Radio Sohemia
Episodes
Soho Night & Day
05 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Geraldine Norman, widow of the writer Frank Norman, joins Joe Daniel, Frank’s grandson, for a discussion with writer/musician Max Décharné about t...
Adventures in Coding
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Smith, the journalist and bestselling author of “Moondust”, talks to historian Matthew Worley about “Devil in the Stack” – Andrew’s...
Wild Swimmer, Wild Life
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“Guardian” staff writer Patrick Barkham chats with Ross MacFarlane about “The Swimmer”, Patrick’s appropriately unconventional biography of ...
A Walk Through the Russian Wilderness
04 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Foreign correspondent Tom Parfitt, who has worked for The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian, discusses his debut travel book with Paul Wille...
Dystopian Fiction
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bestselling novelist John King – author of The Football Factory – talks to Sohemian Society co-founder and think-tank veteran Marc Glendening abou...
Early Victorian A.I.
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor John Tresch – a science historian at the Warburg Institute – in conversation with former Wellcome Institute archivist Ross MacFarlane ab...
London at War, 1939-1945
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jerry White and Travis Elborough in conversation about Jerry’s most recent book, “The Battle of London, 1939-45: Endurance, Heroism and Frailty Un...
The Summer of 1976
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John L. Williams and Travis Elborough discuss John’s new book, “Heatwave”, which chronicles the famously hot and eventful British summer of 1976...
The Scandalous History of Dolphin Square
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join former M.P.-turned-author Simon Danczuk for an amusing conversation with the Sohemian Society co-founder Marc Glendening about the long and often...
Soho's Golden Age of Glamour
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Publisher Yak El-Droubie talks to the lively and charming eighty-nine-year-old former nude model Jean Sporle about her life. Their conversation focuse...
Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Edward Parnell is in conversation with Paul Willetts about ghost stories and bereavement, twin preoccupations of Edward’s hit nonfiction debut. Publ...
The Lives of Gay Men in Postwar London
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Parker talks to Travis Elborough about “Some Men in London”, Peter’s recent, acclaimed and often witty two-volume collage of letters, diar...
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation between the nonfiction writers Keiron Pim and Paul Willetts. They focus on Keiron’s debut biography, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, a po...
Bohemian Women of Soho & Fitzrovia
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A recording of a recent Sohemian Society event at which the painter/writer Darren Coffield and the art dealer/critic Clive Jennings discuss Darren’s...
Paris 1944
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nonfiction writer Paul Willetts talks to the historian and former foreign correspondent Patrick Bishop about his latest book, “Paris ’44”, which...
The Life and Work of Nick Drake
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A live recording of a Sohemian Society event at which Drake’s biographer Richard Morton Jack discussed his subject with the writer James Wilson, who...
Jonathan Meades
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Meades is in conversation with his longstanding editor and friend, John Mitchinson. They’ll not only be looking back on Jonathan’s career...