Media coverage & public appearances
The Odyssey Live! at Theatro Technis
As what seemed like the entire world turned its attention to Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film of The Odyssey we did something a little different, presenting The Odyssey Live! at Theatro Technis in London’s Camden Town. You can hear a recording (minus the audience Q&A session that followed the performance) on Tim Allen’s The Cultural Crunch podcast (and do subscribe if you like it).
Toby was also interviewed about the performance on BBC Radio London and Times Radio.
Moby Dick Afloat! 2025
Writer and journalist Horatio Clare joined our first Moby Dick Afloat! study in July 2025, to read Moby Dick with us aboard a traditional sailing ship, the Eda Frandsen. He published his account of the voyage ‘Reading Moby Dick in a gale with the extreme book club’ in The Financial Times on 4 August 2025 (subscribers can still read his article there).
KQED – Rightnowish
Toby Brothers is interviewed by Pendarvis Harshaw (a former student) for Rightnowish about how the London Literary Salon came into being, how it works today and the joys of cold water swimming.
HLSI Lecture: 100 years on – why read Ulysses?
On 31 January 2023, Toby Brothers was a guest lecturer at London’s celebrated Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution, explaining why she believes James Joyce’s Ulysses remains every bit as relevant today as when it was first published a century ago.
N.B. Fast forward or pull the cursor to 14:59 to get to the start of the lecture!
BBC Radio 4 Start the Week
10 January 2022
Disabling Racism Through Literature – TEDx, April 2018
In April 2018 London Literary Salon director Toby Brothers was invited to give a TEDx talk on the subject of ‘Disabling Racism Through Literature’. Watch the recording below.
