Episode 284 - To The City with Alexander Christie-Miller

The History of Byzantium

Robin Pierson

History

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🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Alexander Christie-Miller was the Turkish correspondent for the Times Newspaper between 2010 and 2017. He has written a book called ‘To the City’ about the people who live along the Theodosian Walls in Istanbul today. He tells the story and charts the sweeping changes they've experienced in Turkey over the past 50 years. It's a brilliant read, ideal for those of you who have visited Istanbul or plan to.

Alexander Christie-Miller is from Wiltshire in the UK, studied in Dublin and was then in Istanbul for 7 years. He was the Times Turkish correspondent during that period and his writing has also appeared in Newsweek, The Atlantic, Der Spiegel and the White Review amongst other publications.

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1:13.6	episode 284 to the city with Alexander Christie Miller. Today we have an
1:22.0	interview with a British journalist who was the Turkish correspondent for the Times newspaper between 2010 and 2017. He's written a book called To the City about the people who live along the Theodosian
1:35.1	walls in Istanbul today.
1:38.3	Normally I don't touch on the modern world in this podcast, but this book seemed ideal for those of you who have visited Istanbul or planned to
1:46.5	and want to know more about the people who live there now.
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