Catherine Nixey

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366 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 16 Jul

Catherine Nixey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Intelligence from The Economist · View from the summit: what did the G7 achieve? · 17 Jun 2026 podcast

It does cover some serious things.

It has led on fly tipping, and it covers art and architecture with similar seriousness.

And it goes to very great lengths for cover shots of cows.

But it's not really that surprising.

Britain is an urban nation, but its favourite poems invariably feature things like daffodils.

The National Trust is the country's largest charity.

Elysium in England is rural.

And besides, the magazine's focus on fields is not just frivolity, it's also philosophy.

People remember COVID as terrible, but that spring as wonderful.

I spoke to the magazine's editor, Mark Hedges, and he told me that trees, blossom, and sun are not trivial.

They are what actually affects most people's lives.

And besides, looking at pictures of country houses and of sheep in fields isn't that trivial either.

It's really rather lovely.

For when summer is here, it is indeed time for mayonnaise and for reading articles about how to eat it with asparagus, and for looking at pictures of lovely sheep in lovely fields.

The Intelligence from The Economist · Pulp fiction v the classics: summer reading · 25 May 2026 podcast

Hello, thank you for having me.

Great to be here.

Well, it's really interesting, isn't it?

This discussion absolutely presupposes that a good book and a book that you enjoy are probably two different things.

And the question is, why is that?

What is good writing and what is worthy writing?

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