Sophie Gee

Find out why we chose Huck Finn for the “election special” of SLoB and why Twain’s masterpiece tells you everything you need to know about this crazy, wonderful, complicated and above all, DIVIDED, nation.

In hard-hitting double-episodes on Shakespeare’s Hamlet and the spin-off Hamnet, Sophie focuses on the biggest questions in literary studies for 2024. Why haven’t more people called their kids Hamnet, and is the name ripe for revival?👶

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Join Sophie and Jonty as they uncover the untold stories and powerful voices of the women behind Hamlet in Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet. 🎧 Tune in now! #maggieofarrell #bookerprize #hamlet #hamnet #bookstagram #womeninhistory

With Gertrude marrying her ex-husband’s murderer, Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a prequel to Bad Moms.

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Join Sophie and Jonty on the ramparts of Elsinore as they talk ghosts, funeral meats, and how Ophelia totally steals the show despite being bumped off in Act IV.

Sophie makes the shock revelation that Hamlet’s last words aren’t ‘the rest is silence’, but ‘oh oh oh oh’, which is less good. 🎧Tune in tomorrow. #Shakespeare #hamlet #ClassicLiterature #booknerd #booktwt

🤺Next episode incoming: Hamlet, out tomorrow💀Righteous hero or spoilt nepo baby? Shakespeare’s tragedy is the last first word on toxic masculinity.

This week: Sophie tries to tactfully tell Jonty she cannot bear to hear him mangle Shakespeare again. Jonty sees through the ruse. Tension rising in the studio... and it’s only episode 16! #secretlifeofbookspod #midsummernightsdream #Shakespeare #podcasting