The Hedgehog and the Fox

This week, we launch a new series, Conversations with Publishers. It seems to me that being curious about books needn’t stop at the people who write them; it can also… Read More Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest this week is Mark Polizzotti, author notably of a biography of surrealist André Breton; publisher at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and acclaimed translator from French of books… Read More Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we’re focusing on one of the nineteenth century’s most successful and influential writers, Victor Hugo. By the time of his death in 1885, Hugo was undoubtedly the most… Read More Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Ingold, a renowned anthropologist, dives into the ethical foundations of anthropology. He argues for the discipline as a collaborative project addressing contemporary human issues. The conversation highlights the evolution of fieldwork and the need to redefine humanity beyond traditional frameworks. Ingold shares insights from his fieldwork with the Sami people, emphasizing interconnectedness with nature. He advocates for innovative methods in anthropology and discusses the importance of engaging younger practitioners in this transformative journey.

This week the Hedgehog and the Fox turn their curiosity on books themselves, indeed on a book entitled The Book by Amaranth Borsuk, which appears in the MIT Essential Knowledge… Read More Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I was in Stockholm for the first time a few weeks before Christmas, so I was intrigued when I recently came across a new book about a study that’s followed… Read More Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first Hedgehog & Fox podcast of 2019, we grapple with some big questions – does history matter? If so, why? And is it, and other forms of knowledge,… Read More Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest in this week’s programme is Paul Luna, who’s the author of a recent book on typography in the Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press. Paul is… Read More Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the Hedgehog and the Fox examine the humble postcard. In fact, when the postcard was new it was anything but humble, as Monica Cure, my guest on today’s… Read More Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A few weeks ago, I put up an interview with Anne O’Neill-Henry about her book Mastering the Marketplace, which examines the dawn of the era of the bestseller in nineteenth-century… Read More Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.