Read Smart: Winning and Writing History with Hallie Rubenhold and Stig Abell

We’re excited to catch up with 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize winner Hallie Rubenhold and 2019 chair of judges Stig Abell. Hallie won with The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper and continues to work a busy schedule through lockdown; Stig is the host of the new Times Radio’s breakfast programme. 

Host Razia Iqbal finds out what both Hallie and Stig have been up to since last year’s ceremony, how the prize impacted Hallie’s work and together they speculate on how history and future art will document this pandemic. 

This episode was recorded and produced remotely. 

Read Smart Podcast is commissioned by The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction and is generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation.