Month: January 2022

Toby appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week yesterday (Monday 10 January), discussing ‘finding consolation and community in literature’ with Michael Ignatieff, Christopher Prendergast (editor of the Penguin Modern Classics In Search of Lost Time) and Tom Sutcliffe. This is available from our Press & Media page, together with recordings of Toby talking about the LitSalon Challenge on both BBC Radio London and Times Radio.

On the subject of our online presence, Start the Week generated so much internet traffic that our website crashed. We were thrilled to encounter so much enthusiasm, but we apologise to anyone who had difficulty accessing the website yesterday and thank you for your patience. We’re pleased to say that normal service has now resumed.

There is a rare opportunity to join Mark Cwik’s ongoing Iliad Unhurried study on Wednesday afternoons. The current subscription covers twelve weeks starting with book 5 (of 24). There are two places available and you are welcome to join at any point in the cycle, but the first meeting is today, Wednesday 5 January, at 2.00pm GMT!

More studies will be listed soon, including new travel opportunities and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night with Jane Wymark. We’ll be sending out another newsletter later this month  to keep you up-to-date.

Meanwhile, there is media news: Toby will be a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week next Monday, 10 January, discussing Finding consolation and community in reading with Michael Ignatieff, Christopher Prendergast and Tom Sutcliffe

The LitSalon Challenge is gathering momentum, do share details with anyone you think might be interested. You can hear Toby talking about it live with Robert Elms on BBC Radio London this Sunday morning, 9 January, and in her interview with Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio last month.