He’s been charged by elephants, black-listed by the Malaysian government, caught-up in tribal warfare in New Guinea and been bitten, stung and infected by creatures still unknown to science. Tonight, Rhett Butler (yes, that really is his name and no, we’re not afraid to go there) talks to us. Rhett ...read more →
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Russell Norman: Book of the Year
He’s London’s hottest and hippest restaurateur. After creating The Club at the Ivy – home to the most powerful and the most glamorous of London’s theatreland – tonight’s guest Russell Norman left to create a series of his own wildly successful restaurants. As if that weren’t enough, Russell has just ...read more →
One-on-One with Geoff Dyer
Geoff Dyer is the consummate writer’s writer: winner of the Somerset Maugham Prize, the US National Book Critics Circle Award the E. M. Forster Award, and more. The Daily Telegraph newspaper has called him “the best living writer in Britain”. Zadie Smith believes he is “a national treasure.” This is ...read more →
One-on-One: Jane Austen Special
To mark the 200th anniversary of the first publication of Pride and Prejudice, Peter takes tea with Claire Harman, author of the highly acclaimed biography Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World. If you share E. M. Forster’s passion – “I am a Jane Austenite, and therefore slightly imbecile ...read more →
Litopia’s Xmas Office Party with Professor Elemental
Join us for our biggest, wildest, craziest and funniest virtual office party ever… featuring the prodigious talents of Professor Elemental and Brian Clegg, together with Ian Winn, Ali Gardner & the combined talents of the chatroom, Dave Bartram, and ringmaster Peter Cox. “What I don’t like about office Christmas parties”, ...read more →
Celebrate The Apocalypse with Pippa Middleton!
In a breathtaking world first for Litopia, we’re honoured and privileged to be the first radio show to bring you exclusive new details about HRH Pippa Middleton’s latest and greatest new party book! Scooping Hello! magazine as well as Splosh! not to mention Girls and Corpses, this edition of Litopia ...read more →
Lonesome Tonight?
Writers are almost by definition outliers – unusual people. They see the world a little differently, and their work is by its nature solitary and isolating. Not surprising, then, to find that many writers suffer from something that’s still stigmatised by society: loneliness. Tonight’s guest is bestselling author Emily White. ...read more →
The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel
It was an unguarded, off-the-cuff remark by British Prime Minister David Cameron, no doubt immediately and bitterly regretted, that gave tonight’s guest Colin Brown the idea. Talking about the “special” relationship between the USA and Britain, Cameron was under no illusion as to his relative importance. “The fact is”, he ...read more →
The Secret Desires of Women
Evie Blake is the name, Valentina is her scorching new mega-erotic novel – eat your heart out E.L. James, this is an author who can write! Based on the iconic character created by the Italian artist Guido Crepax, Valentina takes a male-created fantasy figure and gives her a real woman’s ...read more →
All Hallows’ Eve
The embers of Beltane are long dead, and now Samhain (the Gaelic word meaning summer’s end) heralds the triumph of darkness over light… a suitable time of year for us to swap supernatural stories and to reflect on matters mortal and macabre. From Charles Fort (“it’s raining frogs!”) to the ...read more →
The Zelig of American History
How do you go about writing a book about one of the most powerful dynasties on earth? That’s the challenge special guest Russ Baker faced when he first considered writing about the Bush family; a tribe that encompasses two U.S. Senators, one Supreme Court Justice, two Governors, two Presidents and ...read more →
The Spirit Molecule
“You’re at the top of the rollercoaster: it’s like that moment before orgasm… you know it’s going to happen, and there’s nothing you can do to stop it – and you go down the other side. And those five, ten, twelve minutes that you’re gone, all time is suspended. And ...read more →
Buccaneers
“Wars are very easy to get into”, says flying ace Robert J. (“Bob”) Moriarty, and very hard to get out of”. He should know. With 42 Air Medals and three Distinguished Flying Crosses in Vietnam, to say nothing of numerous civilian air trophies and records, Bob is a flying legend. ...read more →
Teledildonics
Internet legend Frank Edward Nora joins us for tonight’s show; for nearly a decade, Frank has been the C21st Samuel Pepys of the ‘net. Patiently and wittily chronicling the life of homo sapiens commuticus, Frank’s audio diaries extend to more than 4300 recordings that would take over 5 months to ...read more →
Kickstart A Book For A Buck
We’re back from our Summer vacation, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed – with a host of topics to talk about and the inestimable Ross Pruden: Renaissance man, seer and heterodox harlequin. What more could you possibly want – The Pay-Per-View Royal Family Channel? Well you’re in luck, ‘cos we’ve got that, too! ...read more →
