{"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-e1fe8c56f241/9b9df5b1-b932-4de9-9bc7-76a72410895b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"This Is Magic","description":"This week,&nbsp;Thea&nbsp;Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by Emer Nolan, Professor of English at Maynooth University, to discuss the letters of John McGahern, one of Ireland’s most accomplished writers of fiction; How did Napoleon get his hands on Veronese’s&nbsp;enormous masterpiece “The Wedding Feast at Cana”, once safely housed in a Venetian monastery? Does it matter and&nbsp;should we do anything to remedy the situation? Ruth Scurr, the author of ‘Napoleon: A Life told in gardens and shadows’, considers Napoleon’s thirst for art, and its legacy; plus, a quick look at some of 2021’s most favourably reviewed films and plays\n&nbsp;\n‘The Letters of John McGahern’, edited by Frank Shovlin\n‘Napoleon’s Plunder: And the theft of Veronese’s Feast’ by Cynthia Saltzman\n\n\nProduced by Sophia Franklin","author_name":"The TLS"}