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Lit Bits is a bookish podcast and radio show hosted by Adam Smyth, Professor of English at Balliol College, Oxford, and the journalist James Kidd. Each episode glides about a particular subject using books, poems, plays, delightful guests and high quality trouser-wear.

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What is Lit Bits? Listen here...

Don’t close the door. Or perhaps do close it.

Listen to more Lit Bits here.

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What is Lit Bits? Listen here...

Don’t close the door. Or perhaps do close it.

Listen to more Lit Bits here.