Life Lessons and Making Sporting History

This week, Lucy Dallas and Alex Clark are joined by Dinah Birch to discuss Elizabeth Finch, the new novel by Julian Barnes, and find themselves in a world of charismatic teachers and forgotten Roman emperors. Also, the sports historian David Goldblatt explores a global survey of sport through the ages from the ancient Chinese game of cuju to the glories of Bristol Rovers.‘Elizabeth Finch’ by Julian Barnes‘Games People Played: A Global History of Sport’ by Wray VamplewProduced by Sophia Franklin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.