{"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/c408852f-5358-4265-846b-e139266e171f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sad and Twisted Stories","description":"<p>This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by Skye C. Cleary to discuss Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘lost’ novel, ‘The Inseparables’, published almost seventy years after it was written; Anna Picard reviews a very dark production of ‘Rigoletto’ at the Royal Opera House; plus, buying and selling (and maybe stealing) Emily Dickinson’s hair (maybe).</p><p><br></p><p>'The Inseparables' by Simone de Beauvoir</p><p>'Rigoletto' by Giuseppe Verdi, at the Royal Opera House, until September 29, then February–March, 2022&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>A special subscription offer for TLS podcast listeners: <a href=\"https://www.the-tls.co.uk/buy/pod19\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.the-tls.co.uk/buy/pod</a></p><p><br></p><p>Producer: Ben Mitchell</p>","author_name":"The TLS"}