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Story Radio PodcastInterview with Dr Miles Leeson editor of Poems from an Attic by Iris MurdochLong hidden in an attic, vivid and revelatory poems shine a new light on the life and loves of Iris Murdoch.In the dusty attic of Iris Murdoch’s Oxford home lay a battered, black chest. In 2016, when the chest was finally opened, Murdoch’s life in poems was revealed. Renowned for her fiercely intelligent novels and groundbreaking philosophy, Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Yet she is also known for her equally radical life – intense friendships, relationships with both men and women, and an open marriage – about which much has, oft...
2026-01-0135 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIMS Christmas Lecture 2025In this lecture, given on Monday 15th December 2025, Dr Lucy Oulton (University of Chichester), Murdoch's enduring relationship with the figure of Peter Pan is discussed: her talk is titled '‘An Ousted Gabriel’: Iris Murdoch and the Enduring Allure of Peter Pan'
Wendy and Peter Pan, a stage adaptation of the J.M. Barrie novel Peter and Wendy, embraces a key detail from Barrie’s own childhood, dealing sensitively with the topic of child loss. The play foregrounds Wendy’s attempts to come to terms with the loss of a (third) brother, while her parents are overwhelmed by grief.
Iris Murdoch’...
2025-12-2247 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastJackson's Dilemma PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Frances White and Robert Cremins - both from the Iris Murdoch Research Centre at the University of Chichester - to discuss Murdoch's final novel, Jackson's Dilemma.
Frances is the Deputy Director of the IMRC at Chichester and the author of many works on Murdoch, the most recent being the edited collection Iris Murdoch and the Western Theological Imagination (Palgrave, 2025) and Poems from An attic: Selected Poems 1936-1995 (Chatto and Windus, 2025).
Robert is a writer and was Senior Lecturer in the Honours College at the University of Houston, and the Faculty Director of Creative...
2025-12-151h 02
The Deeper Thinking PodcastThe Vigil and the Vanishing World - The Deeper Thinking PodcastThe Vigil and the Vanishing World
The Deeper Thinking Podcast is digitally narrated.
For those drawn to the ethics of attention, the fragility of perception, and the quiet struggle to remain human in a predictive age.
#SimoneWeil #IrisMurdoch #Phenomenology #Attention #AI #Prediction #Embodiment
What happens when the world no longer waits for us? In this episode, we explore the erosion of the interval in which reality reveals itself. Drawing on Simone Weil's philosophy of attention and Iris Murdoch's vision of unselfing, we trace how predictive systems collapse the space where moral a...
2025-11-2127 min
The Deeper Thinking PodcastA Practice for the Unrushed Self - The Deeper Thinking PodcastA Practice for the Unrushed Self
The Deeper Thinking Podcast is digitally narrated.
For those drawn to inner governance, emotional accuracy, and the quiet discipline of attention.
#Attention #SimoneWeil #IrisMurdoch #HannahArendt #InterpretiveDiscipline #PhilosophyOfPresence
What anchors your inner rhythm? In this episode, we explore the subtle architecture that allows presence to endure in a world trained to hurry. Drawing on the insights of Simone Weil, Iris Murdoch, and Hannah Arendt, we trace a radical proposition: that selfhood is not strengthened by speed, but by clarity, rhythm, and the small daily act of r...
2025-11-0828 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastPoems from an Attic PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Anne Rowe (University of Chichester/Kingston), Rachel Hirschler (Kinston University) and Rosanna Hilyard (Chatto & Windus) to celebrate the publication of 'Poems from An Attic: Selected Poems 1936-1995', published today by Chatto and Windus.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/470920/poems-from-an-attic-by-murdoch-iris/9781784746124
ANNE ROWE is Visiting Professor at the University of Chichester and Emeritus Research Fellow with the Iris Murdoch Archive Project at Kingston University. She has published widely on Iris Murdoch, including The Visual Arts and the Novels of Iris Murdoch (2002), Iris Murdoch in the Writers and Their Work series (2019) and most recently...
2025-11-061h 03
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch and Early Childhood Education PodcastIn this episode Miles talks to Andrea Delaune (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) about her new book, 'Iris Murdoch and Early Childhood Education: Enhancing Attention and Moral Vision in Pedagogy' (Routledge, 2025).
https://www.routledge.com/Iris-Murdoch-and-Early-Childhood-Education-Enhancing-Attention-and-Moral-Vision-in-Pedagogy/Delaune/p/book/9781032886169
Andrea Delaune is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at University of Canterbury (Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha), New Zealand, where she conducts research at the intersection of ethics, pedagogy and early childhood practice. Her scholarly work explores how moral philosophy—especially concepts of attention, care, and moral vision—can illuminate and revitalise the everyday practices of early childhood teaching, care and...
2025-10-3057 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch and the VirtuesIn this episode we discuss Murdoch’s conceptualisation of virtue and what it might mean to be virtuous. We’ll range across her philosophy, of course, but we’ll also have time to visit her fiction and consider if she embeds some of her ideas about virtue into her novels.
Joining Miles to discuss this fascinating topic is Tony Milligan.
Tony is a Research Fellow in Philosophy of Ethics in the Theology and Religious Studies at Kings College, University of London. And his current research, as part of the KCL (China) team and the University of Manchester (Russia) team within the Co...
2025-09-151h 03
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastA Word Child Revisited PodcastWelcome to a new season of the Iris Murdoch Podcast! In this episode we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of one of Murdoch very best novels, and one of the six first-person male narrated novels, A Word Child. This is a revisit as we discussed this wonderful novel way back in 2021 – it was our ninth podcast and this episode is our seventieth! – so if you might want to catch up with that one if you love this novel. As you might expect, we also discuss a wide range of Murdoch's other novels.
Joining Miles is Frances White. France...
2025-09-011h 11
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch Birthday Lecture 2025In this lecture Miles Leeson, Director of the Iris Murdoch Research Centre at the University of Chichester, discusses Murdoch’s reception by her contemporaries and look at the lighter side of how she was lampooned, both directly and indirectly, in the work of H.E. Bates, Malcolm Bradbury, Brigid Brophy, Barbara Pym and Ian McEwan, as well as the reception of her work by Philip Larkin and Monica Jones. Whilst a good deal of this was affectionate, and some even complementary, there was also a streak of jealousy and cruelty present. As Murdoch grew in popularity, and as a public in...
2025-07-1647 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastExistentialists and Mystics 2 PodcastIn this second episode focused on Existentialists and Mystics we’ll be reading two essays – ‘Thinking and Language’ and ‘Nostalgia for the Particular’ – together. If you’ve yet to listen to our prior episode on Murdoch earliest work on Sartre then you may wish to catch up with that, before you listen to us here.
Both essay were originally give as oral presentations. The first, ‘Thinking and Language’ came from a symposium entitled, naturally enough, Thinking and language and was part of a conversation between Murdoch, Gilbert Ryle and A.C. Lloyd in 1951. The second, ‘Nostalgia for the Particular’ was read at a meeting of the...
2025-06-1648 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastExistentialists and Mystics 1 PodcastHave you always thought you could do with some expert guidance when reading Iris’s philosophy? Well help is at hand! This episode marks the start of a new mini-series of episodes where we’ll be reading Iris’s collected essay collection – Existentialists and Mystics – with a team of excellent academics and seasoned readers, and you can join us for the experience! Each episode will focus on a small number of essays – or perhaps just one essay if it is substantial in length – and explore exactly what Murdoch was up to and how the essay fits in with her overall vision. We’ll...
2025-06-0451 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch's Wild Imagination PodcastMiles is joined by Lucy Oulton (University of Chichester) to discuss her new book, Iris Murdoch's Wild Imagination: Nature and the Environment (Palgrave, 2025).
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-87833-6
This book presents the first ecocritical study of novelist, philosopher, poet and public intellectual Iris Murdoch (1919–1999). It brings her love of the natural world into the light, arguing for its critical significance when Murdoch conveys an awareness of intricately interconnected ecologies through her work: an awareness that anticipates the motivations and concerns of modern-day environmental humanities. The book is the first of its kind to assess some of Mu...
2025-05-1558 min
The Deeper Thinking PodcastUnpacking Let Them - The Philosophy of Letting Go Without Giving Up - The Deeper Thinking PodcastUnpacking Let Them
The Deeper Thinking Podcast
A quiet tracing of the phrase back through philosophy, ethics, and the emotional architecture of agency and attention.
When Mel Robbins introduced the phrase “Let Them”, it resonated far beyond the world of self-help. In this episode, we follow its deeper structure—through the thought of Viktor Frankl, Iris Murdoch, Epictetus, Judith Butler, and others—to ask what happens when we stop trying to control others, and begin returning to ourselves.
This is not an endorsement or critique. It is a philosophical unfolding of what “Le...
2025-05-1219 min
The Deeper Thinking PodcastIris Murdoch and the Ethics of Attention - The Deeper Thinking PodcastIris Murdoch and the Ethics of Attention
The Deeper Thinking Podcast
A quiet meditation on fiction as a moral act, and the rare discipline of letting others remain.
What does it mean to look at someone without needing to understand them? In this episode, we turn toward Iris Murdoch, whose ethical vision of literature repositions the novel not as self-expression but as moral attention. Drawing from her ideas on moral realism, the sublime, and the discipline of unselfing, this episode explores how fiction can become a space where others are neither used nor...
2025-05-0710 min
The Deeper Thinking PodcastI Am Still This - The Deeper Thinking PodcastI Am Still This: On Identity, Presence, and the Rhythm of Return
The Deeper Thinking Podcast
For anyone drawn to the quiet persistence of selfhood, the rhythm of return, and the gentle metaphysics of presence.
What does it mean to be someone—continuously, recognizably, and without spectacle? This episode moves gently through the terrain of identity, memory, and presence, suggesting that what endures may not be coherence or story, but rhythm—the soft act of returning to one’s center, again and again. Through sensory metaphor and philosophical atmosphere, it considers how the self p...
2025-05-0620 min
The Deeper Thinking PodcastOn Solitude, Clarity, and the Refusal to Perform - The Deeper Thinking PodcastOn Solitude, Clarity, and the Refusal to Perform
The Deeper Thinking Podcast
What if solitude wasn’t distance from others—but a deeper form of presence? In this episode, we turn to Arthur Schopenhauer’s quiet ethic of presence to explore how awareness can lead not to alienation, but to a refusal to counterfeit connection. We follow solitude’s arc from suffering to discernment—how stepping away isn’t the end of meaning, but the beginning of perception. Through silence, detachment, and the reassembly of inner coherence, the episode asks: what if being alone is not the abse...
2025-05-0213 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastThe Moral Philosophy of Iris Murdoch PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by joined by Mark Hopwood, Associate Professor of Philosophy, from the University of Sewanee, USA to discuss his new book – which has just been published – The Moral Philosophy of Iris Murdoch. This is his first monograph since he published the co-edited volume that he’s perhaps best known for in Murdoch circles, the magisterial Murdochian Mind in 2022. Both books published by Routledge.
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Moral-Philosophy-of-Iris-Murdoch-by-Mark-Hopwood/9780367819576
Examining the role of vision, imagination, love, goodness, and transcendence in Murdoch's work, The Moral Philosophy of Iris Murdoch presents a compelling and original argument that s...
2025-04-301h 12
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastLecture 'A Warm Bright Significant Space' Iris Murdoch's Search for HomeIn this, her first public lecture, Dr Maria Peacock discusses Iris Murdoch's search for home using examples from her novels and biography.
This lecture was given at the University of Chichester on Saturday 29th March, 2025.
2025-04-1741 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch Individuals and Ethics PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Prof. Bridget Clarke (University of Montana) to discuss her new book, entitled ‘Iris Murdoch’ in the Cambridge Elements, Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy series from Cambridge University Press.
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Iris-Murdoch-by-Bridget-Clarke/9781009358149
Bridget is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montana and her research interests include the History of Ethics, Moral Psychology and, of course, Iris Murdoch, who she has been working on for the past twenty years or more. This new book, however, is her first monograph dedicated solely to Murdoch work.
To access Iris Murd...
2025-03-2851 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch and Public PhilosophyIn this podcast Miles is joined by Michela Dianetti and Lucy Elvis (both from Galway University, Ireland) discusses the role Murdoch's work can play in public philosophy. They discuss working with her philosophy, her radio play 'The One Alone', her novel 'The Unicorn', the Quartet biography 'Metaphysical Animals' and much more.
Dr Michela Dianetti is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Galway and a CPI (Community of philosophical inquiry) facilitator. Her PhD research developed a literary ethics of attention grounded in the philosophies of Simone Weil and Iris Murdoch, applying them to the literary work of Elsa Morante. She...
2025-03-2042 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastThe Red and the Green PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Ian D'alton (Trinity College, Dublin) and Frances White (University of Chichester) to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Murdoch's ninth novel, The Red and The Green.
Ian is a visiting research fellow in the Centre for Contemporary Irish History at Trinity College, Dublin, and his most recent work is Southern Irish Protestants: Histories, Lives and Literatures was published just a few months ago. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Southern-Irish-Protestants-Histories-Literature/dp/1916742505
Frances is a Visiting Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Iris Murdoch Research Centre at the University of Chichester, editor of the Iris...
2025-03-121h 03
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch and Evil PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Daniel Read (University of Kingston) to discuss his new book, 'Degrees of Evil in Iris Murdoch's Fiction and Philosophy'.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-75841-6
We range across all of her published work - in literature, fiction and theology - and ask why the nature of evil obsessed her throughout her career.
2025-02-2057 min
The SCANDAL Mongers PodcastHarry v Murdoch - The Final Countdown | Ep.101 | The Scandal Mongers PodcastBritain's headstrong royal exile is soon to step into the legal ring with the media mogul and his entourage, in Harry's continuing campaign to make senior executives accountable for the hacking and other tabloid scandals in the UK. And pre-trial transcripts obtained by Vanity Fair show just how much damage the prince is threatening to do. Clive Irving has reported on this story closely. But that’s not all. As a former senior executive - and leading investigative reporter - in a newspaper taken over by Rupert Murdoch he has seen first hand how the energe...
2025-01-1949 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastKeynote Lecture: Justin Broackes Summer 2024This Keynote Lecture was given at the Eleventh International Iris Murdoch Conference at Chichester on the 31st August, 2024. Justin is Professor of Philosophy at Brown, USA.
There are philosophers who have said that late 20th century philosophical works do not need commentaries in the way that the writings of Plato and Aristotle, or Kant and Hegel do. Russell and Strawson, or Kripke and Lewis — and others at least in the English-speaking academic world — have committed themselves so much to clarity and a kind of professional *limitation* that they will have followers and opponents, but won’t need expository or explanatory commen...
2025-01-1358 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastThe Sacred And Profane Love Machine PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Robert Cremins (University of Houston, Texas) and Daniel Read (Kingston University) to celebrate the anniversary of Murdoch's Whitbread Award-winning novel from 1974. They cover the culture of the 1970s, trauma, childhood, cruelty, black humour, love triangles, links to other writers, links to other novels by Murdoch and much more.
Robert is a writer and Senior Lecturer in the Honours College at the University of Houston, and the Faculty Director of Creative Works. A novelist, short story writer and literary critic, Robert has got a lifelong love of Murdoch’s fiction. He is currently working on...
2024-11-201h 03
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch And Dogs PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Dr Frances White (University of Chichester) and Liz Whittome (Former Chief and Principal Examiner of English for Cambridge Examinations) to discuss dogs in Murdoch's Fiction.
The episode covers Under the Net, The Sandcastle, The Nice and the Good, The Sacred and Profane Love Machine, The Green Knight and The Philosopher's Pupil in some depth as well as discussing other Murdoch novels.
You can buy Chris Boddington's 'Iris Murdoch's People A-Z' via the society website, here: https://irismurdochsociety.org.uk/product/iris-murdoch-people-a-to-z/
2024-10-1452 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch And Dorothy Emmet PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Prof. Larry Blum (U-Mass, USA) to discuss the intellectual and personal connections between Iris and Dorothy Emmet. This follows on from a previous episode on Emmet, which you can find in the Podcast archive.
Professor Lawrence Blum is Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Education and Professor of Philosophy. His scholarly interests are in race theory, moral philosophy, moral psychology, moral education, multiculturalism, social and political philosophy, philosophy of education, the philosophy of Simone Weil, philosophy and the Holocaust, and ethics and race in film.
You can find his Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy...
2024-09-3054 min
Talking with the dogs!Navigating Pet's End of Life with Liz MurdochNavigating the heart-wrenching decision to euthanize a beloved pet is a difficult choice many people will face when struggling with balancing a pet's quality of life with their own emotional well-being. While veterinarians can offer guidance and friends may offer opinions, the ultimate judgment call still rests with a pet's immediate caretakers, a decision often filled with stress, anguish, and the uncertainty of wondering, "Is it really my dog's time?" Tune in to Liz Murdoch, Intuitive Animal Communicator and host of the popular podcast Talking with the Dogs! Learn from Liz's experience within her own family and...
2024-09-2919 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch And Moral Psychology PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Matt Congdon (Vanderbilt, USA), Sam Filby, (Northwestern, USA) and Francey Russell (Columbia, USA) to consider Murdoch's moral psychology. They discuss Murdoch's essay 'Vision and Choice in Morality' and 'On 'God' and 'Good''- you can find both in 'Existentialists and Mystics'.
Also recommended is this article by Cora Diamond: https://www.abc.net.au/religion/cora-diamond-picture-of-the-soul-the-moral-psychology-of-iris-m/11316086
Matt Congdon is a philosopher at the University of Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee specializing in ethics, social philosophy, and aesthetics. He writes about emotions, interpersonal recognition, moral change, the aesthetics of interpersonal ethical life, and the intersections of...
2024-09-161h 22
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch And The Political PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Gary Browning (Oxford Brookes, UK) to discuss his new book, Iris Murdoch and the Political.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/iris-murdoch-and-the-political-9780192844989?cc=sy&lang=en&
Gary Browning is Emeritus Professor of Political Thought at Oxford Brookes University. Gary has worked at Oxford Brookes University since 1997, first as a Lecturer and then a Professor. He was Associate Dean, 2010-20,, set up a series of Think Human Festivals, performing stand-up at the first and staging an event on Iris Murdoch and Listening in 2020. He was a member of the Executive of the Political Studies...
2024-08-191h 16
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastBirthday Lecture July 2024Much of our conception of the relationship between Iris Murdoch and John Bayley, happily married for over forty years, comes from Bayley’s memoirs, and the Oscar-winning film adaptation of the first, Iris (2001). But what do we know of their life together outside of their public appearances and international travel? In this lecture Miles Leeson will explore their intellectual relationship from their first meeting in 1955, through to John resuming his novel writing with his ‘Alice’ trilogy in the 1990s. Murdoch’s achievements are very well known, of course: John’s stretched well beyond memoir and fiction writing; his first major publicatio...
2024-08-0545 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch And Remorse PodcastIn this episode Miles talks to Dr Frances White (University of Chichester) about her new book, Iris Murdoch and Remorse: Past Forgiving? They cover key Murdoch novels, philosophy, psychoanalysis, her play 'The One Alone', and connections with post-war history.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-43013-8
Frances White is a Visiting Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the Iris Murdoch Research Centre at the University of Chichester, editor of the Iris Murdoch Review, and Writer in Residence at Kingston University Writing School. She has published widely on Iris Murdoch and other writers. Her prize-winning biography Becoming Iris Murdoch...
2024-07-2255 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastUnder The Net Revisited PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Dr Lucy Oulton, Dr Frances White and Prof. Anne Rowe - all from the University of Chichester - to revisit Murdoch's first novel, Under the Net.
The first ever Murdoch Podcast, with the same line-up, discussed the novel way back in 2020 (do listen to that episode before this one if you haven't before) and the team were delighted to return to it again to cover themes and ideas we didn't have time for.
2024-07-0854 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastA.S. Byatt PodcastIn this special episode Miles is join by Dr Leanne Bibby (Teeside University) and Dr Barbara Franchi (University of Durham) to celebrate the life, work and legacy of A.S. Byatt. Byatt was not only a significant novelist and biographer but also a close friend of Iris Murdoch - Byatt wrote the first significant work of criticism of Murdoch's work 'Degrees of Freedom: The Early Novels of Iris Murdoch'.
We discuss Byatt's novels, short fiction, criticism, film adaptations and much more.
Leanne Bibby is specialises in historical fiction and historiographic metafiction, and the relationship of literary writing to feminist and...
2024-06-241h 02
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch And The Ancient Quarrel PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined Lyra Ekström Lindbäck (Centre for Ethics, Pardubice) to discuss the distinctions and connections between philosophy and literature, and why literature is not philosophy; focusing primarily on the work of Iris Murdoch which is the subject of Lyra's new book.
Lyra is a Swedish novelist, literary critic, podcaster and philosopher. She has published six novels and a collection of poetry. Iris Murdoch and the Ancient Quarrel is her first work of philosophy. You can find out more, here:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/iris-murdoch-and-the-ancient-quarrel-9781350332935/
2024-06-1139 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastMoral Articulation PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Matthew Congdon (Vanderbilt University, USA) to discuss his new book 'Moral Articulation: On the Development of New Moral Concepts' (Oxford University Press) which is deeply indebted to Murdoch's philosophy. They discuss the limits of moral language, the practical ramifications of rethinking our concepts, connections to the broader humanities and much else besides.
Matthew Congdon is a philosopher specializing in ethics, social philosophy, and aesthetics. He writes about emotions, interpersonal recognition, moral change, the aesthetics of interpersonal ethical life, and the intersections of ethics and epistemology. His work on these topics has appeared in...
2024-05-271h 04
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastPhilippa Foot PodcastIn this special episode celebrating the Oxford Quartet Miles is joined by Lesley Brown (Somerville College, Oxford) and John Hacker-Wright (University of Guelph, Canada) to discuss the life and work of Philippa Foot, as well as her connections to Anscombe, Midgley and Murdoch.
Lesley Brown is Centenary Fellow in Philosophy at Somerville and expert on Ancient Philosophy. She was taught by both Foot and Elizabeth Anscombe and is Foot's literary executor.
https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/lesley-brown/
John Hacker-Wright is a world-leading expert on Foot's work having published 'Philippa Foot's Moral Thought' (Bloomsbury, 2013),Philipp Foot on Goodness and...
2024-05-131h 05
The SCANDAL Mongers PodcastPrince Harry, Royal Secrets & Murdoch In Court? | Ep.71 | The Scandal Mongers PodcastClive Irving from the Daily Beast returns to the podcast to tell the story of the rise and fall of the British tabloid press, as Prince Harry’s ‘hacking’ case make its way through the London courts - with the possibility that Rupert Murdoch might finally be made to give evidence about it in a court of law.The actor Hugh Grant has recently accepted a settlement from a Murdoch-owned company. He said that it was too expensive to carry on. And in the past - such as with Fox News in the USA - the Murdoc...
2024-05-051h 03
The Iris Murdoch Society podcast50th Episode Q&A PodcastIn this special edition of the podcast Miles is joined by Dan Read (Kingston) to answer questions sent in by listeners. These are:
Is it possible to say where Murdoch stands in relation to other ‘great’ writers? Is she on a par with Dickens, Shakespeare (or others) for example?
In A Fairly Honourable Defeat Murdoch assigns astrological birth signs on several of the characters, and they discuss the subject somewhat knowledgeably. Does she give evidence of interest in the subject in other works?
Do we know if de Beauvoir read Murdoch? Does she mention Murdoch anywhere in her writings? Did any...
2024-04-301h 10
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastTalk: Iris Murdoch: 25 Years OnThis talk was given by Professor Anne Rowe at the Iris Murdoch Research Centre, University of Chichester (UK) on Saturday 17th February 2024.
Anne Rowe is Visiting Professor at the University of Chichester and Emeritus Research Fellow with the Iris Murdoch Archive Project at Kingston University. Her publications include The Visual Arts and the Novels of Iris Murdoch (2002); Iris Murdoch: A Literary Life (2010) with Priscilla Martin, and Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995 (2015), co-edited with Avril Horner and Iris Murdoch (2019) in the Writers and their Work series from Liverpool University Press. She has just completed work as a co-editor...
2024-02-2156 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch And Japan PodcastIn this episode Miles is join by Paul Hullah (Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo) and Chiho Omichi (Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo) to discuss Murdoch and Japan - her visits, the inspiration she took from Japan, Murdoch in translation, her philosophical links, the Japanese Murdoch Society, and much more.
https://irismurdochjapan.jp/en/
Paul Hullah (MA (Hons), PhD) is Associate Professor of British Literature at Meiji Gakuin University and, since 2015) has been President of The Iris Murdoch Society of Japan (1997-). With Murdoch’s active participation, he co-edited and wrote a 'Critical Introduction’ to the authorised collection of Murdoch’s Poems (UEP 1997), and he...
2023-12-3059 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastTiny Corner PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Gillian Dooley (Flinders University, Australia) and Daniel Read (Kingston University, UK) to celebrate the Twentieth Anniversary of 'From a Tiny Corner in the House of Fiction: Conversations with Iris Murdoch', a collection of interviews with Murdoch from across her career, as well as to discuss the wealth of unpublished interview and conversational material in the Kingston Archive. We discuss what we can learn about her works but, perhaps more enticingly, the woman behind them.
Until the end of 2023 the collection is half price from the publisher using code JHOL23.
https://uscpress.com/From-a-Tiny-Corner-in-the-House-of-Fiction
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2023-11-2459 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch and Artistic Inspiration PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by artists Kevin Petrie (University of Sunderland), Matthew Richardson (University of Kingston) and Carol Sommer to discuss their latest work which has been inspired by Murdoch's writing.
Kevin Petrie is Head of the School of Art and Design and Professor of Glass and Ceramics at University of Sunderland. He is known for his artwork on ceramics and glass, especially in combination with printmaking and drawing. Kevin has also written and edited a number of books and articles about ceramics and glass and lectured around the World. Kevin’s artwork is held in a number of...
2023-10-091h 14
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastMurdoch In Translation PodcastIn this podcast, Miles is joined by Eva-Maria Düringer (Tübingen, Germany) and Mariëtte Willemsen (Amsterdam University College) to discuss their work translating 'The Sovereignty of Good' into German and Dutch respectively.
Eva-Maria Düringer is a researcher at the University of Tübingen, Germany, where she currently leads a funded project on suffering and its role in virtue ethics - you can find her website here emduringer.de. Her work is very much influenced by the writings of Simone Weil, Iris Murdoch and Philippa Foot. She is the author of Evaluating Emotions (Palgrave 2014) and various articles on emoti...
2023-09-2951 min
Channels with Peter KafkaWhy did Rupert Murdoch just leave his media empire?One of the most powerful people of the 21st century says he’s retiring. Rupert Murdoch, 92, will hand over control of News Corp. and Fox Corp. to his son Lachlan, in November. What does that actually mean? And what happens next?Here to offer some very informed speculation is longtime Murdoch family watcher Brian Stelter, who wrote one book on Murdoch and Fox News and has another one on the way. Up for discussion with Vox’s Peter Kafka: How active has Rupert been at the top of his company? Why is this happening now? What happens to t...
2023-09-2118 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch's Practical Metaphysics PodcastMiles is joined by Lesley Jamieson (Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value at the University of Pardubice, Czech Republic) to discuss her new book, 'Iris Murdoch's Practical Metaphysics: A Guide to her Early Writings' (Palgrave, 2023). You can find out more about the book here:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-36080-0
2023-08-1844 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastAusten, Eliot, Woolf PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Gillian Dooley (Flinders University, Australia), Jan Skinner (Formerly Oxford University's Continuing Education Department), and Frances White (Chichester University) to discuss the influence of Jane Austen, George Eliot and Virginia Woolf on the thought and writing of Iris.
Gillian Dooley is Honorary Associate Professor in English Literature at Flinders University Australia. Editor of From a Tiny Corner in the House of Fiction: Conversations with Iris Murdoch as well as the recent Listening to Iris Murdoch: Music Sounds and Silences recently published with Palgrave. She’s also published widely on Austen, and is the leading ex...
2023-07-281h 01
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastThe Black Prince PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Prof. Anne Rowe (Chichester and Kingston) to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of what may be Murdoch's greatest novel.
Anne is Visiting Professor at the IMRC at Chichester and Emeritus Research Fellow at Kingston. Her many books include 'Iris Murdoch' in the 'Writers and their Work' Series, which you can purchase at a discounted rate from the Society, here:
https://irismurdochsociety.org.uk/product/iris-murdoch-writers-and-their-work/
2023-07-151h 04
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastA Terribly Serious Adventure PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Nikhil Krishnan(University of Cambridge)to discuss his new book 'A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy at Oxford 1900-1960'.
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/A-Terribly-Serious-Adventure-by-Nikhil-Krishnan/9781800812369
We cover the change in generational thinking, the rise of linguistic analysis and 'ordinary language philosophy', and the key figures of the time, including Ryle, Ayer, J.L. Austin and, of course, the Quartet: Anscombe, Foot, Midgley and Murdoch.
Nikhil Krishnan is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Robinson College. He wrote his doctorate in Philosophy...
2023-05-221h 00
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastChildhood and Adolescents PodcastIn this podcast is joined by Jan Skinner (Oxford) and Anne Rowe (Chichester and Kingston) to discuss the range of children and adolescents in Murdoch's work. What purpose do they serve? And why are so many damaged and dangerous?
Novels discussed in depth include The Sandcastle, An Unofficial Rose, The Nice and the Good, The Sacred and Profane Love Machine, The Bell, The Green Knight, Jackson's Dilemma and The Italian Girl.
2023-05-061h 19
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastBeyond Murdoch: The ExperimentalistsMiles is joined by Carole Sweeney (Goldsmiths University, London) and Joe Darlington (Futureworks Media, Manchester) to discuss a range of authors who emerged post-World War 2, inspired by the works of the high modernists and the French Nouveau Roman. They were writing at the same time as Murdoch, but in very different modes and genres. Do they even form a real grouping?
Authors discussed, or mentioned, include: Brigid Brophy, Anthony Burgess, Christine Brooke-Rose, Angela Carter, Eva Figes, B.S. Johnson, Anna Kavan, Ann Quin, Muriel Spark, as well as those in their circles, and those who published them.
Joseph Darlington is...
2023-04-2756 min
AHC PodcastRupert MurdochWe’re all familiar with the names and faces of the anchors on our local news stations. They provide us with the top stories in the area, the weather, sports, and all the while, intentionally staying (mostly) politically neutral. Then, there are the cable news stations. We’re all familiar with their anchor’s names and faces as well, but their agendas are clearly catered to one side of the aisle or the other. But who is it running the show and determining the message behind the scenes? How did all this get started anyway? Rupert Murdoch is one of the pion...
2023-03-121h 18
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastBefore Murdoch: Dorothy Emmet PodcastMiles is joined by Larry Blum (U-Mass) to discuss the life and work of Dorothy Emmet, a philosopher of the prior generation to Murdoch who work in numerous different areas of the subject. Later in her life she and Murdoch became friends ; Larry sees her work as in some ways very much in the spirit of the Quartet’s, though in other ways quite different.. Emmet and Murdoch had some significant areas of professional and personal contact.
You can find out more about Larry here: www.lawrenceblum.net/
You can hear more about Larry's journey on the wonderful Five Questions Po...
2023-03-0358 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastMetaphysics as a Guide to Morals Podcast 2Miles is joined by Megan Laverty (Columbia, USA) and Evgenia Mylonaki (Patraas, Greece) to discuss their joint reading of Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals. You can find out substantive handout for the podcast where they highlight their reading here:
Megan is an Associate Professor and Director of the Philosophy and Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She teaches graduate courses on ethics, aesthetics, and philosophy of education. Megan is the author of Iris Murdoch’s Ethics: A Consideration of her Romantic Vision (Bloomsbury, 2007) and contributed a chapter on civility to The Murdochian Mind (Routledge, 2022) https://www.tc.columbia.ed...
2023-02-091h 05
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastAn Unofficial Rose PodcastJoining Miles to discuss Murdoch's sixth novel are Dr Frances White and Lucy Oulton, both from the Iris Murdoch Research Centre at the University of Chichester.
2022-12-2957 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch, Philosopher PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Justin Broackes (Brown, USA) and Meredith Trexler-Drees (Notre Dame, US) to discuss and celebrate Justin's edited collection 'Iris Murdoch, Philosopher' which was published in 2012. We range across the collection, the work it inspired including Meredith's latest monograph, and discuss Justin's latest work on Murdoch's Heidegger Manuscript and his commentary on the Sovereignty of Good, both forthcoming with OUP.
You can find the collection here:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/iris-murdoch-philosopher-9780198701200?cc=ro&lang=en&
Justin is Professor of Philosophy at Brown, and his present research focuses on issues in metaphysics and the...
2022-11-2956 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastSEP PodcastIn this episode I'm joined by Professor Larry Blum (U-Mass, USA) to discuss his recent entry on Murdoch in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy. We discuss his early interest in Murdoch in the 70s, her connections with his philosophical life and the construction of the article, as well as the difficulties in reading Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals.
You can find the article here: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/murdoch/
You can find out more about Larry here: http://www.lawrenceblum.net/
You can hear more about his own journey on the wonderful Five Questions Podcast: https://anchor.fm...
2022-09-2346 min
Talking with the dogs!The Beagle Alliance Podcast EpisodeAnimal Communicator Liz Murdoch interviews Lori Cohen, Executive Director of The Beagle Alliance. Lori and Liz have worked together utilizing Interspecies Communication to help beagles in a variety of situations. Lori is a beagle supporter and someone who has worked for years with beagles who have been released after testing. The Beagle Alliance is a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) registered charity whose mission is to rescue animals from testing facilities as well as abused, abandoned and neglected. The Beagle Alliance also advocates for non-animal use in research. TBA is based in Canada but partners with...
2022-09-2034 min
Nature Talks PodcastNature Talks Podcast 16: Connecting to the Environment with Kath MurdochIn this episode, host Kevin O’Shea chats with well-known consultant and educator, Kath Murdoch. Kath is a celebrated author and inquiry-based education thinker, but she is also a passionate environmentalist and lover of all things nature. Kath talks about sparking curiosity through nature, but also about how we need much deeper connections and understandings of the environment in order to make lasting and meaningful change. To protect the natural world we need to grow deep-rooted personal connections to it.
Listen and SUBSCRIBE to the Environmental Education Podcast.
Nature Talks Podcast (Facebook):...
2022-09-1751 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastMetaphysical Animals PodcastMiles is joined by Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman to discuss their new book, Metaphysical Animals.
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Metaphysical-Animals-by-Clare-Mac-Cumhaill-Rachael-Wiseman/9781784743284
Clare Mac Cumhaill (pronounced Mc Cool!) is a philosopher of mind, working mostly on perception, but with interests in emotion and action, as well as aspects of the metaphysics of mind, and in topics relating to aesthetics. Most of her work is on perception of space, and spatial properties. Her doctoral thesis looked at the perception of empty space and she is still somewhat hung up on this topic, though the ambit of her interests has...
2022-08-111h 02
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastEthics Of Attention PodcastMiles is joined by Silvia Caprioglio Panizza to discuss her new book 'The Ethics of Attention: Engaging the Real with Iris Murdoch and Simone Weil'. You can find out more about the book, here:
https://www.routledge.com/The-Ethics-of-Attention-Engaging-the-Real-with-Iris-Murdoch-and-Simone/Panizza/p/book/9780367756932
Silvia Caprioglio Panizza is Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Centre for Ethics, University of Pardubice, and a fellow of the PEriTiA project (Policy, Expertise, and Trust in Action) at the Centre for Ethics in Public Life, University College Dublin. She has edited and translated Simone Weil’s Venice Saved with Philip Wilson (2019) and co-edited (with Mark Hopwood) The...
2022-08-0443 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIn Conversation - Gillian DooleyGillian Dooley (Flinders University, Australia) is in conversation with Lucy Bolton (QMUL, UK) about her new book, 'Listening to Iris Murdoch: Music, Sounds and Silences' (Palgrave, 2022) - the first book in the 'Iris Murdoch Today' Series.
As Lucy says about the Gillian's book: 'When we think of Iris Murdoch’s relationship with art forms, the visual arts come most readily to mind. However, music and other sounds are equally important. Soundscapes – music and other types of sound – contribute to the richly textured atmosphere and moral tenor of Murdoch’s novels. This book will help readers to appreciate anew the sensuous nature o...
2022-08-0133 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastThe Wallace Collection PodcastJoin Anne Rowe and Miles Leeson as they guide you around London's Wallace Collection, stopping off to discuss three key paintings that feature in Murdoch's novels: Hal's Laughing Cavalier, Titian's 'Perseus and Andromeda', and Rembrandt's 'Titus, the Artist's Son'. These feature in her first novel 'Under the Net' and her Booker Prize-winning 'The Sea, The Sea', respectively. You can view them here:
https://www.wallacecollection.org/art/exhibitions-displays/past-exhibitions/frans-hals-the-male-portrait/
https://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=65351&viewType=detailView
https://www.wallacecollection.org/art/collection/collection-highlights/titus-artists-son/
Anne Rowe is Visiting Professor at the Iris Murdoch...
2022-07-2853 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastThe Murdochian Mind PodcastIn this episode I'm joined by Silvia Caprioglio Panizza (University College Dublin, and the Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, University of Pardubice) and Mark Hopwood (Sewanne, University of the South, USA) to discuss their recently published edited collection 'The Murdochian Mind'.
Silvia Caprioglio Panizza is Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Centre for Ethics, University of Pardubice, and a fellow of the PEriTiA project (Policy, Expertise, and Trust in Action) at the Centre for Ethics in Public Life, University College Dublin. She has edited and translated Simone Weil’s Venice Saved with Philip Wilson (2019) and is the aut...
2022-06-2344 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastMetaphysics as a Guide to Morals Podcast 1To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Murdoch's 'Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals' I'm joined by Gillian Dooley (Flinders University, Australia), Nora Hämäläinen (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic), and Frances White (IMRC, Chichester) to give an introductory overview of the work. As this is Murdoch's magnum opus this is the first in a series of four podcasts being released in 2022 focusing on it.
You can find Gillian and Nora's edited collection 'Reading Iris Murdoch's Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals' here:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-18967-9?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=google_books&utm...
2022-04-1458 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastLecture: 'Iris and the Christians: what did the Christian churches make of Murdoch, 1954-1983'This lecture was given by Peter Webster, a scholar of contemporary religious history, with a particular interest in the religious arts. His most recent book was the first biography of Walter Hussey; Dean of Chichester and patron of the arts.
The audio recording of a public lecture given at the University of Chichester on 19th February 2022, as part of a study day at the Iris Murdoch Research Centre. My thanks are due to Miles Leeson for the invitation, and to the audience for a very engaged and stimulating discussion afterwards.
I examine Christian reactions to Murdoch’s work in three ar...
2022-03-0251 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Film PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Lucy Bolton (Queen Mary, University of London), Lisa Smithstead (University of Exeter), and Melanie Williams (University of East Anglia)- three noted film scholars - to discuss the impact and legacy of the Oscar-winning film 'Iris', based on the first of John Bayley's memoirs about his wife, Iris Murdoch.
You can find Lucy's book on Murdoch here: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-contemporary-cinema-and-the-philosophy-of-iris-murdoch.html and her essay on the film itself, here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt16d6996.10?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
2022-01-2852 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch and the Others PodcastIn this podcast Miles is joined by Paul Fiddes, Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Oxford, to discuss his latest book, Iris Murdoch and the Others: A Writer in Dialogue with Theology.
Paul is the author or editor of over twenty five books, including recent publications on Lewis and Williams, and a forthcoming monograph on Shakespeare later in 2022.
Find the book here: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Iris-Murdoch-and-the-Others-by-Paul-S-Fiddes/9780567703347
You can find out more about Paul, and his research centre, The Centre for Theology and Modern European Thought, here: https://ctmet.theology.ox.ac.uk/home
2022-01-2057 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastSartre PodcastIn this episode I'm joined by Justin Broackes (Brown, USA), Gary Browning (Oxford Brookes), and Alison Scott-Baumann (SOAS)to discuss Murdoch's lifelong engagement with the fiction and philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre. From her first meeting with him in Brussels in 1945, right the way through to 'Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals'. Have your copy of Sartre: Romantic Rationalist to hand!
Justin is the Editor of 'Iris Murdoch, Philosopher': https://www.bookdepository.com/Iris-Murdoch-Philosopher-Justin-Broackes/9780198701200?ref=grid-view&qid=1639760683318&sr=1-1
Gary is the author of 'Why Iris Murdoch Matters': https://irismurdochsociety.org.uk/product/why-iris-murdoch-matters/
Alison is the co-editor of 'Iris Murdoch...
2021-12-201h 13
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIn Conversation: Paul Hullah PodcastIn this podcast Miles is joined by Paul Hullah, Associate Professor of English Literature at Meiji Gakuin, and President of the Iris Murdoch Society of Japan.
Paul discusses his early life, literature, music and his meeting and subsequent friendship with Iris Murdoch. He and Yozo Muroya edited the only collection of Murdoch's poetry to date, as well as a volume of her essays. We talk about her poetry and why she changed Paul's life.
Unfortunately the 'Poems' collection is out-of-print, but Paul hopes to have some copies available in 2022. 'Occasional Essays' by Iris Murdoch is available via Amazon.
You can...
2021-12-1355 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastThe Women are up to Something PodcastJoining me today is Prof. Benjamin Lipscomb (Houghton College, NY, USA) to discuss his new book 'The Women are up to Something' which considers the four women who changed philosophy in the mid-Twentieth Century: Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch.
You can buy it here! https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Women-Are-Up-to-Something-by-Benjamin-J-Bruxvoort-Lipscomb/9780197541074
2021-11-1753 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastElizabeth Bowen PodcastThe new season of the podcast starts with a special on the author, essayist, critic, spy, journalist and much else besides, Elizabeth Bowen. She was a friend of Iris Murdoch (whom she influenced) 'I was very fond of her...she should have been Queen', Virginia Woolf, and many more. She's now seen as a major figure of Twentieth Century culture.
Joining me to discuss her life and work are Nicola Darwood (University of Bedfordshire, Allan Hepburn (McGill University, Canada), and Nicolas Royle (University of Sussex). All three have written and published widely on Bowen's work and are experts in the...
2021-11-101h 11
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIn Conversation: Avril Horner and Sarah PerryThis 'In Conversation' talk was given as part of the first online Iris Murdoch Conference on the 15th July, 2021. Sarah and Avril discuss the importance of Iris’ use of the gothic, and the impact it had on Sarah's own fiction.
Avril Horner (Emeritus Professor, Kingston University) is a world-leading expert in the Gothic. She has co-edited collection on Murdoch’s work, as well as ‘Living on Paper: Letters from Iris Murdoch’ with Anne Rowe. Her biography of Barbara Comyns is forthcoming.
Sarah Perry is the internationally best selling author of the novels Melmoth, The Essex Serpent, and After Me Comes the Floo...
2021-07-1950 min
The Minding Your Business Podcast#269 - Liz Murdoch, Animal Communicator, host of podcast Talking with the dogs!™Are you a dog lover? Of course you are! That means you'll love my discussion with Liz Murdoch! we discuss her background, her outstanding podcast, the pandemics impact on our furry family members, best practices on caring for and communicating bidirectionally with your dog or dogs, doggy day care, and much more!ABOUT LIZLiz Murdoch, Animal Communicator, host of podcast Talking with the dogs!™Heard of the Dog Whisperer? Liz is the REAL thing. She finds out what animals want people to know & specializes in helping DOGS tell you what they’re thinking and tran...
2021-06-1551 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch and Childhood Reading PodcastJoining me to discuss Murdoch's childhood reading, and its impact on her fiction, are Jan Skinner (formerly a tutor at Oxford's Continuing Education Department) and Anne Rowe (Chichester/Kingston).
The main books discussed are Treasure Island, the Alice Books, and Kipling's Kim.
A taster of Jan's essay can be found here: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9780230348288 and if you'd like the full text please get in touch.
Anne's latest book can be purchased from the Society here:https://irismurdochsociety.org.uk/product/iris-murdoch-writers-and-their-work/
2021-05-171h 11
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch and Religion PodcastJoining me to discuss Murdoch and Religion are Christopher Gowans (Fordham, USA), Scott H. Moore (Baylor, USA) and Frances White (IMRC, Chichester). We cover her life, tensions in her beliefs, her desire for a demythologised Christianity, and her later interest in Buddhism.
Chris' website can be found here: http://christophergowans.com
Scott's new book, 'How to Burn a Goat: Farming with the Philosophers': https://www.baylorpress.com/9781481311526/how-to-burn-a-goat/
Frances' award-winning biography: https://irismurdochsociety.org.uk/ims-shop/
2021-05-071h 12
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch and the Common Reader PodcastJoining me for this podcast are two Murdoch fans who consider themselves to be 'common readers' (a term taken from Virginia Woolf).Kent Wennman is an artist, musician, and much more; Liz Dexter is a blogger, proof reader, and author of 'Iris Murdoch and the Common Reader'. We discuss what makes Murdoch appeal to all types of reader, and how she might be relevant to new readers in the Twenty-First Century.
Liz's Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Iris-Murdoch-Common-Reader-Dexter/dp/1974249646
2021-04-0257 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch, Music And Singing PodcastIn this podcast I'm joined by Gillian Dooley (Flinders University, Australia) and Elin Svenneby to discuss Murdoch, music and singing. Along the way we cover most of the novels, consider how the philosophy of Plato, Schopenhauer and Weil might be connected to her thoughts about this artform, and discuss natural sounds and silence.
Gillian's latest book: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783030189662
Elin's Book: https://www.haugenbok.no/iris-murdochs-velvalgte-ord/svenneby-elin/9788274191662
2021-03-051h 06
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastArchive PodcastIn this episode Miles is (virtually) in the Murdoch collection at the Kingston University Archives; and joined by the Head Archivist, Dayna Miller, transcriber Rachel Hirschler, and one of the founders of the archive, Prof. Anne Rowe (Chichester and Kingston).
We cover the letters, journals, links between novels and unpublished work, poetry, artwork, and much more.
To ask Dayna a question, or to book a visit, simply email: archives@kingston.ac.uk
Find the archive here: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/faculties/kingston-school-of-art/research-and-innovation/iris-murdoch/
Back Issues of the Review (for free!) here:
https://irismurdochsociety.org.uk/the-review/
2021-01-251h 05
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastPeter J Conradi PodcastIn this podcast I'm joined by Prof Peter J. Conradi, Iris Murdoch's official biographer, to celebrate his own memoir, 'Family business', and to reflect on his biography of Iris, 'Iris Murdoch: A Life', twenty years after publication. He tells us about his relationship with Iris, her life, work and relationships, her unpublished novel 'Jerusalem', what he left unsaid until 'Family Business' (the final third of which is dedicated to her) and much more!
You can buy 'Family Business' at a discounted price here until the end of February 2020: https://www.serenbooks.com/productdisplay/family-business-memoir using the code 'MURDOCH' at checkout.
...
2021-01-1856 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastLecture - Iris Murdoch, Shakespeare and TS EliotIn this lecture Rob Hardy (Emeritus, Henan Normal University, China) explores the consequences of two statements: (1) that Iris Murdoch was a shaman in the sense that Ted Hughes said that Shakespeare and T.S Eliot were, and (2) that Murdoch’s shamanism was deeply linked to the intertextuality of her fiction.
2021-01-0453 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch And Feminism PodcastJoining me to discuss Iris Murdoch and feminism are Lucy Bolton, a film scholar from Queen Mary, University of London; Wendy Jones Nakanishi a literary scholar recently retired from Shikoku Gakuin University, Japan; and the artist and scholar Carol Sommer.
Lucy's Book on Iris Murdoch and Film-Philosophy: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-contemporary-cinema-and-the-philosophy-of-iris-murdoch.html
Carol's Book 'Cartography for Girls': https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/7203743-cartography-for-girls-an-a-z-of-orientations-ident
2020-12-211h 06
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastLecture - Iris Murdoch and William BlakeGeorge Steiner commented in Existentialists and Mystics that Iris Murdoch’s writings present ‘[l]uminous shades of Blake’s “holiness of the minute particular”’. This lecture explores some of the ways
in which Murdoch engages with this oft-maligned Romantic visionary, whose works are referenced in her fiction, her letters and her philosophy. Blake and Murdoch share a dialectical moral vision that
suggests the necessity for revolutionary violence, seeks an acknowledgement of evil, and invites the individual to attend to the world around them.
Dr Daniel Read completed his doctoral studies at Kingston University.
This lecture was given at the University of Chicheste...
2020-12-1042 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastA Fairly Honourable Defeat PodcastJoining Miles on the podcast are Peter J. Conradi FRSL, author of the authorised biography, 'Iris Murdoch: A Life', as well as his own memoir 'Family Business' (2019); the novelist Garth Greenwell, author of 'What Belongs to You' and 'Cleanness' (2020); and the literary critic and former Deputy Director of PEN, Catherine Taylor.
Peter's Memoir: https://www.serenbooks.com/productdisplay/family-business-memoir
Garth's New Novel: https://www.waterstones.com/book/cleanness/garth-greenwell/9781509874637
Catherine's Latest work in the Times Literary Supplement: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/reduced-to-body-parts/
2020-11-161h 09
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIn Conversation: The UnicornThis recording from 2019 features Miles Leeson and Anne Rowe, both from the Iris Murdoch Research Centre at the University of Chichester, discussing Murdoch's novel 'The Unicorn'.
2020-10-1950 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch and Ireland PodcastIn this episode, Miles is joined by Ian D'Alton (Trinity College, Dublin), Gillian Dooley (Flinders University Australia) and Frances White (IMRC, Chichester) to discuss Iris' Irishness. Areas covered include her biography and links with Irish culture, along with the novels 'The Unicorn', 'The Red and the Green', and her only short story 'Something Special'.
Ian's article on her Irishness:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/in-praise-of-iris-murdoch-by-ian-d-alton-1.2235736
Gillian's New work: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030189662
Frances' biography:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Becoming-Iris-Murdoch-Frances-White/dp/1899999604/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=white+iris+murdoch&qid=1602192322&sr=8-2
2020-10-091h 06
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch for Beginners PodcastJoining me to present a general introduction to Murdoch's life and work are Prof. Cheryl Bove (Ball State University, USA), Prof. Avril Horner (Kingston University, UK), and Kieran Setiya (MIT, USA).
In this podcast we introduce each facet of Murdoch's life and work - her biography, fiction, philosophy, life writing, her love of London, and more. You can discover more via these links:
Avril's Co-edited collection of Murdoch's letters:
https://www.psbooks.co.uk/Living-on-Paper-9780701187057
Cheryl's book 'Understanding Iris Murdoch':
https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&ref=bf_s2_a1_t1_1&qi=cw5b7Q6.xXFowro,ke3...
2020-09-211h 11
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastInterview with Bryan Magee - Philosophy and LiteratureIn this interview, first broadcast on the BBC in 1977, Murdoch discusses her work in both philosophy and literature with Bryan Magee.
An excellent companion piece, by the Murdochian scholar Gillian Dooley, can be found here: https://www.abc.net.au/religion/iris-murdoch-and-her-philosophy-of-fiction/11889672
2020-08-2844 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch in the National Gallery PodcastJoin me and my guest Anne Rowe as she guides us around London's National Gallery! We'll be stopping off at four paintings that appear in her novels:
Gainsborough's portrait of his two daughters from 'The Bell'
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/thomas-gainsborough-the-painters-daughters-chasing-a-butterfly
Bronzino's 'Allegory with Venus and Cupid' from 'The Nice and the Good'.
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/bronzino-an-allegory-with-venus-and-cupid
Giorgione's 'Il Tramonto' from 'The Sacred and Profane Love Machine'
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/giorgione-il-tramonto-the-sunset
Titian's 'The Death of Acteon' from 'Henry and Cato'
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/titian-the-death-of-actaeon
Anne is the world's leading...
2020-07-151h 03
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch and Politics PodcastJoining me to discuss Murdoch and Politics are Gary Browning (Oxford Brookes), author of 'Why Iris Murdoch Matters', Lesley Jamieson (Queen's University, Canada)who is conducting research into Murdoch's thought in the 1950s, and Vic Seidler (Goldsmiths, London) author of numerous works on sociology and politics.
Gary's Book: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-iris-murdoch-matters-9781472574473/
Lesley's Latest Research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-9752.12416
Vic's latest book: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/making-sense-of-brexit
2020-07-131h 04
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastBrigid Brophy PodcastJoining Miles in this special podcast on Brigid Brophy's life and work are Gerri Kimber, co-editor of the recent collection 'Brigid Brophy: Avant-Garde Writer, Critic, Activist'; Jonathan Gibbs, academic and novelist (whose latest novel 'The Large Door' is directly inspired by Brophy's 'The Snow Ball'); and Brophy's daughter, Kate Levey.
Kate's Website: www.brigidbrophy.com
Gerri's co-edited collection: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-brigid-brophy.html
Jonathan's Novel: https://www.boilerhouse.press/product-page/the-large-door
You can also listen to a 'Backlisted' Podcast on 'The Snow Ball' (featuring Jonathan) here: https://www.backlisted.fm/episodes/33-brigid-brophy-the-snow-ball
2020-06-261h 02
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastThe Bell PodcastMy guests on this podcast are Dr Frances White, Deputy Director of the IMRC at Chichester and author of the short biography 'Becoming Iris Murdoch', Fr Mark Patrick Hederman Former Abbott of Glenstall Abbey in Ireland and author of two works with a focus on Murdoch (see below), and James Marriott, Deputy Books Editor of The Times.
Frances Book: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Becoming_Iris_Murdoch.html?id=9APuoQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Mark Patrick's Books:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Haunted-Inkwell-Art-Our-Future/dp/1856073475
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Opal-Pearl-Towards-Gyroscopic-Ethics/dp/178218306X/ref=sr_1_12?dchild=1&qid=1592437559&refinements=p_27%3AMark+...
2020-06-181h 08
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch and the Moving Image PodcastIn this episode Miles is joined by Lucy Bolton (Queen Mary, University of London), Rebecca Moden (University of Chichester), and Anne Rowe (Chichester, and Kingston University) to discuss how Murdoch's use of imagery works in the novels, her inspirations, her relationship with painters and paintings, and how her philosophy can be brought to bear on the cinema and film-philosophy.
Lucy's Book: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-contemporary-cinema-and-the-philosophy-of-iris-murdoch.html
Link to Vogue Article: https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/vogue-archive-article-iris-murdoch
Anne's Book: https://mellenpress.com/book/Visual-Arts-and-the-Novels-of-Iris-Murdoch/4673/
Special Edition of the Iris Murdoch Review No. 8 on the Visual Arts (edited by Lucy, work...
2020-05-281h 00
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastInterview with A.N. WilsonIn 2017 A.N. Wilson was a guest at the Iris Murdoch Conference at Chichester. Here he is, in interview with Miles Leeson, reflecting on 'Iris Murdoch: As I Knew Her' 15 years after publication.
If you want the full interview with audience questions and responses you can find it in this book.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Iris-Murdoch-Celebration-Miles-Leeson/dp/191297200X
If you'd like a copy at a discount please email: ims@chi.ac.uk
Andrew's book is here:
https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/books/a-n-wilson/iris-murdoch-biography/GOR004674835
2020-05-1435 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastSovereignty of Good PodcastIn this podcast Miles Leeson is joined by three renowned experts on Murdoch's philosophy; Justin Broackes (Brown University, USA), editor of 'Iris Murdoch, Philosopher' and author of a forthcoming commentary on SOG; Hannah Marije Altorf (St. Mary's, London) author of 'Iris Murdoch and the Art of Imagining' and translator of the Dutch edition of SOG, and Mark Hopwood (Sewanee, University of the South, USA), editor of the forthcoming'The Murdochian Mind'.
You can find 'Existentialists and Mystics' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0140264922/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tu00_p1_i6
Justin's Collection: https://global.oup.com...
2020-05-1355 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastMurdochland PodcastThis podcast discusses 'Murdochland' - the locations, characters, and buildings that inhabit Murdoch's novels: London is central.
Guests are Chris Boddington, author of 'Iris Murdoch A-Z' - a major reference work to all her characters, locations, and so much more ; James Jefferies, creator of irismurdoch.info - an online site dedicated to Murdoch's London, and Prof Anne Rowe co-author of 'Sacred Space, Beloved City: Iris Murdoch's London' and many other works on Murdoch.
Anne's Book: www.cambridgescholars.com/sacred-space-beloved-city-15
Chris' Book here: https://murdochspeople.com/
James Website: https://irismurdoch.info
2020-05-0151 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastIris Murdoch: 20 years onA talk at the Iris Murdoch Research Centre on the 20th anniversary of her death in 2019.
2020-04-0658 min
The Iris Murdoch Society podcastUnder the Net PodcastThe first podcast from the Iris Murdoch Research Centre at the University of Chichester hosted by the Director, Miles Leeson. Guests include Visiting Professor Anne Rowe, Visiting Fellow Frances White, and researcher Lucy Oulton.
2020-03-2748 min
Channels with Peter KafkaJames Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox (Live at Code 2018)21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch talks with Recode’s Peter Kafka at the 2018 Code Conference. Murdoch, the son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, says he’s focused on “land[ing] the plane” as Fox plans to merge with Disney in the coming months, but doesn’t expect to be a part of either the merged entity or the remaining Fox properties, such as Fox News, which won’t be sold. Murdoch also talks about the possibility of a competing bid for the company from Comcast, what the pending merger signifies for the larger business ecosystem and how the media and ad...
2018-06-0539 min