Slightly Foxed

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Slightly Foxed: The Real Reader's Quarterly Visit website › Arts · EN · 61 episodes · latest 2026-10-15

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The independent-minded book review magazine that combines good looks, good writing and a personal approach. Slightly Foxed introduces its readers to books that are no longer new and fashionable but have lasting appeal. Good-humoured, unpretentious and a bit eccentric, it’s more like a well-read friend than a literary magazine. Come behind the scenes with the staff of Slightly Foxed to learn what makes this unusual literary magazine tick, meet some of its varied friends and contributors, and hear their personal recommendations for favourite and often forgotten books that have helped, haunted, informed or entertained them. For more information about Slightly Foxed visit: foxedquarterly.com

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59: Rosemary Sutcliff and the Magic of Childhood Reading

2026-10-15 · 58 min · Episode 59

There is nothing more exciting than seeing children captivated by the magic of stories, and for many of us there’s no better children’s storyteller than Rosemary Sutcliff. Rebeka Russell, publisher of Manderley Press,…
58: The Other Mitford Girl

2026-07-15 · 57 min · Episode 58

The Mitfords continue to fascinate us, thanks to the witty novels, biographies and letters they wrote, their political involvement on both left and right, and their brush with world history. Rarely a year goes by…
57: Travels with Norman Lewis

2026-04-15 · 57 min · Episode 57

Norman Lewis, who died in 2003 at the age of 95, was one of the twentieth century’s most adventurous travellers and one of its most brilliant and compelling writers. He was also prolific, producing fifteen novels,…
56: The Thrilling World of Dick Francis

2026-01-15 · 58 min · Episode 56

Wartime bomber pilot, champion jockey, racing journalist, bestselling novelist, Dick Francis truly was a legend. The Slightly Foxed team join Dick’s son Felix and renowned racing commentator Derek Thompson (‘Tommo’ to…
55: At Home with the Brontës

2025-10-15 · 52 min · Episode 55

There has never been a literary family quite like the Brontës. In our autumn podcast Ann Dinsdale, Principal Curator of the Brontë Parsonage Museum at Haworth in Yorkshire, joined the Slightly Foxed team to discuss the…
54: The Many Lives of Muriel Spark

2025-07-15 · 58 min · Episode 54

It’s been said that Muriel Spark’s career was not so much a life as a plot, and she did indeed repeatedly reinvent herself, closing one chapter of her life and opening another, regardless of how many friends and…
53: Dervla Murphy: A Life at Full Tilt

2025-04-15 · 59 min · Episode 53

Described as ‘the first lady of Irish cycling’, Dervla Murphy was renowned for her intrepid spirit, and she remained passionate about travel, writing, politics, conservation and bicycling until her death in 2022. In…
52: William Golding: A Literary Colossus

2025-01-15 · 59 min · Episode 52

The first title that springs to mind at the mention of William Golding’s name is most often Lord of the Flies. The classic story of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island all but made his reputation and has…
51: John le Carré: Secrets & Lies

2024-10-15 · 51 min · Episode 51

‘David at his worst was a liar but John le Carré at his best was a truth teller.’ These were the intriguing words with which his biographer Adam Sisman concluded the conversation when he joined the Slightly Foxed…
50: Barbara Comyns: Stranger than Fiction

2024-07-15 · 57 min · Episode 50

Any mention of Barbara Comyns usually brings an ‘I know the name but I don’t know anything about her’ kind of response. In this quarter’s literary podcast, presenter Rosie Goldsmith and the Slightly Foxed Editors sit…

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Oldest episode in feed: 11/2018 · over 8 years
Typical length: 45 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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