LitBits - 2nd December 2015

Adam Smyth, lecturer in English at Balliol College, Oxford, and books journalist James Kidd discuss literature from curious and creative angles. This week's theme: Literature and the Cold. How do authors convey freezing temperatures? And what does cold represent? Featuring Petrarch, Mick Jagger, Cormac McCarthy, Thomas Wyatt, Charles Dickens, Christina Rossetti, John Keats, Captain Scott, open windows. and more. For more information visit litbits.co.uk.