Elizabeth Knowles's guest appearances

Elizabeth Knowles

Podularity Books Podcast

The GymJump Pod

Rob Jones

Samuel Johnson

Jim Keen

Martin Kemp

Kristen Lee

Hilary Mantel

Philip Hoare

Andrew Sean Greer

Julian Baggini

Mark Vernon

Michael Hofmann

Steve Smith

Margaret Atwood

Kazuo Ishiguro

Jake Thompson

OwlTail

I chatted with the wonderful Elizabeth Knowles about her incredible journey in competitive bodybuilding!She shared her personal philosophy towards fitness in general and how someone can take the mindset of a bodybuilder and apply it into their daily habits!

I chatted with the wonderful Elizabeth Knowles about her incredible journey in competitive bodybuilding!<br>She shared her personal philosophy towards fitness in general and how someone can take the mindset of a bodybuilder and apply it into their daily habits!

The Elizabeth Knowles Interview

Our second guest to select her Books of the Year is Elizabeth Knowles. Elizabeth spent much of her career as a historical lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary. She is also the editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and, most recently, the author of How to Read a Word, a book that aims to make lexicographical sleuths of us all. You can hear my recent interview with Elizabeth by clicking here. And here are her Books of the Year: Since I was thirteen and first encountered M. R. James’s Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, I have had an affection for his particular subsection of the genre. The protagonist (generally learned) is drawn through his speciality into an exploration which is as tempting as it is unwise. The background (a country library or monastic church) is solidly evoked, but a crack through which terror can enter opens and widens as too many questions are asked, and warning voices are ignored. Throughout his canon of short stories, James again and again successfully achieves what he himself …

2. Books of the Year – Elizabeth Knowles