Back to the Middle East

Eliza's back! And so is LDC. What a time it's been since the last episode, with the Queen's death and Russian President Vladimir Putin's chilling warning to the West as his war in Ukraine falters.

This week Geraldine and Eliza discuss Russia and reflect on the future of the monarchy (and the propsects for the Australian republican campaign).

They've both watched 'The Split' TV series.

And Eliza mulls over Meg Mason's Sorrow and Bliss.

Thanks for listening!

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The Elizabethan era is over – ABC Saturday Extra

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/saturday-extra/14043860

The Weakness of the Despot The New Yorker (David Remnick)

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/stephen-kotkin-putin-russia-ukraine-stalin

Sorrow and Bliss – Meg Mason

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49110165-sorrow-and-bliss

The Split (Season 3)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7631146/

About The Split’s writer, Abi Morgan

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/abimorgan

*My Salinger Year

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2222052/

The Finkler Question – Howard Jacobson

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8664368-the-finkler-question