{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/af0e16de-9e4b-419b-b090-e1fe8c56f241/7fa76e2e-0300-45c9-8218-426dc0e6385c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"George Orwell and his Roses and a History of Self-Improvement","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0ef81a8cbec7663cf149/61ba0f45db9996001aebd9a5.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, Lucy Dallas and Alex Clark discuss roses, Orwell and rhizomatic thinking with Margaret Drabble; Kathryn Hughes is our guide through histories of self-improvement; plus, what log-rolling really means.</p><p><br></p><p><em>'Orwell's Roses' by Rebecca Solnit</em></p><p><em>'The Art of Self-Improvement' by Anna Katharina Schaffner</em></p><p><em>The Log Driver's Waltz:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nfb.ca/film/log_drivers_waltz/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>https://www.nfb.ca/film/log_drivers_waltz</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Produced by Sophia Franklin</strong></p>","author_name":"The TLS"}