic Laura Cumming spoke to Eleanor Wachtel about her latest book, Five Days Gone, an investigation into her mother's disappearance as a child in 1929.

Gail, Hazel and host Philippa enter the world of second-hand bookselling with Chris Saunders of Henry Sotheran’s, the world’s oldest antiquarian bookshop. From folios to quartos, half-binding to cockling, foxing to forgery, they tackle trade terminology and share tales of rarities and curiosities. The conversation ranges far and wide in the typical Slightly Foxed manner – from Parisian romances and the libraries of English country houses to outsized ornithological specimens and books of unusual provenance. In this month’s wander through the magazine’s archives Nigel Anthony recounts the tale of a bookseller’s quest for bibliophilic bliss in a sleepy corner of the Cotswolds, and there’s the usual round-up of recommended reading from off the beaten track. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 40 minutes; 36 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch (mailto:anna@foxedquarterly.com) with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. Going Solo (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/roald-dahl-going-solo-no-49/) , Roald Dahl (2:00) The Natural History of Selborne (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/the-natural-history-of-selborne/) , Gilbert White (4:32) Slightly Foxed – But Still Desirable, Ronald Searle is out of print (7:27) The Great Game, Peter Hopkirk is out of print (11:13) Birds of America (https://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america) , John James Audobon (21:00) Earthworms and Their Allies, Frank E. Beddard is out of print (32:43) On Chapel Sands (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/laura-cuming-on-chapel-sands/) , Laura Cumming (34:47) Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/amanda-foreman-georgiana-duchess-of-devonshire) , Amanda Foreman (35:51) The Berlin Novels: Mr Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin (https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/christopher-isherwood-berlin-novels) , Christopher Isherwood (36:59)  As It Was and World Without End, Helen Thomas are out of print (38:22) Related Slightly Foxed Articles  Turning a Page (https://foxedquarterly.com/glyn-frewer-second-hand-bookselling-literary-review/) , Glyn Frewer on second-hand bookselling in Issue 42 (26:34)  Other Links The Slightly Foxed Podcast was selected as one of the Sunday Times Top 100 Podcasts to Love (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/100-podcasts-to-love-nvwx7t9vn) (2:19) Sotheran’s Rare Books and Prints (https://sotherans.co.uk/) , London (3:09) Gilbert White’s House and Gardens (https://gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/) , Hampshire (4:28) Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach Reading music from filmmusic.io (https://filmmusic.io/) ‘Touching Moments Five – Circle’ by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (https://incompetech.com/) ) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ) The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable (https://www.podcastable.co.uk/)

On this week’s show, we talk to Laura Cumming and Rhik Samadder about their memoirs, take a look at the Booker shortlist and give a verdict on Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/bookspod

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It's the 600th Little Atoms! and Neil welcomes Laura Cumming back to the show. Laura Cumming has been chief art critic of the Observer since 1999. Her book, The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velázquez, was Book of the Week on Radio 4, Wall Street Journal Book of the Year and a New York Times bestseller. It won the 2017 James Tait Black Biography Prize and was published to critical acclaim (‘A riveting detective story: readers will be spellbound’ Colm Tóibín). Her first book, A Face to the World: On Self-Portraits, was described by Nick Hornby as ‘Brilliant, fizzing with ideas not just about art but human nature’ and by Julian Barnes as ‘that rare item: an art book where the text is so enthralling that the pictures almost seem like an interruption’. Laura’s latest book is On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing Persons. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ray Bradbury's uncanny tales are the subject of this episode of Backlisted. John and Andy are joined by author and literary editor of The Spectator Sam Leith and writer and radio presenter Jennifer Lucy Allan. Also under discussion are Jay Bernard's poetry collection Surge and On Chapel Sands, the new memoir by art critic Laura Cumming.

The art of Cindy Sherman; art critic Laura Cumming on finding out the history behind the days her mother disappeared as a child on a Lincolnshire beach, New Generation Thinker Susan Greaney on local history museums. Naomi Paxton presents and joining her to talk about Cindy Sherman are Laura Cumming, the actor Adjoa Andoh, photographer Juno Calypso and New Generation Thinker Joe Moshenska from the University of Oxford. Laura Cumming's memoir is called On Chapel Sands and it is being read as the Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qftk Cindy Sherman runs at the National Portrait Gallery in London from Thu, 27 Jun 2019 – Sun, 15 Sep 2019. The retrospective will explore the development of Sherman’s work from the mid-1970s to the present day, and will feature around 150 works from international public and private collections, Susan Greaney works part-time for English Heritage and researches at Cardiff University. She is a New Generation Thinker on the scheme run by the BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to select ten academics each year who can turn their research into radio. You can find more about Juno Calypso here https://www.junocalypso.com/ In our archives you can hear Laura Cumming and Joe Moshenska on Velasquez https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03dx7tw Novelist Nicola Upson on imagining the life of artist Stanley Spencer https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000573q Scrumbly Koldewyn and the politics of fashion and drag https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09zcjch Producer: Fiona McLean

Laura Cumming has been the art critic of the Observer since 1999. Previously, she was Arts Editor for the New Statesman, presenter of Nightwaves on BBC Radio 3, and arts producer at the BBC World Service. Her previous book, A Face to the World: On Self-Portraits received widespread critical acclaim. Laura’s latest book is The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velázquez. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Natalie Clein has had a distinguished career as a classical cellist since winning the 1994 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition aged only 16. She talks about her new album of 20th century solo cello music as well as the challenges and rewards of the cellist's repertoire.Lemony Snicket's Unfortunate Series of Events has been enthralling young readers and their parents since it was first published in 1999. The 13 books follow the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire after their parents' death in a fire. Now Netflix has made a drama series of the first four books. Children's Laureate Chris Riddell reviews. Are streaming companies like Netflix and Amazon changing the way TV series are written? Zal Batmanglij, the co-writer of The OA, a new mystery drama on Netflix, explains why he chose to make each episode a different length, and Danny Brocklehurst, writer of Shameless and Clocking Off, describes how writing without restraints can be a curse as well as a blessing.Art critic and author, Laura Cumming discusses her book The Vanishing Man - In Pursuit of Velázquez. The story of Victorian bookseller obsessed with proving a painting he owned was by the Spanish master, it also reveals the latest documentary evidence in the mystery.Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Edwina Pitman.

John and Andy are joined by Laura Cumming, the art critic for The Observer and author of 'The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velázquez', and Hilary Murray Hill, CEO at Hachette Children's Books, to talk bout Jane Gardam's debut novel 'A Long Way from Verona'.

Anne McElvoy looks at changing fashions and values in the art world as she talks to Observer critic Laura Cumming about her researches into a 19th-century court case involving a Velázquez portrait. New Generation Thinker Joe Moshenska joins the conversation to explain more about the trip to Spain during which the future Charles I was painted by the Spanish artist. Curator Liz Gilmore and dealer Julian Hartnoll discuss the British painter John Bratby who was celebrated and seen as an enfant terrible of the art world in the '50s and '60s. He is believed to have painted over 1500 works and an exhibition at the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings has drawn upon paintings brought in by members of the public. Artist Gayle Chong Kwan is working on a project based upon the North Eastern food dish Pan Haggerty. She talks about the walks, videos and photographs she has been creating as part of her residency in East Durham. Laura Cumming's book is called The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velázquez John Bratby: Everything But The Kitchen Sink Including The Kitchen Sink runs at the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings from January 30th to April 17th. The Pan Hag Project is being produced in conjunction with Forma Arts. Producer: Ella-Mai Robey

Laura writes: I originally trained as a management accountant and have worked in large Fortune 500 companies for over 10 years in various senior positions. Over time it became clear to me that I was much more interested in people and supporting them to grow personally and develop their business, than I was in the […]