This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by the writer and critic Mary Norris to discuss the phenomenon that is Margaret Atwood – surely her kind of success requires a method? A new collection of essays and talks sheds some light; Sujit Sivasundaram, the author of ‘Waves Across the South: A new history of revolution and empire’, considers a work of non-fiction by the novelist Amitav Ghosh which paints a compelling picture of how the trade in nutmeg prefigured today’s environmental crisis
‘Burning Questions: Essays and occasional pieces 2004–2021’ by Margaret Atwood
‘The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a planet in crisis’ by Amitav Ghosh
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