Claire Tomalin: The Young H G Wells

<div>In this week’s Book Club podcast, my guest is Claire Tomalin. Claire’s new book, <em>The Young H G Wells: Changing the World,</em> tracks the extraordinary life and rocket-powered career of one of the most influential writers of the Edwardian age. She tells me how drapery’s loss was literature’s gain, why casting the goatish Wells as a #metoo villain isn’t quite right - and why we should all be reading <em>Tono-Bungay.<br> <br> </em>Subscribe to <em>The Spectator</em> today and get a £20 Amazon gift voucher:<br> <a href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/voucher">www.spectator.co.uk/voucher</a> </div>