The eminent historian on France and the Levant is joined in conversation by Barnaby Rogerson. Philip's new book on the Sun King's excesses, both courtly and murderous, political and personal, is out now. 

Edited by Magnus Rena 

Music: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Te Deum

Tolstoy biographer and translator Rosamund Bartlett in conversation with academic and writer Sophie Ratcliffe. 

Edited by Magnus Rena 

Music: Nikolai Romanovich Bakaleinikov, Sorrow

The celebrated author (and old friend of the shop) spoke upstairs about his latest book. 

Music: Ravi Shankar, Dhun