Thank you, Sam Leith 🐝 for having me on The Spectator Book Club! Sam and I discussed Ashurbanipal's library, mouth-opening rituals, divination, magic, The Exorcist and much more! spectator.co.uk/podcast/selena… #LibraryofAncientWisdom

Should we be worried that more kids are listening to audiobooks for pleasure rather than reading books? Children’s love of stories has always jumped from platform to platform, writes Sam Leith 🐝👇 buff.ly/4kg7QD4

Homer, Shakespeare and Milton all composed for the ear rather than the eye. Listening to audiobooks, if it leads to reading, may actually be good for children. Sam Leith 🐝👇 buff.ly/4kg7QD4

This week’s Book Club podcast features Michael Wolff, whose book All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America, tells the inside story of the Trump campaign from the 6 January riots to his return to the White House. Michael Wolff | Sam Leith 🐝 buff.ly/ez5OzAX

It's true that capitalists by and large hate capitalism - given their druthers, entrepreneurs would like to attain a perch from which they get to set prices and wages and need not fear competitors. 1/

Even by Amazon standards, this is extraordinarily sleazy: starting March 28, each Amazon Echo device will cease processing audio on-device and instead upload all the audio it captures to Amazon's cloud for processing. 1/

Hugely looking forward to OxfordLitFest next month when I shall be discussing all things fantastical in children's books with Sam Leith 🐝 #annajames and Pari Thomson - and on my birthday, too! That's *how* dedicated I am to you all oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-eve…

My colleague Svitlana Morenets explains here with superb clarity and controlled rage just how badly Trump is trying to dick Ukraine spectator.co.uk/article/trumps…

Lovely afternoon in spring Oxford talking all things fantasy and world building with the brilliant Anna James and Pari Thomson , superbly chaired by Sam Leith 🐝 for OxfordLitFest . The sun shone and young readers came out in force. Joy 🌞

I'm chairing Max Hastings next month. Come along! Tickets at spectator.co.uk/booksevents

"You Talkin' To Me?" by Sam Leith 🐝 is one of the best #rhetoric books of all time! mostrecommendedbooks.com/lists/best-rhe…

Podcast with Fara Dabhoiwala about his book What Is Free Speech? Discusses the origins of free speech as an idea, how to think more deeply about free speech, and traces how we got into our current predicaments. The Spectator Sam Leith 🐝 thepodcastbrowser.com/fara-dabhoiwal…

Anne Sebba: The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz | The Spectator - a favourite hour in the publicity whirl thanks Sam Leith 🐝 goo.gl/alerts/DnKBQN #GoogleAlerts

Legendary Sam Wanamaker described the modern Shakespeare’s Globe as "a cockpit for the human spirit." It certainly was for Shakespeare. A fascinating discussion between Sam Leith 🐝 and Daniel Swift on his new book. Worth your time over a pot of tea. spectator.co.uk/podcast/daniel…

📚LAST CHANCE!📚 Don't miss out on The Book Club Live: An evening with Max Hastings, this Thursday 15 May! Sam Leith 🐝 will discuss Max's new book, Sword: D-Day - Trial by Battle 🎟️Tickets: spectator.co.uk/booksevents

I was delighted to speak with Sam Leith 🐝 on The Spectator Book Club podcast about my new book: spectator.co.uk/podcast/julie-…

Sam Leith’s guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Geoff Dyer, who’s talking about his memoir, Homework. Geoff, in this new book, bids fair to be the Proust of Airfix models and prog rock. Listen here 👇 Sam Leith 🐝 spectator.co.uk/podcast/geoff-…

Put the hot coffee down!✍️ Here with my review of THE POSSESSION by Nobel Prize winner, Annie Ernaux. Written for The Spectator The Spectator Thanks to books editor Sam Leith Sam Leith 🐝 spectator.co.uk/article/murder…

On the Hindustan Times Books page today, reviews of 'Needle at the Bottom of the Sea;Classic Bengali Stories frm the Sundarbans' trans. by Tony K Stewart nd 'The Fertile Earth' by Ruthvika Rao +an interview with Sam Leith 🐝, author, 'The Haunted Wood; A History of Childhood Reading'

On today's Book Club podcast, historian Alice Loxton joins us to discuss her new book Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives, featuring figures from the Venerable Bede to Vivienne Westwood. Tap to listen 👇 Alice Loxton Sam Leith 🐝 buff.ly/wj9nbN6