The TLS

Inaugural Freudenheim Translation Prize winner Peter Filkins joins @TheTLS's Toby Lichtig and prize judges to discuss the art of translation and his interpretation of Elias Canetti's The Book Against Death. 🎬 Coming this week to the JLF Video Player: shorturl.at/SvRkP

Knowing like mad: Jeremy Noel-Tod on the poetry and criticism of J. H. Prynne, who died yesterday, at the age of eighty-nine #Echobox=1776938277" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/literature/poe…

The many faces of Shakespeare; being Jan Morris; how elephants communicate; Deborah Levy and Gertrude Stein; Japan’s demographic crisis; AI reviewing – and much more: the-tls.com/issues/current…

'It has a major Roman collection from Hadrian’s Wall (it’s easy to forget that Carlisle was directly on the Wall and there is a great visible tract of it nearby at Birdoswald).' Mary Beard (@wmarybeard): For the eternally curious #Echobox=1776168387" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/regular-featur…

'In my first years at King’s, Averil (along with Carlotta Dionisotti) taught me how to be a professional academic and how, especially, to thrive, or manage, as a woman in the academy.' Mary Beard (@wmarybeard): Averil Cameron #Echobox=1775735435" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/regular-featur…

'The prize has been awarded every two years since 1998 to someone who has linked an intellectual engagement with Classics to a commitment to “the public good”.' Mary Beard (@wmarybeard ): Classics for All? #Echobox=1775562180" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/regular-featur…

The British imagination; Trump’s whisperers; the orphan behind Oliver Twist; birds in art; Ben Lerner returns; nocturnal beauty – and much more. Out now: the-tls.com/issues/current…

'There are plenty of houses that have been “classicized” by the addition of a few columns whose elongated proportions would make Vitruvius turn in his grave.' Mary Beard (@wmarybeard ): The ‘Column Crowd’ #Echobox=1774971931" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/regular-featur…

'There were many revealing information plaques set in the sidewalk commemorating them and marking where they had lived. (It wasn’t all generals; I spotted a plaque for the country singer, Patsy Cline).' Mary Beard (@wmarybeard): Putting America Right Again #Echobox=1774616727" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/regular-featur…

'I will forever be grateful to her for allowing me some careful and considerate airtime after one of the first nasty attacks I received on social media.' Mary Beard (@wmarybeard): Jenni Murray and Pompeii #Echobox=1774374251" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/regular-featur…

The struggle between good and evil in William Golding’s fiction #Echobox=1773934383" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/lives/letters/…

William Golding’s beast within; the many lives of W. H. Auden; Palantir spreads; the spirit of the Risorgimento; Ishiguro on film; experiencing consciousness – and much more. Out now: the-tls.com/issues/current…

The failure to combat laundering #Echobox=1773141493" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/politics-socie…

How the Bible came into existence #Echobox=1773141478" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/religion/relig…

'At the time, it brought back memories of the Falklands War and the different “styles” of reportage.' Mary Beard (@wmarybeard): GOTCHA #Echobox=1773158701" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/regular-featur…

Sexuality in the life of James Baldwin #Echobox=1773141454" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/literature-by-…

The first portraitist to put an indelible mark on an era #Echobox=1773141434" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/arts/art-histo…

The cult of Holbein; the uncertain future of reading; dreaming of Cairo; how the Bible came to be; an Orwellian dilemma – and much more. The new TLS is out now: the-tls.com/issues/current…

'In other words, hard as you might try to dig them out, there are few answers to contemporary Christian debates in biblical texts.' Mary Beard (@wmarybeard ): Christianity, sex and Islam #Echobox=1772724155" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.com/regular-featur…

The new issue of @TheTLS, featuring @CLEdwall on reading; James Hall on Holbein; @francescawade on Rhoda Power; @nclarke14 on Mark Haddon; @NatashaRandall on Maria Stepanova; @MadocCairns on the Bible; Adam Watt on Jacques Rivière – and much more