In this episode of the Granta Podcast, we speak to Allen Bratton, whose short stories Barbarism and Honeymoon have been published online at granta.com. His debut novel Henry Henry was published in 2024.

We discuss Shakespearean adaptations, the fine line between humour and cruelty and the legacy of the British aristocracy.

Leo Robson is a cultural journalist whose work has appeared in the London Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the New Left Review, among other publications. His first novel will be published in 2025.

Josie Mitchell is senior editor at Granta.