The Great Political Fictions: The Golden Notebook Part 2 w/Catherine Taylor

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History, Politics, News, Society & Culture, Philosophy

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🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In the second of two episodes about Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook, David talks to critic and memoirist Catherine Taylor about the novel’s place in the history of feminism. Is its idea of ‘free women’ meant to be ironic? Why are the things that shocked its original readers not the things that shock its readers today? What makes Lessing so much more angry about male hypocrisy than she is about male brutality? And what else by Lessing should we all read? Read more by Catherine on Doris Lessing in this recent essay published in Aeon https://aeon.co/essays/what-we-can-learn-from-doris-lessings-experiments-in-living Join us on Friday 19th June at the Regent Street Cinema in London for the final film in our current season: a screening of Never Let Me Go followed by a live podcast recording with geneticist and science writer Adam Rutherford. Tickets available now https://bit.ly/4x641XC You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes including PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Next Time in Great Political Fictions: The Dispossessed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some follow the noise.
0:03.0	Bloomberg follows the money, whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion
0:07.7	dollar swings.
0:08.9	There's a money side to every story.
0:11.4	Get the money side of the story.
0:13.5	Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com.
0:20.7	The internet is coaching our kids.
0:23.4	When boys hear that on repeat, it shapes how they see themselves.
0:26.9	We can't leave it to those voices.
0:28.8	We have to be louder.
0:30.1	Together with e-e.
0:31.5	We need to coach them, guide them, back them.
0:34.1	Building our boys up every chance we get.
0:36.5	Be yourself.
0:37.3	Back your mates
0:38.1	confidence comes from a vine
0:39.6	as proud partner of the England's teams
0:42.1	EE has support and guidance
0:43.8	to help build all our boys up
0:45.3	on and off the pitch
0:46.6	search EEES
0:47.7	Yes boys
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