Laura Freeman, chief art critic at The Times and author of Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle’s Yard Artists, and Kettle’s Yard Director Andrew Nairne take us back to Cambridge in this follow-up to Episode 30 of the Foxed pod.  Jim Ede was a man for whom art, books, beauty, friendship and creativity were essential facets of a happy and fulfilled life and, in her acclaimed group biography of Jim and his artists, Laura casts new light on the men and women who gently shaped a new way of making, seeing and living with art for the twentieth century. Laura and Andrew join Slightly Foxed Editors Gail and Hazel at the kitchen table to draw us deeper into Jim and his wife Helen’s way of life at Kettle’s Yard: a domestic home-cum-gallery where pausing to sit is encouraged and artworks, furniture, ceramics, books and found objects from the natural world live side by side in delicious harmony. We follow Laura upstairs to Helen’s sitting-room to meet Constanin Brâncuşi’s cement-cast head of the boy Prometheus, we pause in the light-filled Dancer Room to take in Henri Gaudier-Brzeska’s bronze ballerina and we pass Barbara Hepworth’s strokable slate sculpture Three Personages on the landing before leafing through the bookshelves to discover hand-bound early editions of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando and works by Henry James. We hear how Jim believed that art was for everyone and wasn’t just for looking at but also for touching, hearing and engaging with: a belief so central to his ethos that he would lend pieces to Cambridge University students to place in their own living spaces. Books mentioned  We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.  Subscribe to Slightly Foxed magazine Laura Freeman, Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle’s Yard Artists (0:55) Virginia Woolf, Orlando (18:30) Henry James, ‘The Great Good Place’ (19:46) Richard Cobb, A Classical Education (45:34) Adrian Bell, A Countryman’s Summer Notebook (46:00) Lionel Davidson, The Night of Wenceslas (46:15) Lionel Davidson, The Rose of Tibet (46:29) Lionel Davidson, Kolymsky Heights (46:32) Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar (48:40) Ann Pratchett, The Dutch House (49:18) Osman Yousefzada, The Go-Between (50:59)  Related Slightly Foxed articles &amp; podcast episodes  Episode 30 of the Slightly Foxed podcast: Jim Ede’s Way of Life   Living Art, Mark Haworth-Booth on Jim Ede, A Way of Life: Kettle’s Yard, Issue 42  The Pram in the Hall, Laura Freeman on Barbara Hepworth, A Pictorial Autobiography, Issue 69  Russian Roulette, Anne Boston on Lionel Davidson, Kolymsky Heights, Issue 60  High Adventure, Derek Robinson on Lionel Davidson, The Rose of Tibet, Issue 32  Other links   Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge Jim Ede, A Way of Life: Kettle’s Yard is available from the Kettle’s Yard shop King Charles, the then Prince of Wales, on Kettle’s Yard at their inaugural concert  Kettle’s Yard House Tour  Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Laura Freeman, chief art critic at The Times and author of <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/laura-freeman-ways-of-life/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle’s Yard Artists</a>, and Kettle’s Yard Director Andrew Nairne take us back to Cambridge in this follow-up to Episode 30 of the Foxed pod. Jim Ede was a man for whom art, books, beauty, friendship and creativity were essential facets of a happy and fulfilled life and, in her acclaimed group biography of Jim and his artists, Laura casts new light on the men and women who gently shaped a new way of making, seeing and living with art for the twentieth century. Laura and Andrew join Slightly Foxed Editors Gail and Hazel at the kitchen table to draw us deeper into Jim and his wife Helen’s way of life at Kettle’s Yard: a domestic home-cum-gallery where pausing to sit is encouraged and artworks, furniture, ceramics, books and found objects from the natural world live side by side in delicious harmony. We follow Laura upstairs to Helen’s sitting-room to meet Constanin Brâncuşi’s cement-cast head of the boy <a href="https://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/collection-item/prometheus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prometheus</a>, we pause in the light-filled Dancer Room to take in Henri Gaudier-Brzeska’s <a href="https://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/collection-item/dancer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bronze ballerina</a> and we pass Barbara Hepworth’s strokable slate sculpture <a href="https://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/collection-item/three-personages/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Three Personages</a> on the landing before leafing through the bookshelves to discover hand-bound early editions of Virginia Woolf’s <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/virginia-woolf-orlando/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Orlando</a> and works by <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/products/all-books/?_sft_author_tax=james-henry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Henry James</a>. We hear how Jim believed that art was for everyone and wasn’t just for looking at but also for touching, hearing and engaging with: a belief so central to his ethos that he would lend pieces to Cambridge University students to place in their own living spaces. Books mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li><a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/products/subscriptions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to Slightly Foxed magazine</a></li> <li>Laura Freeman, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/laura-freeman-ways-of-life/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle’s Yard Artists</a> (0:55)</li> <li>Virginia Woolf, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/virginia-woolf-orlando/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Orlando</a> (18:30)</li> <li>Henry James, ‘<a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/henry-james-collected-stories-volume-ii/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Great Good Place</a>’ (19:46)</li> <li>Richard Cobb, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/richard-cobb-classical-education/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Classical Education</a> (45:34)</li> <li>Adrian Bell, A Countryman’s Summer Notebook (46:00)</li> <li>Lionel Davidson, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/lionel-davidson-the-night-of-wenceslas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Night of Wenceslas</a> (46:15)</li> <li>Lionel Davidson, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/lionel-davidson-the-rose-of-tibet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rose of Tibet</a> (46:29)</li> <li>Lionel Davidson, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/lionel-davidson-kolymsky-heights/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kolymsky Heights</a> (46:32)</li> <li>Eric Carle, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/eric-carle-very-hungry-caterpillar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Very Hungry Caterpillar</a> (48:40)</li> <li>Ann Pratchett, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ann-pratchett-the-dutch-house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Dutch House</a> (49:18)</li> <li>Osman Yousefzada, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/osman-yousefzada-the-go-between/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Go-Between</a> (50:59)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed articles &amp; podcast episodes <ul> <li>Episode 30 of the Slightly Foxed podcast: <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/jim-edes-way-of-life-kettles-yard-slightly-foxed-podcast-episode-30/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jim Ede’s Way of Life</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/jim-ede-kettles-yard-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Living Art</a>, Mark Haworth-Booth on Jim Ede, A Way of Life: Kettle’s Yard, Issue 42</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/laura-freeman-barbara-hepworth-pictorial-autobiography/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Pram in the Hall</a>, Laura Freeman on Barbara Hepworth, A Pictorial Autobiography, Issue 69</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/kolymsky-heights-lionel-davidson-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Russian Roulette</a>, Anne Boston on Lionel Davidson, Kolymsky Heights, Issue 60</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/lionel-davidson-the-rose-of-tibet-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">High Adventure</a>, Derek Robinson on Lionel Davidson, The Rose of Tibet, Issue 32</li> </ul> Other links <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kettle’s Yard</a>, Cambridge</li> <li>Jim Ede, <a href="https://shop.kettlesyard.co.uk/collections/featured-products/products/a-way-of-life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Way of Life: Kettle’s Yard</a> is available from the Kettle’s Yard shop</li> <li>King Charles, the then Prince of Wales, on Kettle’s Yard at their <a href="https://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/collection/recollection/audio/helen-hurrying-prince-charles-along-inaugural-concert/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">inaugural concert</a> </li> <li><a href="http://tour.kettlesyard.co.uk/?_gl=1%2A1svpla1%2A_ga%2AOTc2NTM0MTA2LjE2ODY2Njc3OTA.%2A_ga_T7JM3M1LG7%2AMTY4NjY2Nzc5MC4xLjEuMTY4NjY2Nzg2NS4wLjAuMA.." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kettle’s Yard House Tour</a></li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

46: Return to Kettle’s Yard

Ronald Blythe

‘I would like to be remembered as a good writer and a good man . . . Writers are observers. We are natural lookers, watchers . . . it seems to me quite wonderful that I have so long been able to make a living from something I love so much.’  So wrote the writer, editor and famed chronicler of rural life Ronald Blythe for the Mail on Sunday in 2004. That Ronald (or Ronnie, as he preferred to be known), who died aged 100 in early 2023, will be remembered as a good writer is irrefutable. Many Slightly Foxed listeners will know and love not only Akenfield – his bestselling 1969 portrait of a fictionalized East Anglian village – and the ‘Word from Wormingford’ column for the Church Times but also his unparalleled collection of short stories, poems, histories, novels and essays and, most recently, his year-long diary published as Next to Nature, which celebrates the slow perpetual turn of the farming year, the liturgical calendar and the rhythms of village life.  In this episode Ronnie’s fellow writers and friends, Julia Blackburn and his biographer Ian Collins, lead us down the rough-hewn track to the ancient yeoman’s cottage he inherited from the artist John Nash and into the nooks and crannies of his private world, tracing a life well lived and well written. We meet the changeling boy obsessed with books and nature and the self-taught youth whose good looks and charisma caused queues at the Colchester Library reference desk where he worked until he was discovered by the painter Christine Nash. It was she, recognizing his rare talent, who insisted he leave his job to pursue writing fulltime. We track Ronnie’s rich literary life path through his friends’ personal recollections, touching on tales of mid-winter meetings with E. M. Forster and an unlikely tryst with Patricia Highsmith. We muse on his spirituality and sexuality, his great love for life and his deep connection to the rural world with all its harshness and all its beauty, before heading for Bottengoms Farm where we hear how this great man and great writer saw out his last days in the company of good books and close friends.  For our book-lovers’ day out we head to the quintessential English cottage of Ronnie’s hero, the poet and keen gardener John Clare. And, to finish, a round-up of book recommendations including another East Anglian delight in Adrian Bell’s A Countryman’s Spring Notebook, an unusual fishing memoir by the writer of the Killing Eve series that’s about much more than just fishing, and the intricately plotted revenge tale No Name by Wilkie Collins, one of Ronnie’s favourite writers.  Books mentioned  We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. Subscribe to Slightly Foxed magazine Ronald Blythe, Akenfield (0:19) Ian Collins, Water Marks: Art in East Anglia is out of print (1:30) Julia Blackburn, The Emperor’s Last Island is out of print (2:22) Edna O’Brien, The Country Girls Trilogy (21.59) Ronald Blythe, The Age of Illusion: England in the Twenties and Thirties, 1919-1940 is out of print (24:18) Ronald Blythe, The View in Winter: Reflections on Old Age (31:06) Simone de Beauvoir, A Very Easy Death (31:38) Adrian Bell, Corduroy (37:30) Ronald Blythe, Word from Wormingford (41:38) Ronald Blythe, Next to Nature (43:36) Nicholas Fisk, Pig Ignorant (52:54) Adrian Bell, A Countryman’s Spring Notebook (53:59) Luke Jennings, Blood Knots (54:11) Luke Jennings, Codename Villanelle (54:13) Annie Ernaux, The Years (55:15) Wilkie Collins, No Name (55:47) A. N. Wilson, Confessions (56:51)  Julia Blackburn gave the eulogy for Ronald Blythe at his funeral which took place at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds on 1 March 2023. She has kindly given us permission to share the full transcript.   Related Slightly Foxed articles &amp; podcast episodes   Mellow Fruitfulness, Melissa Harrison on Ronald Blythe’s Wormingford books, Issue 40  Light Reading, Ronald Blythe on pocket-size volumes, Issue 17  A Private, Circumspect People, Maggie Fergusson on Ronald Blythe, Akenfield, Issue 11  Where There’s a Will, Andrew Lycett on Wilkie Collins, No Name, Issue 48 (56:29) Episode 38 of the Slightly Foxed podcast: Adrian Bell: Back to the Land (53:59) Episode 42 of the Slightly Foxed podcast: Jean Rhys: Voyages in the Dark (59:30)    Other links  John Clare Cottage, Helpston (50:20) Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

‘I would like to be remembered as a good writer and a good man . . . Writers are observers. We are natural lookers, watchers . . . it seems to me quite wonderful that I have so long been able to make a living from something I love so much.’ So wrote the writer, editor and famed chronicler of rural life Ronald Blythe for the Mail on Sunday in 2004. That Ronald (or Ronnie, as he preferred to be known), who died aged 100 in early 2023, will be remembered as a good writer is irrefutable. Many Slightly Foxed listeners will know and love not only <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ronald-blythe-akenfield-portrait-english-village/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Akenfield</a> – his bestselling 1969 portrait of a fictionalized East Anglian village – and the ‘<a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ronald-blythe-word-from-wormingford/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Word from Wormingford</a>’ column for the Church Times but also his unparalleled collection of short stories, poems, histories, novels and essays and, most recently, his year-long diary published as <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ronald-blythe-next-to-nature-lifetime-english-countryside/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Next to Nature</a>, which celebrates the slow perpetual turn of the farming year, the liturgical calendar and the rhythms of village life. In this episode Ronnie’s fellow writers and friends, Julia Blackburn and his biographer Ian Collins, lead us down the rough-hewn track to the ancient yeoman’s cottage he inherited from the artist <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/andy-friend-john-nash-landscape-love-solace/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Nash</a> and into the nooks and crannies of his private world, tracing a life well lived and well written. We meet the changeling boy obsessed with books and nature and the self-taught youth whose good looks and charisma caused queues at the Colchester Library reference desk where he worked until he was discovered by the painter Christine Nash. It was she, recognizing his rare talent, who insisted he leave his job to pursue writing fulltime. We track Ronnie’s rich literary life path through his friends’ personal recollections, touching on tales of mid-winter meetings with E. M. Forster and an unlikely tryst with Patricia Highsmith. We muse on his spirituality and sexuality, his great love for life and his deep connection to the rural world with all its harshness and all its beauty, before heading for Bottengoms Farm where we hear how this great man and great writer saw out his last days in the company of good books and close friends. For our book-lovers’ day out we head to the <a href="https://www.clarecottage.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quintessential English cottage</a> of Ronnie’s hero, the poet and keen gardener John Clare. And, to finish, a round-up of book recommendations including another East Anglian delight in Adrian Bell’s <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/adrian-bell-a-countrymans-spring-notebook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Countryman’s Spring Notebook</a>, an <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/luke-jennings-blood-knots/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">unusual fishing memoir</a> by the writer of the <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/luke-jennings-codename-villanelle/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Killing Eve</a> series that’s about much more than just fishing, and the intricately plotted revenge tale <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/wilkie-collins-no-name/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No Name</a> by Wilkie Collins, one of Ronnie’s favourite writers. Books mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li><a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/products/subscriptions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to Slightly Foxed magazine</a></li> <li>Ronald Blythe, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ronald-blythe-akenfield-portrait-english-village/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Akenfield</a> (0:19)</li> <li>Ian Collins, Water Marks: Art in East Anglia is out of print (1:30)</li> <li>Julia Blackburn, The Emperor’s Last Island is out of print (2:22)</li> <li>Edna O’Brien, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/edna-obrien-country-girls-trilogy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Country Girls Trilogy</a> (21.59)</li> <li>Ronald Blythe, The Age of Illusion: England in the Twenties and Thirties, 1919-1940 is out of print (24:18)</li> <li>Ronald Blythe, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ronald-blythe-the-view-in-winter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The View in Winter: Reflections on Old Age</a> (31:06)</li> <li>Simone de Beauvoir, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/simone-de-beauvoir-a-very-easy-death" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Very Easy Death</a> (31:38)</li> <li>Adrian Bell, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/adrian-bell-corduroy-plain-foxed-edition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Corduroy</a> (37:30)</li> <li>Ronald Blythe, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ronald-blythe-word-from-wormingford" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Word from Wormingford</a> (41:38)</li> <li>Ronald Blythe, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ronald-blythe-next-to-nature-lifetime-english-countryside/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Next to Nature</a> (43:36)</li> <li>Nicholas Fisk, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/nicholas-fisk-pig-ignorant" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pig Ignorant</a> (52:54)</li> <li>Adrian Bell, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/adrian-bell-a-countrymans-spring-notebook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Countryman’s Spring Notebook</a> (53:59)</li> <li>Luke Jennings, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/luke-jennings-blood-knots/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blood Knots</a> (54:11)</li> <li>Luke Jennings, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/luke-jennings-codename-villanelle/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Codename Villanelle</a> (54:13)</li> <li>Annie Ernaux, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/annie-ernaux-the-years" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Years</a> (55:15)</li> <li>Wilkie Collins, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/wilkie-collins-no-name/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No Name</a> (55:47)</li> <li>A. N. Wilson, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/a-n-wilson-confessions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Confessions</a> (56:51)</li> </ul> Julia Blackburn gave the eulogy for Ronald Blythe at his funeral which took place at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds on 1 March 2023. She has kindly given us permission to share the <a href="http://www.foxedquarterly.com/ronald-blythe-eulogy-julia-blackburn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full transcript</a>.  Related Slightly Foxed articles &amp; podcast episodes <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/melissa-harrison-ronald-blythe-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mellow Fruitfulness</a>, Melissa Harrison on Ronald Blythe’s <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ronald-blythe-word-from-wormingford/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wormingford books</a>, Issue 40</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/ronald-blythe-light-reading-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Light Reading</a>, Ronald Blythe on pocket-size volumes, Issue 17</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/ronald-blythe-akenfield-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Private, Circumspect People</a>, Maggie Fergusson on Ronald Blythe, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ronald-blythe-akenfield-portrait-english-village/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Akenfield</a>, Issue 11</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/wilkie-collins-no-name-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Where There’s a Will</a>, Andrew Lycett on Wilkie Collins, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/wilkie-collins-no-name/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No Name</a>, Issue 48 (56:29)</li> <li>Episode 38 of the Slightly Foxed podcast: <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/adrian-bell-back-to-the-land-slightly-foxed-podcast-episode-40/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adrian Bell: Back to the Land</a> (53:59)</li> <li>Episode 42 of the Slightly Foxed podcast: <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/jean-rhys-voyages-in-the-dark-slightly-foxed-podcast-episode-44/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jean Rhys: Voyages in the Dark</a> (59:30) </li> </ul> Other links <ul><li> <a href="https://www.clarecottage.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Clare Cottage</a>, Helpston (50:20)</li></ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

45: Ronald Blythe: A Life Well Written

Jean Rhys

The writer Jean Rhys is best known for Wide Sargasso Sea, her haunting prequel to Jane Eyre, yet her own life would have made for an equally compelling novel.  Miranda Seymour, author of the definitive Jean Rhys biography I Used to Live Here Once, joins the Slightly Foxed team to follow Rhys’s often rackety life and shine light on her writing. Born Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams on the island of Dominica, she dreamed of being an actress. And she did play many roles over the years: raconteur, recluse, wife (three times), grieving mother, enthusiastic drinker . . . But her most important role was that of a writer.  We begin in the Caribbean with Smile Please, Rhys’s unfinished autobiography of her early years, where we meet a white creole girl who feels like an outsider. This feeling lingers, whether she is living in squalid London, on Paris’s Left Bank or in rural Devon. The women in her novels feel it too: Anna adrift in London in Voyage in the Dark, Julia leaving Paris in After Leaving Mr Mackenzie, Antoinette bound for Mr Rochester’s attic in Wide Sargasso Sea. The voice of Sacha rings out in a BBC radio play of Good Morning, Midnight many years after its publication, bringing Rhys into the spotlight. Embezzlement, incarcerations, fisticuffs in the street and an unsuccessful menage à trois all trouble her at times, yet she wins over many supporters along the way, among them the writer Ford Madox Ford, the editors Francis Wyndham and Diana Athill, and her loyal friend Sonia Orwell.  Then we’re back in Paris, browsing the shelves of the Shakespeare and Company bookshop, and selecting some New Year reading recommendations – post-apocalyptic science fiction by John Christopher, travels Along the Enchanted Way in Romania, and the artistic life of Alison vividly told in words and pictures by Lizzy Stewart.  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   Subscribe to Slightly Foxed magazine Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea (0:14) Miranda Seymour, I Used to Live Here Once (0:36) Jean Rhys, Smile Please (2:48) Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (8:10) Jean Rhys, The Collected Short Stories, which includes the stories mentioned in this episode: ‘Let Them Call it Jazz’; ‘Vienne’; ‘Till September Petronella’; ‘I Spy a Stranger’ and many more besides (9:31) Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark (12:00) Jean Rhys, After Leaving Mr Mackenzie (13:47) Jean Rhys, Quartet (22:05) Ford Madox Ford, When the Wicked Man is out of print (22:12) Jean Rhys, Good Morning, Midnight (34:34) Jean Rhys, ‘I Spy a Stranger’ can be found in The Collected Short Stories (46:04) John Christopher, The Death of Grass(53:17) William Blacker, Along the Enchanted Way (55:00) Lizzy Stewart, Alison (57:55)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles    Voyage in the Dark, Patricia Cleveland-Peck on the novels of Jean Rhys, Issue 4  Not-so-gay Paree, Rowena Macdonald on Jean Rhys, Quartet and Voyage in the Dark, Issue 51 Episode 38 of the Slightly Foxed podcast: Literary Drinking (29:40) Episode 42 of the Slightly Foxed podcast: Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure (55:25)  Other Links  Shakespeare and Company, Paris (48:45) Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach  The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

The writer Jean Rhys is best known for Wide Sargasso Sea, her haunting prequel to Jane Eyre, yet her own life would have made for an equally compelling novel. Miranda Seymour, author of the definitive Jean Rhys biography I Used to Live Here Once, joins the Slightly Foxed team to follow Rhys’s often rackety life and shine light on her writing. Born Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams on the island of Dominica, she dreamed of being an actress. And she did play many roles over the years: raconteur, recluse, wife (three times), grieving mother, enthusiastic drinker . . . But her most important role was that of a writer. We begin in the Caribbean with Smile Please, Rhys’s unfinished autobiography of her early years, where we meet a white creole girl who feels like an outsider. This feeling lingers, whether she is living in squalid London, on Paris’s Left Bank or in rural Devon. The women in her novels feel it too: Anna adrift in London in Voyage in the Dark, Julia leaving Paris in After Leaving Mr Mackenzie, Antoinette bound for Mr Rochester’s attic in Wide Sargasso Sea. The voice of Sacha rings out in a BBC radio play of Good Morning, Midnight many years after its publication, bringing Rhys into the spotlight. Embezzlement, incarcerations, fisticuffs in the street and an unsuccessful menage à trois all trouble her at times, yet she wins over many supporters along the way, among them the writer Ford Madox Ford, the editors Francis Wyndham and Diana Athill, and her loyal friend Sonia Orwell. Then we’re back in Paris, browsing the shelves of the Shakespeare and Company bookshop, and selecting some New Year reading recommendations – post-apocalyptic science fiction by John Christopher, travels Along the Enchanted Way in Romania, and the artistic life of Alison vividly told in words and pictures by Lizzy Stewart. Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li><a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/products/subscriptions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to Slightly Foxed magazine</a></li> <li>Jean Rhys, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jean-rhys-wide-sargasso-sea/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wide Sargasso Sea</a> (0:14)</li> <li>Miranda Seymour, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/miranda-seymour-i-used-to-live-here-once-haunted-life-jean-rhys/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Used to Live Here Once</a> (0:36)</li> <li>Jean Rhys, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jean-rhys-smile-please/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smile Please</a> (2:48)</li> <li>Charlotte Brontë, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/charlotte-bronte-jane-eyre/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jane Eyre</a> (8:10)</li> <li>Jean Rhys, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jean-rhys-collected-short-stories/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Collected Short Stories</a>, which includes the stories mentioned in this episode: ‘Let Them Call it Jazz’; ‘Vienne’; ‘Till September Petronella’; ‘I Spy a Stranger’ and many more besides (9:31)</li> <li>Jean Rhys, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jean-rhys-voyage-in-the-dark/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Voyage in the Dark</a> (12:00)</li> <li>Jean Rhys, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jean-rhys-after-leaving-mr-mackenzie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">After Leaving Mr Mackenzie</a> (13:47)</li> <li>Jean Rhys, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jean-rhys-quartet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quartet</a> (22:05)</li> <li>Ford Madox Ford, When the Wicked Man is out of print (22:12)</li> <li>Jean Rhys, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jean-rhys-good-morning-midnight/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Good Morning, Midnight</a> (34:34)</li> <li>Jean Rhys, ‘I Spy a Stranger’ can be found in <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jean-rhys-collected-short-stories/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Collected Short Stories</a> (46:04)</li> <li>John Christopher, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/john-christopher-death-of-grass/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Death of Grass</a>(53:17)</li> <li>William Blacker, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/william-blacker-along-the-enchanted-way/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Along the Enchanted Way</a> (55:00)</li> <li>Lizzy Stewart, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/lizzy-stewart-alison-graphic-novel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alison</a> (57:55)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/patricia-cleveland-peck-novels-jean-rhys-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Voyage in the Dark</a>, Patricia Cleveland-Peck on the novels of Jean Rhys, Issue 4</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/jean-rhys-quartet-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Not-so-gay Paree</a>, Rowena Macdonald on Jean Rhys, Quartet and Voyage in the Dark, Issue 51</li> <li>Episode 38 of the Slightly Foxed podcast: <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/literary-drinking-lives-works-writers-slightly-foxed-podcast-episode-38/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Literary Drinking</a> (29:40)</li> <li>Episode 42 of the Slightly Foxed podcast: <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/patrick-leigh-fermor-adventure-slightly-foxed-podcast-episode-42/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure</a> (55:25)</li> </ul> Other Links <ul><li> <a href="https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shakespeare and Company</a>, Paris (48:45)</li></ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

44: Jean Rhys: Voyages in the Dark

Bookseller, publisher, Dissenter and dinner-party host, Joseph Johnson was a great enabler in the late 18th-century literary landscape . . .  Daisy Hay is the author of Dinner with Joseph Johnson: Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age and Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Exeter, and Kathryn Sutherland is the author of Why Modern Manuscript Matters and Senior Research Fellow in English at the University of Oxford. Together they join the Slightly Foxed editors to discuss Joseph Johnson’s life and work at St Paul’s Churchyard, the heart of England’s book trade since medieval times.    We listen to the conversation around Johnson’s dining-table as Coleridge and Wordsworth, Joseph Priestley and Benjamin Franklin, Mary Wollstonecraft and William Blake debate the great issues of the day. And we watch as Johnson embarks on a career that will become the foundation stone of modern publishing. We hear how he takes on Olaudah Equiano’s memoir of enslavement and champions Anna Barbauld’s books for children, how he argues with William Cowper over copyright and how he falls foul of bookshop spies and is sent to prison. From Johnson’s St Paul’s we then travel to Mayfair, where John Murray II is hosting literary salons with Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott, and taking a chance on Jane Austen. To complete our tour, we glimpse the anatomy experiments in the basement of Benjamin Franklin’s house by the Strand.  Our round-up of book recommendations includes Konstantin Paustovsky’s The Story of a Life which begins in Ukraine, Winifred Holtby’s conversations with Wollstonecraft and Woolf, a fresh look at Jane Austen’s Emma and an evocation of the Aldeburgh coast as we visit Ronald Blythe for tea.  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   Colin Clark, The Prince, the Showgirl and Me, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 61 (1:23) Edward Ardizzone, The Young Ardizzone, Plain Foxed Edition (2:01) Daisy Hay, Dinner with Joseph Johnson: Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age (2:52) Kathryn Sutherland, Why Modern Manuscripts Matter  William Cowper, The Task (15:46) William Godwin, Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is out of print (24:09) John Knowles, The Life and Writing of Henry Fuseli is out of print (24:12) Mary Scott, The Female Advocate; a poem occasioned by reading Mr. Duncombe’s Feminead is out of print (27:36)  Slightly Foxed Cubs series of children’s books (31:52) Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (35:53) Maria Rundell, Mrs Rundell’s Domestic Cookery is out of print (46:01) Konstantin Paustovsky, The Story of a Life, translated by Douglas Smith (50:52) Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre (52:40) Jane Austen, Emma (53:16) Winifred Holtby, Women and a Changing Civilisation is out of print (54:07) Winifred Holtby, Virginia Woolf: A Critical Memoir is out of print (54:44) Winifred Holtby, South Riding (55:46) Ronald Blythe, The Time by the Sea (56:46)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles   Letters from the Heart, Daisy Hay on Mary Wollstonecraft, Letters Written in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, Issue 51  Just Getting on with It, A. F. Harrold on William Cowper, Selected Poems, Issue 23  The Abyss Beyond the Orchard, Alexandra Harris on William Cowper, The Centenary Letters, Issue 53  ‘By God, I’m going to spin’, Paul Routledge on the novels of Winifred Holtby, Issue 32  Other Links   Henry Fuseli’s The Nightmare (11:42)  Dr Johnson’s House, City of London (49:52)  Benjamin Franklin House, Charing Cross, London (49:56)  Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach  The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Bookseller, publisher, Dissenter and dinner-party host, Joseph Johnson was a great enabler in the late 18th-century literary landscape . . . Daisy Hay is the author of Dinner with Joseph Johnson: Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age and Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Exeter, and Kathryn Sutherland is the author of Why Modern Manuscript Matters and Senior Research Fellow in English at the University of Oxford. Together they join the Slightly Foxed editors to discuss Joseph Johnson’s life and work at St Paul’s Churchyard, the heart of England’s book trade since medieval times.   We listen to the conversation around Johnson’s dining-table as Coleridge and Wordsworth, Joseph Priestley and Benjamin Franklin, Mary Wollstonecraft and William Blake debate the great issues of the day. And we watch as Johnson embarks on a career that will become the foundation stone of modern publishing. We hear how he takes on Olaudah Equiano’s memoir of enslavement and champions Anna Barbauld’s books for children, how he argues with William Cowper over copyright and how he falls foul of bookshop spies and is sent to prison. From Johnson’s St Paul’s we then travel to Mayfair, where John Murray II is hosting literary salons with Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott, and taking a chance on Jane Austen. To complete our tour, we glimpse the anatomy experiments in the basement of Benjamin Franklin’s house by the Strand. Our round-up of book recommendations includes Konstantin Paustovsky’s The Story of a Life which begins in Ukraine, Winifred Holtby’s conversations with Wollstonecraft and Woolf, a fresh look at Jane Austen’s Emma and an evocation of the Aldeburgh coast as we visit Ronald Blythe for tea. Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li>Colin Clark, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/colin-clark-the-prince-the-showgirl-and-me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Prince, the Showgirl and Me</a>, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 61 (1:23)</li> <li>Edward Ardizzone, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/edward-ardizzone-the-young-ardizzone-plain-foxed-edition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Young Ardizzone</a>, Plain Foxed Edition (2:01)</li> <li>Daisy Hay, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/daisy-hay-dinner-with-joseph-johnson-books-friendship-revolutionary-age/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dinner with Joseph Johnson: Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age</a> (2:52)</li> <li>Kathryn Sutherland, <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/why-modern-manuscripts-matter-9780192856517" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why Modern Manuscripts Matter</a> </li> <li>William Cowper, <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44035/the-task-book-i-the-sofa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Task</a> (15:46)</li> <li>William Godwin, Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is out of print (24:09)</li> <li>John Knowles, The Life and Writing of Henry Fuseli is out of print (24:12)</li> <li>Mary Scott, The Female Advocate; a poem occasioned by reading Mr. Duncombe’s Feminead is out of print (27:36)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/products/slightly-foxed-cubs-classic-childrens-books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly Foxed Cubs</a> series of children’s books (31:52)</li> <li>Olaudah Equiano, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/interesting-narrative-life-olaudah-equiano/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano</a> (35:53)</li> <li>Maria Rundell, Mrs Rundell’s Domestic Cookery is out of print (46:01)</li> <li>Konstantin Paustovsky, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/konstantin-paustovsky-story-of-a-life/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story of a Life</a>, translated by Douglas Smith (50:52)</li> <li>Joanna Quinn, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/joanna-quinn-whalebone-theatre/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Whalebone Theatre</a> (52:40)</li> <li>Jane Austen, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jane-austen-emma/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emma</a> (53:16)</li> <li>Winifred Holtby, Women and a Changing Civilisation is out of print (54:07)</li> <li>Winifred Holtby, Virginia Woolf: A Critical Memoir is out of print (54:44)</li> <li>Winifred Holtby, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/winifred-holtby-south-riding/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">South Riding</a> (55:46)</li> <li>Ronald Blythe, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ronald-blythe-time-by-sea-aldeburgh-1955-1958/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Time by the Sea</a> (56:46)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/daisy-hay-mary-wollstonecraft-letters-literay-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Letters from the Heart</a>, Daisy Hay on Mary Wollstonecraft, Letters Written in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, Issue 51</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/a-f-harrold-william-cowper-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Just Getting on with It</a>, A. F. Harrold on William Cowper, Selected Poems, Issue 23</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/alexandra-harris-william-cowper-letters-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Abyss Beyond the Orchard</a>, Alexandra Harris on William Cowper, The Centenary Letters, Issue 53</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/paul-routledge-winifred-holtby-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘By God, I’m going to spin’</a>, Paul Routledge on the novels of Winifred Holtby, Issue 32</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Henry Fuseli’s The Nightmare</a> (11:42)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr Johnson’s House</a>, City of London (49:52)</li> <li> <a href="https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Benjamin Franklin House</a>, Charing Cross, London (49:56)</li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

43: Dinner with Joseph Johnson

Patrick Leigh Fermor

Paddy Leigh Fermor was just 18 when he set forth from the Hook of Holland, bound for the Golden Horn . . .    Artemis Cooper, Paddy’s biographer, and Nick Hunt, author of Walking the Woods and the Water, join the Slightly Foxed team to explore the life and literary work of Patrick Leigh Fermor.     Equipped with a gift for languages, a love of Byron and a rucksack full of notebooks, in December 1933 Paddy set off on foot to follow the course of the Rhine and the Danube, walking hundreds of miles. Years later he recorded much of the journey in A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water. In these books Baroque architecture and noble bloodlines abound, but adventure is at the heart of his writing. There was to have been a third volume, but for years Paddy struggled with it. Only after his death were Artemis and Colin Thubron able to see The Broken Road into print.     The trilogy inspired Nick Hunt to follow in Paddy’s footsteps. What were country lanes are now highways, and many names have changed, but Nick found places that Paddy had visited, with their echoes of times past.     Following discussions of a love affair with a Romanian princess, Paddy’s role in the Cretan resistance in the Second World War and Caribbean volcanoes in The Violins of Saint-Jacques, we turn our focus to his books on the Greek regions of Roumeli and the Mani, and the beautiful house that Paddy and his wife Joan built in the latter, Kardamyli. And via our reading recommendations we travel from Calcutta to Kabul In a Land Far from Home, to William Trevor’s Ireland and to Cal Flynn’s Islands of Abandonment.  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.    Nella Last’s War, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 60 (1:12) Graham Greene, A Sort of Life, Plain Foxed Edition (1:18) Artemis Cooper, Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure (2:32) Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water (4:15) Nick Hunt, Walking the Woods and the Water (6:52) Patrick Leigh Fermor, The Broken Road, edited by Artemis Cooper and Colin Thubron (23:05) Patrick Leigh Fermor, Three Letters from the Andes (24:23) W. Stanley Moss, Ill Met by Moonlight (34:31) George Psychoundakis, The Cretan Runner (38:25) Patrick Leigh Fermor, The Traveller’s Tree is out of print (40:06) Simon Fenwick, Joan: Beauty, Rebel, Muse: The Remarkable Life of Joan Leigh Fermor (41:11) Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time to Keep Silence (43:24) Patrick Leigh Fermor, The Violins of Saint-Jacques (43:27) Patrick Leigh Fermor, Mani (46:27) Patrick Leigh Fermor, Roumeli (46:31) Robert Macfarlane, The Gifts of Reading, inspired by A Time of Gifts  Syed Mujtaba Ali, In a Land Far from Home (49:05) Taran Khan, Shadow City (51:21) Eugenie Fraser, The House by the Dvina (51:44) Cal Flynn, Islands of Abandonment (53:49) William Trevor, Fools of Fortune (55:33) Elizabeth Bowen, The Last September (56:10)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles   A Great Adventure, Andy Merrills on Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time of Gifts; Between the Woods and the Water, Issue 38 (4:15)  Off All the Standard Maps, Tim Mackintosh-Smith on Patrick Leigh Fermor, Roumeli, Issue 2 (46:31)  Other Links  Artemis Cooper’s website: www.artemiscooper.com  Nick Hunt’s website: www.nickhuntscrutiny.com  Siân Phillips reads from A Time of Gifts Read two extracts from A Time of Gifts: Dropping anchor at the Hook of Holland and The largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe  ‘When I first read A Time of Gifts I felt it in my feet’: Robert Macfarlane reads from The Gifts of Reading  The Leigh Fermor House in Kardamyli, Greece – Benaki Museum  Artemis Cooper on the Leigh Fermor House, Condé Nast Traveller   Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Paddy Leigh Fermor was just 18 when he set forth from the Hook of Holland, bound for the Golden Horn . . . Artemis Cooper, Paddy’s biographer, and Nick Hunt, author of Walking the Woods and the Water, join the Slightly Foxed team to explore the life and literary work of Patrick Leigh Fermor.  Equipped with a gift for languages, a love of Byron and a rucksack full of notebooks, in December 1933 Paddy set off on foot to follow the course of the Rhine and the Danube, walking hundreds of miles. Years later he recorded much of the journey in A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water. In these books Baroque architecture and noble bloodlines abound, but adventure is at the heart of his writing. There was to have been a third volume, but for years Paddy struggled with it. Only after his death were Artemis and Colin Thubron able to see The Broken Road into print.  The trilogy inspired Nick Hunt to follow in Paddy’s footsteps. What were country lanes are now highways, and many names have changed, but Nick found places that Paddy had visited, with their echoes of times past.  Following discussions of a love affair with a Romanian princess, Paddy’s role in the Cretan resistance in the Second World War and Caribbean volcanoes in The Violins of Saint-Jacques, we turn our focus to his books on the Greek regions of Roumeli and the Mani, and the beautiful house that Paddy and his wife Joan built in the latter, Kardamyli. And via our reading recommendations we travel from Calcutta to Kabul In a Land Far from Home, to William Trevor’s Ireland and to Cal Flynn’s Islands of Abandonment. Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/nella-last-nella-lasts-war/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nella Last’s War</a>, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 60 (1:12)</li> <li>Graham Greene, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/graham-greene-a-sort-of-life-plain-foxed-edition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Sort of Life</a>, Plain Foxed Edition (1:18)</li> <li>Artemis Cooper, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/artemis-cooper-patrick-leigh-fermor-adventure/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure</a> (2:32)</li> <li>Patrick Leigh Fermor, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/leigh-fermor-patrick-time-gifts-adventures-harriet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Time of Gifts</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/leigh-fermor-patrick-between-woods-water/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Between the Woods and the Water</a> (4:15)</li> <li>Nick Hunt, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/nick-hunt-walking-woods-water/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Walking the Woods and the Water</a> (6:52)</li> <li>Patrick Leigh Fermor, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/broken-road-patric-leigh-fermor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Broken Road</a>, edited by Artemis Cooper and Colin Thubron (23:05)</li> <li>Patrick Leigh Fermor, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/patrick-leigh-fermor-three-letters-andes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Three Letters from the Andes</a> (24:23)</li> <li>W. Stanley Moss, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/w-stanley-moss-ill-met-by-moonlight/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ill Met by Moonlight</a> (34:31)</li> <li>George Psychoundakis, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/george-psychoundakis-cretan-runner/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Cretan Runner</a> (38:25)</li> <li>Patrick Leigh Fermor, The Traveller’s Tree is out of print (40:06)</li> <li>Simon Fenwick, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/simon-fenwick-joan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joan: Beauty, Rebel, Muse: The Remarkable Life of Joan Leigh Fermor </a>(41:11)</li> <li>Patrick Leigh Fermor, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/patrick-leigh-fermor-time-to-keep-silence/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Time to Keep Silence</a> (43:24)</li> <li>Patrick Leigh Fermor, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/patrick-leigh-fermor-violins-saints-jacques/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Violins of Saint-Jacques</a> (43:27)</li> <li>Patrick Leigh Fermor, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/patrick-leigh-fermor-mani/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mani</a> (46:27)</li> <li>Patrick Leigh Fermor, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/patrick-leigh-fermor-roumeli/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roumeli</a> (46:31)</li> <li>Robert Macfarlane, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/robert-macfarlane-gifts-reading-slightly-foxed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Gifts of Reading</a>, inspired by A Time of Gifts </li> <li>Syed Mujtaba Ali, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/syed-mujtaba-ali-land-far-from-home/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In a Land Far from Home </a>(49:05)</li> <li>Taran Khan, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/taran-khan-shadow-city-woman-walks-kabul/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shadow City</a> (51:21)</li> <li>Eugenie Fraser, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/eugenie-fraser-house-by-dvina/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The House by the Dvina</a> (51:44)</li> <li>Cal Flynn, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/cal-flyn-islands-of-abandonment/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Islands of Abandonment</a> (53:49)</li> <li>William Trevor, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/william-trevor-fools-fortune/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fools of Fortune</a> (55:33)</li> <li>Elizabeth Bowen, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/elizabeth-bowen-last-september/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Last September</a> (56:10)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/patrick-leigh-fermor-great-adventure/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Great Adventure</a>, Andy Merrills on Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time of Gifts; Between the Woods and the Water, Issue 38 (4:15)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/tim-mackintosh-smith-patrick-leigh-fermor-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Off All the Standard Maps</a>, Tim Mackintosh-Smith on Patrick Leigh Fermor, Roumeli, Issue 2 (46:31)</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li>Artemis Cooper’s website: <a href="http://www.artemiscooper.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.artemiscooper.com</a> </li> <li>Nick Hunt’s website: <a href="http://www.nickhuntscrutiny.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nickhuntscrutiny.com</a> </li> <li><a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/sian-phillips-reads-time-gifts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Siân Phillips reads from A Time of Gifts</a></li> <li>Read two extracts from A Time of Gifts: <a href="dropped%20anchor%20in%20the%20Hook%20of%20Holland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dropping anchor at the Hook of Holland</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/i-knew-i-was-inside-the-largest-gothic-cathedral-in-northern-europe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe</a> </li> <li>‘When I first read A Time of Gifts I felt it in my feet’: <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/robert-macfarlane-first-read-time-gifts-felt-feet-spoke-soles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Macfarlane reads from The Gifts of Reading</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.benaki.org/index.php?option=com_buildings&amp;view=building&amp;id=45&amp;Itemid=1085&amp;lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Leigh Fermor House in Kardamyli, Greece – Benaki Museum</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/patrick-leigh-fermors-home-greece" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Artemis Cooper on the Leigh Fermor House, Condé Nast Traveller</a> </li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

42: Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure

Barbara Pym

A latter-day Austen, an academic, a romantic, a comic, a caustic chronicler of the commonplace . . . The novelist Barbara Pym became beloved and Booker Prize-nominated in the late twentieth century, yet many rejections, years in the literary wilderness and manuscripts stored in linen cupboards preceded her revival.    Paula Byrne, author of The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym, and Lucy Scholes, critic, Paris Review columnist and editor at McNally Editions, join the Slightly Foxed team to plumb the depths and scale the peaks of Barbara Pym’s writing, life and loves. From Nazi Germany to the African Institute; from London’s bedsit land to parish halls; from unrequited love affairs with unsuitable men to an epistolary friendship with Philip Larkin; and from rejection by Jonathan Cape to overnight success via the TLS, we trace Pym’s life through her novels, visiting the Bodleian and Boots lending libraries along the way. There’s joy in Some Tame Gazelle, loneliness in Quartet in Autumn, and humour and all human experience in between, with excellent women consistently her theme.    We then turn from Pym to other writers under or above the radar, finding darkness in Elizabeth Taylor, tragicomedy in Margaret Kennedy and real and surreal rackety lives in Barbara Comyns. To round out a cast of excellent women, we discover Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca was foretold in Elizabeth von Arnim’s Vera, and we recommend an eccentric trip with Jane Bowles and her Two Serious Ladies, as well as theatrical tales from a raconteur in Eileen Atkins’s memoir.  (Episode duration: 57 minutes; 16 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   Flora Thompson, Lark Rise and Over to Candleford &amp; Candleford Green, Slightly Foxed Edition Nos. 58 and 59 (1:39) Paula Byrne, The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym (2:11) Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow is out of print (4:28) Barbara Pym, Quartet in Autumn (6:33) Barbara Pym, The Sweet Dove Died is out of print (8:16) Barbara Pym, Some Tame Gazelle (14:07) Barbara Pym, Excellent Women (19:06) Barbara Pym, A Glass of Blessings (22:14) Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves is out of print (32:28) Nicola Beauman, The Other Elizabeth Taylor (36:33) Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (37:00) Elizabeth Taylor, Angel (38:27) Barbara Comyns, The Vet’s Daughter (41:16) Barbara Comyns, The House of Dolls (42:16) Barbara Comyns, Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead (42:45) Barbara Comyns, Our Spoons Came from Woolworths (43:03) Barbara Comyns, A Touch of Mistletoe (43:46) Elizabeth von Arnim, Vera (47:47) Margaret Kennedy, Troy Chimneys, McNally Editions (48:59) Jane Bowles, Two Serious Ladies (50:37) Eileen Atkins, Will She Do? (52:39)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles   Not So Bad, Really, Frances Donnelly on Barbara Pym, Issue 11  Hands across the Tea-shop Table, Sue Gee on Elizabeth Taylor, A Game of Hide and Seek and Nicola Beauman, The Other Elizabeth Taylor, Issue 58  There for the Duration, Juliet Gardiner on Elizabeth Taylor, At Mrs Lippincote’s, Issue 13  Sophia Fairclough and Me, Sophie Breese on the novels of Barbara Comyns, Issue 42  Other Links   McNally Editions is an American imprint devoted to hidden gems (2:47) In the Paris Review Re-Covered column, Lucy Scholes exhumes the out-of-print and forgotten books that shouldn’t be Lucy Scholes is the host of the Virago OurShelves podcast  The Barbara Pym Society  Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

A latter-day Austen, an academic, a romantic, a comic, a caustic chronicler of the commonplace . . . The novelist Barbara Pym became beloved and Booker Prize-nominated in the late twentieth century, yet many rejections, years in the literary wilderness and manuscripts stored in linen cupboards preceded her revival. Paula Byrne, author of The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym, and Lucy Scholes, critic, Paris Review columnist and editor at McNally Editions, join the Slightly Foxed team to plumb the depths and scale the peaks of Barbara Pym’s writing, life and loves. From Nazi Germany to the African Institute; from London’s bedsit land to parish halls; from unrequited love affairs with unsuitable men to an epistolary friendship with Philip Larkin; and from rejection by Jonathan Cape to overnight success via the TLS, we trace Pym’s life through her novels, visiting the Bodleian and Boots lending libraries along the way. There’s joy in Some Tame Gazelle, loneliness in Quartet in Autumn, and humour and all human experience in between, with excellent women consistently her theme. We then turn from Pym to other writers under or above the radar, finding darkness in Elizabeth Taylor, tragicomedy in Margaret Kennedy and real and surreal rackety lives in Barbara Comyns. To round out a cast of excellent women, we discover Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca was foretold in Elizabeth von Arnim’s Vera, and we recommend an eccentric trip with Jane Bowles and her Two Serious Ladies, as well as theatrical tales from a raconteur in Eileen Atkins’s memoir.  (Episode duration: 57 minutes; 16 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li>Flora Thompson, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/flora-thompson-lark-rise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lark Rise</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/flora-thompson-over-candleford-candleford-green/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Over to Candleford &amp; Candleford Green</a>, Slightly Foxed Edition Nos. 58 and 59 (1:39)</li> <li>Paula Byrne, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/paula-byrne-adventures-of-miss-barbara-pym/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym</a> (2:11)</li> <li>Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow is out of print (4:28)</li> <li>Barbara Pym, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/barbara-pym-quartet-in-autumn/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quartet in Autumn</a> (6:33)</li> <li>Barbara Pym, The Sweet Dove Died is out of print (8:16)</li> <li>Barbara Pym, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/barbara-pym-some-tame-gazelle/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Some Tame Gazelle</a> (14:07)</li> <li>Barbara Pym, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/barbara-pym-excellent-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Excellent Women</a> (19:06)</li> <li>Barbara Pym, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/barbara-pym-glass-of-blessings/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Glass of Blessings</a> (22:14)</li> <li>Barbara Pym, A Few Green Leaves is out of print (32:28)</li> <li>Nicola Beauman, <a href="https://persephonebooks.co.uk/products/the-other-elizabeth-taylor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Other Elizabeth Taylor</a> (36:33)</li> <li>Elizabeth Taylor, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/elizabeth-taylor-mrs-palfrey-at-the-claremont/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont</a> (37:00)</li> <li>Elizabeth Taylor, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/elizabeth-taylor-angel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angel</a> (38:27)</li> <li>Barbara Comyns, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/barbara-comyns-the-vets-daughter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Vet’s Daughter</a> (41:16)</li> <li>Barbara Comyns, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/barbara-comyns-house-of-dolls/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The House of Dolls</a> (42:16)</li> <li>Barbara Comyns, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/barbara-comyns-who-was-changed-who-was-dead/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead</a> (42:45)</li> <li>Barbara Comyns, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/barbara-comyns-our-spoons-came-from-woolworths/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Spoons Came from Woolworths</a> (43:03)</li> <li>Barbara Comyns, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/barbara-comyns-touch-of-mistletoe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Touch of Mistletoe</a> (43:46)</li> <li>Elizabeth von Arnim, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/elizabeth-von-arnim-vera/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vera</a> (47:47)</li> <li>Margaret Kennedy, <a href="https://www.mcnallyeditions.com/books/p/troy-chimneys-05" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Troy Chimneys</a>, McNally Editions (48:59)</li> <li>Jane Bowles, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jane-bowles-two-serious-ladies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Two Serious Ladies</a> (50:37)</li> <li>Eileen Atkins, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/eileen-atkins-will-she-do-act-one-life-on-stage/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Will She Do?</a> (52:39)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/frances-donnelly-barbara-pym-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Not So Bad, Really</a>, Frances Donnelly on Barbara Pym, Issue 11</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/elizabeth-taylor-game-of-hide-seek-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hands across the Tea-shop Table</a>, Sue Gee on Elizabeth Taylor, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/elizabeth-taylor-game-of-hide-and-seek/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Game of Hide and Seek</a> and Nicola Beauman, The Other Elizabeth Taylor, Issue 58</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/elizabeth-taylor-at-mrs-lippincotes-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">There for the Duration</a>, Juliet Gardiner on Elizabeth Taylor, At Mrs Lippincote’s, Issue 13</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/sophie-breese-barbara-comyns-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sophia Fairclough and Me</a>, Sophie Breese on the novels of Barbara Comyns, Issue 42</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.mcnallyeditions.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McNally Editions</a> is an American imprint devoted to hidden gems (2:47)</li> <li>In the <a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/columns/re-covered/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paris Review Re-Covered column</a>, Lucy Scholes exhumes the out-of-print and forgotten books that shouldn’t be</li> <li>Lucy Scholes is the host of the Virago <a href="https://www.virago.co.uk/imprint/lbbg/virago/page/about-virago/virago-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OurShelves podcast</a> </li> <li><a href="https://barbara-pym.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Barbara Pym Society</a></li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

41: Barbara Pym and Other Excellent Women

Adrian Bell

The farmer-cum-writer Adrian Bell is best-known for his rural trilogy of Suffolk farming life, Corduroy, Silver Ley and The Cherry Tree. To explore Bell’s life and writing the Slightly Foxed editors are joined by Richard Hawking, chairman of the Adrian Bell Society, author of At the Field’s Edge: Adrian Bell and the English Countryside and editor of A Countryman’s Winter Notebook, a selection of Bell’s newspaper columns.    We follow Bell from middle-class London to a farming apprenticeship in Suffolk, where his inability to do the most basic physical tasks taught him a new respect. A farmer, he discovered, held in his head thousands of facts about animals, crops and fodder, while his eye for a pig was ‘as subtle as an artist’s’. As Bell grappled with life on the land, the locals considered him to be a recuperating invalid or an incompetent idiot but in time he grew into a bona fide countryman, one who criticized Thomas Hardy’s portrayal of the ploughman as ‘only a man harrowing clods’ and who managed to set up his own small farm, Silver Ley.    From the pride of the wagon maker, the repeal of the corn act in the 1920s and the heartbreak of farmers going bankrupt to his bohemian mother making butter, his friend John Nash illustrating Men and the Fields and Second World War soldiers packing Corduroy in their kit bags, we learn that Bell is the perfect writer to reconnect people with the land, one whose work still feels relevant today. As his close friend Ronald Blythe noted, Bell was ‘in love with words’, a love that led to his position as the founder of The Times cryptic crossword.     And in our usual round-up of recommended reading we enter Walter de la Mare’s dreams, explore Shackleton’s Antarctica and visit Catherine Fox’s fictional Lindchester, the setting for her glorious twenty-first-century Trollopian tales. (Episode duration: 42 minutes; 18 seconds)   Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   Flora Thompson, Lark Rise, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 58 (0:55) Flora Thompson, Over to Candleford &amp; Candleford Green, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 59 will be published on 1 June and is available to order now. Richard Hawking, At the Field’s Edge: Adrian Bell and the English Countryside (2:28) Adrian Bell, A Countryman’s Winter Notebook. A Slightly Foxed special release with an introduction by Richard Hawking and specially commissioned illustrations by Suffolk artist Beth Knight (2:30) Adrian Bell, Men and the Fields (4:23) Adrian Bell, Corduroy, Plain Foxed Edition (4:54) Adrian Bell, Silver Ley is currently out of print Adrian Bell, The Cherry Tree, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 38 (6:46) Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War (7:08) Ann Gander, Adrian Bell: Voice of the Countryside is out of print (16:56) Walter Rose, The Village Carpenter is out of print (18:20) Adrian Bell, The Open Air: An Anthology of English Country Life is out of print (18:53) Adrian Bell, My Own Master is out of print (22:52) Adrian Bell, Sunrise to Sunset is out of print (23:27) Adrian Bell, The Flower and the Wheel is out of print (26:26) James Rebanks, English Pastoral (30:06) Catherine Fox, Acts and Omissions (33:06) Walter de la Mare, Behold, This Dreamer! (34:52) William Grill, Shackleton’s Journey and Bandoola: The Great Elephant Rescue (36:21)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles   Winter Noon, extract from Adrian Bell, A Countryman’s Winter Notebook   Another Country, Christian Tyler on Adrian Bell, Corduroy, Issue 22  From the Farmhouse Window, Melissa Harrison on Adrian Bell, Silver Ley, Issue 46  Ploughing On, Hazel Wood on Adrian Bell, The Cherry Tree, Issue 54  How long had I been standing here under the old cherry tree?, extract from Adrian Bell, The Cherry Tree   Other Links   The Adrian Bell Society (2:25)  www.ruralmuseums.org.uk (30:57)  Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

The farmer-cum-writer Adrian Bell is best-known for his rural trilogy of Suffolk farming life, Corduroy, Silver Ley and The Cherry Tree. To explore Bell’s life and writing the Slightly Foxed editors are joined by Richard Hawking, chairman of the Adrian Bell Society, author of At the Field’s Edge: Adrian Bell and the English Countryside and editor of A Countryman’s Winter Notebook, a selection of Bell’s newspaper columns. We follow Bell from middle-class London to a farming apprenticeship in Suffolk, where his inability to do the most basic physical tasks taught him a new respect. A farmer, he discovered, held in his head thousands of facts about animals, crops and fodder, while his eye for a pig was ‘as subtle as an artist’s’. As Bell grappled with life on the land, the locals considered him to be a recuperating invalid or an incompetent idiot but in time he grew into a bona fide countryman, one who criticized Thomas Hardy’s portrayal of the ploughman as ‘only a man harrowing clods’ and who managed to set up his own small farm, Silver Ley. From the pride of the wagon maker, the repeal of the corn act in the 1920s and the heartbreak of farmers going bankrupt to his bohemian mother making butter, his friend John Nash illustrating Men and the Fields and Second World War soldiers packing Corduroy in their kit bags, we learn that Bell is the perfect writer to reconnect people with the land, one whose work still feels relevant today. As his close friend Ronald Blythe noted, Bell was ‘in love with words’, a love that led to his position as the founder of The Times cryptic crossword.  And in our usual round-up of recommended reading we enter Walter de la Mare’s dreams, explore Shackleton’s Antarctica and visit Catherine Fox’s fictional Lindchester, the setting for her glorious twenty-first-century Trollopian tales. (Episode duration: 42 minutes; 18 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li>Flora Thompson, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/flora-thompson-lark-rise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lark Rise</a>, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 58 (0:55)</li> <li>Flora Thompson, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/flora-thompson-over-candleford-candleford-green/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Over to Candleford &amp; Candleford Green</a>, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 59 will be published on 1 June and is available to order now.</li> <li>Richard Hawking, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/richard-hawking-at-the-fields-edge-adrian-bell-english-countryside/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">At the Field’s Edge: Adrian Bell and the English Countryside</a> (2:28)</li> <li>Adrian Bell, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/adrian-bell-a-countrymans-winter-notebook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Countryman’s Winter Notebook</a>. A Slightly Foxed special release with an introduction by Richard Hawking and specially commissioned illustrations by Suffolk artist Beth Knight (2:30)</li> <li>Adrian Bell, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/adrian-bell-men-and-the-fields/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Men and the Fields</a> (4:23)</li> <li>Adrian Bell, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/adrian-bell-corduroy-plain-foxed-edition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Corduroy</a>, Plain Foxed Edition (4:54)</li> <li>Adrian Bell, Silver Ley is currently out of print</li> <li>Adrian Bell, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/adrian-bell-cherry-tree-slightly-foxed-editions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Cherry Tree</a>, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 38 (6:46)</li> <li>Edmund Blunden, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/edmund-blunden-undertones-of-war/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Undertones of War</a> (7:08)</li> <li>Ann Gander, Adrian Bell: Voice of the Countryside is out of print (16:56)</li> <li>Walter Rose, The Village Carpenter is out of print (18:20)</li> <li>Adrian Bell, The Open Air: An Anthology of English Country Life is out of print (18:53)</li> <li>Adrian Bell, My Own Master is out of print (22:52)</li> <li>Adrian Bell, Sunrise to Sunset is out of print (23:27)</li> <li>Adrian Bell, The Flower and the Wheel is out of print (26:26)</li> <li>James Rebanks, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/james-rebanks-english-pastoral/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">English Pastoral</a> (30:06)</li> <li>Catherine Fox, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/catherine-fox-acts-omissions-lindchester-series/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Acts and Omissions </a>(33:06)</li> <li>Walter de la Mare, <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571250493-behold-this-dreamer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Behold, This Dreamer!</a> (34:52)</li> <li>William Grill, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/william-grill-shackletons-journey/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shackleton’s Journey</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/william-grill-bandoola-great-elephant-rescue/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandoola: The Great Elephant Rescue</a> (36:21)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/adrian-bell-countrymans-winter-notebook-extract/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Winter Noon</a>, extract from Adrian Bell, A Countryman’s Winter Notebook </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/adrian-bell-corduroy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Another Country</a>, Christian Tyler on Adrian Bell, Corduroy, Issue 22</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/silver-ley-adrian-bell-preface-melissa-harrison/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">From the Farmhouse Window</a>, Melissa Harrison on Adrian Bell, Silver Ley, Issue 46</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/the-cherry-tree-adrian-bell-preface-hazel-wood/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ploughing On</a>, Hazel Wood on Adrian Bell, The Cherry Tree, Issue 54</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/adrian-bell-cherry-tree-extract/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How long had I been standing here under the old cherry tree?</a>, extract from Adrian Bell, The Cherry Tree </li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.adrianbellsociety.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Adrian Bell Society</a> (2:25)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.ruralmuseums.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ruralmuseums.org.uk</a> (30:57)</li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

40: Adrian Bell: Back to the Land

In the spirit of Plato’s Symposium, the Slightly Foxed team enter into lively dialogue with two distinguished magazine editors, Tom Hodgkinson of the Idler and Harry Mount of the Oldie, and learn lessons from notable loafers in literature. We begin with Doctor Johnson, an icon of indolence who wrote an essay called ‘The Idler’ and liked time to ponder; this lazy lexicographer claimed his dictionary would take three years to write when in fact it would take nine . . .    The wisdom-loving philosophers of Ancient Greece made a case for carving out leisure time, while the anchorite Julian of Norwich favoured a life of seclusion in which ‘all shall be well’. At the age of thirty-eight Michel de Montaigne retired to a grand book-filled chateau to test out ideas in essays, while George Orwell wrote book reviews in hungover misery. Izaak Walton found contemplation in The Compleat Angler and Jerome K. Jerome found humour in Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, while the autodidactic Mitford sisters sought wild freedom.    We enjoy a leisurely spell with loungers in fiction, visiting Lady Bertram and her pug in Mansfield Park, taking to Lady Diana Cooper’s bed in A Handful of Dust, retreating to Aunt Ada Doom’s room in Cold Comfort Farm, settling into the quiet comfort of Mycroft Holmes’s Diogenes Club and meeting Thomas Love Peacock’s Honourable Mr Listless along the way. And, to finish, there are the usual wide-ranging reading recommendations for when you have an idle moment. (Episode duration: 46 minutes; 56 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler (9:49) Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays (11:48) Sarah Bakewell, How to Live (13:05) Plato, Symposium (17:51) Janina Ramirez, Julian of Norwich (18:58) Evelyn Waugh, A Handful of Dust (26:53) Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (28:21) Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat; Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is out of print (29:44) Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy will be available in a new edition in July 2022 (32:29) Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm (34:41) Geoffrey Willans, The Lost Diaries of Nigel Molesworth is out of print (39:51) Gamel Woolsey, Death’s Other Kingdom (40:40) Thomas Love Peacock, Nightmare Abbey (42:29) David Graeber and David Wengrow, The Dawn of Everything (43:28) Jane Smiley, The Strays of Paris (46:56)   Related Slightly Foxed Articles   ‘Study to be quiet’, Ken Haigh on Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler, Issue 54 (9:49)  The Great Self-Examiner, Anthony Wells on the essays of Michel de Montaigne, Issue 69 (11:48)  Poste-Freudian Therapy, Michele Hanson on Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm, Issue 10 (34:41)  Peacock’s Progress, J. W. M. Thompson on Thomas Love Peacock, Headlong Hall; Crotchet Castle, Issue 5 (42:29)   Other Links  The Idler magazine The Oldie magazine    Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

In the spirit of Plato’s Symposium, the Slightly Foxed team enter into lively dialogue with two distinguished magazine editors, Tom Hodgkinson of the Idler and Harry Mount of the Oldie, and learn lessons from notable loafers in literature. We begin with Doctor Johnson, an icon of indolence who wrote an essay called ‘The Idler’ and liked time to ponder; this lazy lexicographer claimed his dictionary would take three years to write when in fact it would take nine . . . The wisdom-loving philosophers of Ancient Greece made a case for carving out leisure time, while the anchorite Julian of Norwich favoured a life of seclusion in which ‘all shall be well’. At the age of thirty-eight Michel de Montaigne retired to a grand book-filled chateau to test out ideas in essays, while George Orwell wrote book reviews in hungover misery. Izaak Walton found contemplation in The Compleat Angler and Jerome K. Jerome found humour in Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, while the autodidactic Mitford sisters sought wild freedom. We enjoy a leisurely spell with loungers in fiction, visiting Lady Bertram and her pug in Mansfield Park, taking to Lady Diana Cooper’s bed in A Handful of Dust, retreating to Aunt Ada Doom’s room in Cold Comfort Farm, settling into the quiet comfort of Mycroft Holmes’s Diogenes Club and meeting Thomas Love Peacock’s Honourable Mr Listless along the way. And, to finish, there are the usual wide-ranging reading recommendations for when you have an idle moment. (Episode duration: 46 minutes; 56 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li>Izaak Walton, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/izaak-walton-compleat-angler/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Compleat Angler</a> (9:49)</li> <li>Michel de Montaigne, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/michel-de-montaigne-complete-essays/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Complete Essays</a> (11:48)</li> <li>Sarah Bakewell, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/sarah-bakewell-how-to-live-life-of-montaigne/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Live</a> (13:05)</li> <li>Plato, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/plato-symposium/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Symposium</a> (17:51)</li> <li>Janina Ramirez, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/janina-ramirez-julian-of-norwich/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Julian of Norwich</a> (18:58)</li> <li>Evelyn Waugh, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/evelyn-waugh-a-handful-of-dust/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Handful of Dust</a> (26:53)</li> <li>Oscar Wilde, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/oscar-wilde-importance-of-being-earnest/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Importance of Being Earnest</a> (28:21)</li> <li>Jerome K. Jerome, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/three-men-in-a-boat/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Three Men in a Boat</a>; Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is out of print (29:44)</li> <li>Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy will be available in a new edition in July 2022 (32:29)</li> <li>Stella Gibbons, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/stella-gibbons-cold-comfort-farm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cold Comfort Farm</a> (34:41)</li> <li>Geoffrey Willans, The Lost Diaries of Nigel Molesworth is out of print (39:51)</li> <li>Gamel Woolsey, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/gamel-woolsey-deaths-other-kingdom/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Death’s Other Kingdom</a> (40:40)</li> <li>Thomas Love Peacock, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/thomas-love-peacock-nightmare-abbey/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nightmare Abbey</a> (42:29)</li> <li>David Graeber and David Wengrow, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/david-graeber-david-wengrow-dawn-of-everything/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Dawn of Everything</a> (43:28)</li> <li>Jane Smiley, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jane-smiley-the-strays-of-paris/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Strays of Paris</a> (46:56)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/izaak-walton-compleat-angler-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘Study to be quiet’</a>, Ken Haigh on Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler, Issue 54 (9:49)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/anthony-wells-michel-de-montaigne-essays-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Great Self-Examiner</a>, Anthony Wells on the essays of Michel de Montaigne, Issue 69 (11:48)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/stella-gibbons-cold-comfort-farm-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poste-Freudian Therapy</a>, Michele Hanson on Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm, Issue 10 (34:41)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/thomas-love-peacock-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peacock’s Progress</a>, J. W. M. Thompson on Thomas Love Peacock, Headlong Hall; Crotchet Castle, Issue 5 (42:29)</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li><a href="https://www.idler.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Idler magazine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theoldie.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Oldie magazine</a></li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

39: Idle Moments: Literary Loafers through the Ages and Pages

Booze as muse or a sure road to ruin? In this month’s episode, William Palmer – author of In Love with Hell: Drink in the Lives and Work of Eleven Writers – and Henry Jeffreys – author of Empire of Booze and The Cocktail Dictionary – join the Slightly Foxed team to mull over why alcohol is such an enduring feature in literature.     From the omnipresence of cocktails in John Cheever’s short stories and ritual aperitifs in Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels to Mr Picksniff falling into Mrs Todger’s fireplace in Martin Chuzzlewit and P. G. Wodehouse’s hangover remedies for booze-soaked Bertie Wooster, drinks are social signifiers in fiction. Charles Dickens was fond of sherry cobblers and Jean Rhys knocked back Pernod in Paris, while Malcolm Lowry was a dipsomaniac and Flann O’Brien dreamed up alcoholic ink for the Irish Times, rendering readers drunk from fumes. We ask why gin denotes despair and port is always jovial, and question whether hitting the bottle helps or hinders the creative process in writers.    Following a convivial sherry, we’re whisked away on a wet-your-whistle-stop tour of drinking dens with our friends at London Literary Tours, barrelling from bars propped up by Oscar Wilde to the follies of Dylan Thomas at Soho’s French House via Ian Fleming’s Vesper cocktail at Dukes. And we finish with a final round of reading recommendations, visiting a whisky distillery in Pakistan in Lawrence Osbourne’s The Wet and the Dry, enjoying Happy Hour with Marlowe Granados and stopping for a nightcap at Kingsley Amis’s ghostly local The Green Man.   (Episode duration: 41 minutes; 16 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   Anne Fadiman, The Wine Lover’s Daughter, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 57 (1:39) William Palmer, In Love with Hell: Drink in the Lives and Work of Eleven Writers (2:24) Henry Jeffreys, Empire of Booze (2:33) Henry Jeffreys, The Cocktail Dictionary  Dylan Thomas, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (3:41) Kingsley Amis, Everyday Drinking (4:45) Flann O’Brien, At Swim-Two-Birds and The Third Policeman (6:40) Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea (11:16) Jean Rhys, Good Morning, Midnight (11:49) Patricia Highsmith, The Talented Mr Ripley (12:17) Patricia Highsmith, Diaries and Notebooks  Raymond Carver, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (14:54) Edward St Aubyn, The Patrick Melrose Novels (17:03) Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain (19:01) Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit (20:42) John Cheever, Collected Stories (23:26) Jeremy Lewis, Kindred Spirits (26:05) Ladybird Books: What to Look For in . . . Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter (33:05) Kingsley Amis, The Green Man (35:13) Lawrence Osbourne, The Wet and the Dry (36:45) Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour (38:27)   Related Slightly Foxed Articles   The Smoking Bishop, William Palmer on drinking and drunkenness in Dickens, Issue 16 (8:52)  On the Randy Again, William Palmer on Dylan Thomas, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, Issue 30 (3:41)  Cheers!, Henry Jeffreys on Bernard DeVoto, The Hour &amp; Kingsley Amis, Everyday Drinking, Issue 68 (4:45)  A Quare One, Patrick Welland on the novels of Flann O’Brien, Issue 41 (6:40)  Voyage in the Dark, Patricia Cleveland-Peck on the novels of Jean Rhys, Issue 4 (10:22)  With a Notebook and a Ukelele, Gordon Bowker on the stories of Malcolm Lowry, Issue 37 (19:46)  A Visit from God, William Palmer on Kingsley Amis, The Green Man, Issue 20 (35:09)   Other Links  London Literary Tours (28.00)   Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Booze as muse or a sure road to ruin? In this month’s episode, William Palmer – author of In Love with Hell: Drink in the Lives and Work of Eleven Writers – and Henry Jeffreys – author of Empire of Booze and The Cocktail Dictionary – join the Slightly Foxed team to mull over why alcohol is such an enduring feature in literature.  From the omnipresence of cocktails in John Cheever’s short stories and ritual aperitifs in Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels to Mr Picksniff falling into Mrs Todger’s fireplace in Martin Chuzzlewit and P. G. Wodehouse’s hangover remedies for booze-soaked Bertie Wooster, drinks are social signifiers in fiction. Charles Dickens was fond of sherry cobblers and Jean Rhys knocked back Pernod in Paris, while Malcolm Lowry was a dipsomaniac and Flann O’Brien dreamed up alcoholic ink for the Irish Times, rendering readers drunk from fumes. We ask why gin denotes despair and port is always jovial, and question whether hitting the bottle helps or hinders the creative process in writers. Following a convivial sherry, we’re whisked away on a wet-your-whistle-stop tour of drinking dens with our friends at London Literary Tours, barrelling from bars propped up by Oscar Wilde to the follies of Dylan Thomas at Soho’s French House via Ian Fleming’s Vesper cocktail at Dukes. And we finish with a final round of reading recommendations, visiting a whisky distillery in Pakistan in Lawrence Osbourne’s The Wet and the Dry, enjoying Happy Hour with Marlowe Granados and stopping for a nightcap at Kingsley Amis’s ghostly local The Green Man. (Episode duration: 41 minutes; 16 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li>Anne Fadiman, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/anne-fadiman-wine-lovers-daughter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wine Lover’s Daughter</a>, Slightly Foxed Edition No. 57 (1:39)</li> <li>William Palmer, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/william-palmer-in-love-with-hell/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Love with Hell: Drink in the Lives and Work of Eleven Writers</a> (2:24)</li> <li>Henry Jeffreys, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/henry-jeffreys-empire-of-booze/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Empire of Booze</a> (2:33)</li> <li>Henry Jeffreys, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/henry-jeffreys-the-cocktail-dictionary/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Cocktail Dictionary</a> </li> <li>Dylan Thomas, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/dylan-thomas-portrait-artist-young-dog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog</a> (3:41)</li> <li>Kingsley Amis, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kingsley-amis-everyday-drinking/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Everyday Drinking</a> (4:45)</li> <li>Flann O’Brien, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/flann-obrien-at-swim-two-birds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">At Swim-Two-Birds</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/flann-obrien-third-policeman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Third Policeman</a> (6:40)</li> <li>Jean Rhys, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jean-rhys-wide-sargasso-sea/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wide Sargasso Sea</a> (11:16)</li> <li>Jean Rhys, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jean-rhys-good-morning-midnight/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Good Morning, Midnight</a> (11:49)</li> <li>Patricia Highsmith, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/patricia-highsmith-talented-mr-ripley/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Talented Mr Ripley</a> (12:17)</li> <li>Patricia Highsmith, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/patricia-highsmith-diaries-and-notebooks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diaries and Notebooks</a> </li> <li>Raymond Carver, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/raymond-carver-short-story-collection/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What We Talk About When We Talk About Love</a> (14:54)</li> <li>Edward St Aubyn, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/edward-st-aubyn-patrick-melrose-novels/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Patrick Melrose Novels</a> (17:03)</li> <li>Douglas Stuart, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/douglas-stuart-shuggie-bain/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shuggie Bain</a> (19:01)</li> <li>Charles Dickens, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/charles-dickens-martin-chuzzlewit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Martin Chuzzlewit</a> (20:42)</li> <li>John Cheever, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/john-cheever-collected-stories/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Collected Stories</a> (23:26)</li> <li>Jeremy Lewis, <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571244287-kindred-spirits/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kindred Spirits</a> (26:05)</li> <li>Ladybird Books: What to Look For in . . . <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/what-to-look-for-in-spring-ladybird-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spring</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/what-to-look-for-in-summer-ladybird-books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Summer</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/what-to-look-for-in-autumn-ladybird-books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Autumn</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/what-to-look-for-in-winter-ladybird-books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Winter</a> (33:05)</li> <li>Kingsley Amis, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kingsley-amis-the-green-man/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Green Man</a> (35:13)</li> <li>Lawrence Osbourne, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/laurence-osborne-wet-and-the-dry-drinkers-journey/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wet and the Dry</a> (36:45)</li> <li>Marlowe Granados, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/marlowe-granados-happy-hour/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Happy Hour</a> (38:27)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/william-palmer-drinking-in-dickens-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Smoking Bishop</a>, William Palmer on drinking and drunkenness in Dickens, Issue 16 (8:52)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/william-palmer-dylan-thomas-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On the Randy Again</a>, William Palmer on Dylan Thomas, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, Issue 30 (3:41)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/henry-jeffreys-bernard-devoto-kingsley-amis-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cheers!</a>, Henry Jeffreys on Bernard DeVoto, The Hour &amp; Kingsley Amis, Everyday Drinking, Issue 68 (4:45)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/flann-obrien-the-complete-novels-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Quare One</a>, Patrick Welland on the novels of Flann O’Brien, Issue 41 (6:40)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/patricia-cleveland-peck-novels-jean-rhys-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Voyage in the Dark</a>, Patricia Cleveland-Peck on the novels of Jean Rhys, Issue 4 (10:22)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/gordon-bowker-malcolm-lowry-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">With a Notebook and a Ukelele</a>, Gordon Bowker on the stories of Malcolm Lowry, Issue 37 (19:46)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/kingsley-amis-the-green-man-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Visit from God</a>, William Palmer on Kingsley Amis, The Green Man, Issue 20 (35:09)</li> </ul> Other Links <ul><li> <a href="https://londonliterarytours.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">London Literary Tours</a> (28.00)</li></ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

38: Literary Drinking: Alcohol in the Lives and Work of Writers

Heather Clark

Sylvia Plath

Heather Clark, Professor of Contemporary Poetry at the University of Huddersfield and author of the award-winning biography Red Comet, joins the Slightly Foxed team from New York to dispel the myths that have come to surround Sylvia Plath’s life and art.    Tired of the cliché of the hysterical female writer, and of the enduring focus on Plath’s death rather than her trailblazing poetry and fiction, Clark used a wealth of new material – including juvenilia, unpublished letters and manuscripts, and psychiatric records – to explore Plath’s literary landscape. She conjures the spirit of the star English student at Smith College who won a Fulbright scholarship to Cambridge University and who brought her enormous appetite for life to her writing and relationships. We follow her life from the ‘mad passionate abandon’ of her thunderclap meeting with Ted Hughes, rebellion against genteel verse and her creation of a dark ‘potboiler’ in The Bell Jar to her belief that a full literary life and a family unit can coexist and the outpouring of first-rate poems fuelled by rage in her final days. She introduced female anger and energy into the poetic lexicon with ‘Lady Lazarus’, ‘Daddy’, ‘Ariel’ and more; poems that were considered shocking at the time, but which are now regarded as masterpieces.    And there are more biographies to be found in our round-up of reading recommendations – of renegade anthropologists and female abstract expressionists – as well as a relationship between a father and his young son told through illustrated letters that leap off the page in Letters to Michael, with wonderful readings by the actor Nigel Anthony. (Episode duration: 48 minutes; 48 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   Heather Clark, Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath  The Letters of Sylvia Plath Vol. I: 1940-1956 The Letters of Sylvia Plath Vol. II: 1956-1963 Sylvia Plath, Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices, a radio play (23:28) Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (30:16) Sylvia Plath, Ariel: The Restored Edition (39:23) Sylvia Plath, The Colossus  Janet Malcolm, The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath &amp; Ted Hughes  Lucie Elven, The Weak Spot (41:55) Charles King, Gods of the Upper Air is not currently available in the UK (43:44) Lily King, Euphoria (44:06) Mary Gabriel, Ninth Street Women (44:15) Charles Phillipson, Letters to Michael: a father writes to his son 1945–1947. With thanks to the actor Nigel Anthony for the readings. (45:19)   Related Slightly Foxed Articles &amp; Podcasts  Slightly Foxed Podcast Episode 29: A Poet’s Haven. Dr Mark Wormald, a scholar on the life and writings of Ted Hughes, on the Barrie Cooke archive   Other Links  Heather Clark’s website Heather Clark wins The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2020 for Red Comet Listen to the 1961 BBC Interview with Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes (17:07) Listen to the BBC Radio 3 Arts &amp; Ideas podcast on Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and Seamus Heaney (44:45) The artist Heather Phillipson’s Sketches from Space Instagram account, where she first shared Charles Phillipson’s letters to Michael (45:38)  The National Poetry Library, Southbank Centre, London (47:31)    Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Heather Clark, Professor of Contemporary Poetry at the University of Huddersfield and author of the award-winning biography Red Comet, joins the Slightly Foxed team from New York to dispel the myths that have come to surround Sylvia Plath’s life and art. Tired of the cliché of the hysterical female writer, and of the enduring focus on Plath’s death rather than her trailblazing poetry and fiction, Clark used a wealth of new material – including juvenilia, unpublished letters and manuscripts, and psychiatric records – to explore Plath’s literary landscape. She conjures the spirit of the star English student at Smith College who won a Fulbright scholarship to Cambridge University and who brought her enormous appetite for life to her writing and relationships. We follow her life from the ‘mad passionate abandon’ of her thunderclap meeting with Ted Hughes, rebellion against genteel verse and her creation of a dark ‘potboiler’ in The Bell Jar to her belief that a full literary life and a family unit can coexist and the outpouring of first-rate poems fuelled by rage in her final days. She introduced female anger and energy into the poetic lexicon with ‘Lady Lazarus’, ‘Daddy’, ‘Ariel’ and more; poems that were considered shocking at the time, but which are now regarded as masterpieces. And there are more biographies to be found in our round-up of reading recommendations – of renegade anthropologists and female abstract expressionists – as well as a relationship between a father and his young son told through illustrated letters that leap off the page in Letters to Michael, with wonderful readings by the actor Nigel Anthony. (Episode duration: 48 minutes; 48 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li>Heather Clark, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/heather-clark-red-comet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath</a> </li> <li><a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/letters-sylvia-plath-vol-i/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Letters of Sylvia Plath Vol. I: 1940-1956</a></li> <li><a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/letters-sylvia-plath-vol-ii/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Letters of Sylvia Plath Vol. II: 1956-1963</a></li> <li>Sylvia Plath, Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices, a radio play (23:28)</li> <li>Sylvia Plath, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/sylvia-plath-bell-jar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bell Jar</a> (30:16)</li> <li>Sylvia Plath, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/sylvia-plath-ariel-restored-edition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ariel: The Restored Edition</a> (39:23)</li> <li>Sylvia Plath, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/sylvia-plath-colossus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Colossus</a> </li> <li>Janet Malcolm, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/janet-malcolm-the-silent-woman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath &amp; Ted Hughes</a> </li> <li>Lucie Elven, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/lucie-elven-weak-spot/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Weak Spot</a> (41:55)</li> <li>Charles King, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/549852/gods-of-the-upper-air-by-charles-king/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gods of the Upper Air</a> is not currently available in the UK (43:44)</li> <li>Lily King, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/lily-king-euphoria/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Euphoria</a> (44:06)</li> <li>Mary Gabriel, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/mary-gabriel-ninth-street-women/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ninth Street Women</a> (44:15)</li> <li>Charles Phillipson, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/charles-phillipson-letters-to-michael-a-father-writes-to-his-son-1945-1947/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Letters to Michael: a father writes to his son 1945–1947</a>. With thanks to the actor Nigel Anthony for the readings. (45:19)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles &amp; Podcasts <ul><li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/poets-haven-slightly-foxed-podcast-episode-29/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly Foxed Podcast Episode 29: A Poet’s Haven</a>. Dr Mark Wormald, a scholar on the life and writings of Ted Hughes, on the Barrie Cooke archive </li></ul> Other Links <ul> <li><a href="https://heatherclarkauthor.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heather Clark’s website</a></li> <li><a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/heather-clark-wins-best-first-biography-prize-for-red-comet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heather Clark wins The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2020 for Red Comet</a></li> <li>Listen to the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/brainpicker/rare-1961-bbc-interview-with" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1961 BBC Interview with Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes</a> (17:07)</li> <li>Listen to the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08t2t6x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BBC Radio 3 Arts &amp; Ideas podcast</a> on Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and Seamus Heaney (44:45)</li> <li>The artist Heather Phillipson’s <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sketchesfromspace/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sketches from Space Instagram account</a>, where she first shared Charles Phillipson’s letters to Michael (45:38)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.nationalpoetrylibrary.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The National Poetry Library</a>, Southbank Centre, London (47:31)</li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

37: Rewriting the Script: The short life and blazing art of Sylvia Plath with her acclaimed biographer Heather Clark

The independent-minded book review magazine that combines good looks, good writing and a personal approach. Slightly Foxed introduces its readers to books that are no longer new and fashionable but have lasting appeal. Good-humoured, unpretentious and a bit eccentric, it’s more like a well-read friend than a literary magazine.Come behind the scenes with the staff of Slightly Foxed to learn what makes this unusual literary magazine tick, meet some of its varied friends and contributors, and hear their personal recommendations for favourite and often forgotten books that have helped, haunted, informed or entertained them.For more information about Slightly Foxed visit: https://www.foxedquarterly.com

Posy Simmonds

Paul Gravett

The cartoonist, writer and illustrator Posy Simmonds brilliantly captures the ambitions and pretensions of the literary world, and the journalist and curator Paul Gravett has worked in comics publishing for decades. Together they bring graphic novels and comic books to the foreground with the Slightly Foxed team. We draw moral lessons from the Ally Sloper cartoons of the 1870s, glimpse Frans Masereel’s wordless woodcut stories of the 1920s, view the pictorial politics of Citizen 13660 by Miné Okubo in the 1940s and revisit Art Spiegelman’s 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus before taking a closer look at more contemporary works.    From a tragicomic summer with Joff Winterhart, nuclear explosions with Raymond Briggs, the shadow of James Joyce with Mary and Bryan Talbot and an Iranian childhood with Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, the discussion moves through panels, frames, splashes and spreads to Posy Simmonds’s own methods in bringing literature to life, including crosshatching to Vivaldi. Originally serialized in the Guardian, Posy’s Gemma Bovery builds on the bones of Flaubert’s Madame Bovary and Tamara Drewe draws from Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd, while Cassandra Darke takes inspiration from Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. Though rooted in the classics, the devil is in Posy’s detail, be it real French coffee pots, the joy of characters’ names, such as Kevin Penwallet, and fictional places, such as Tresoddit.    We continue our travels off the beaten track with our usual round-up of reading recommendations, and a trip to Gilbert White’s House and Gardens in Hampshire, where we view the landscapes that sparked his evergreen classic The Natural History of Selborne. (Episode duration: 44 minutes; 39 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.    Ally Sloper: A Moral Lesson, cartoons by Marie Duval and words by Judy’s office boy is out of print (4:48) Miné Okubo, Citizen 13660 (6:29) George Takei, They Called Us Enemy (7:25) Jules Feiffer, Passionella and Other Stories is out of print (9:05) Art Spiegelman, Maus (10:37) Mary M. Talbot &amp; Bryan Talbot, Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes (12:52) Joff Winterhart, Days of the Bagnold Summer (13:22) Raymond Briggs, When the Wind Blows (15:42) Raymond Briggs, Ethel &amp; Ernest (17:07) Posy Simmonds, Gemma Bovery (17:48) Posy Simmonds, Tamara Drewe (17:48) Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis (28:31) Posy Simmonds, Cassandra Darke (29:04) Riad Sattouf, The Arab of the Future (30:24) Alison Bechdel, Fun Home (31:20) Posy Simmonds, Literary Life Revisited  Paul Gravett, Posy Simmonds  Emma Tennant, Burnt Diaries is out of print (34:20) Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways (37:28)  Our Time, an anthology commissioned by The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (38:29) Laurie Lee, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning. Published in our series of Slightly Foxed Editions, along with Cider with Rosie (39:54) Gilbert White, The Natural History of Selborne (41:24)   Related Slightly Foxed Articles &amp; Illustrations   Underwear Was Important, Hazel Wood on the cartoons of Posy Simmonds, Issue 15  Cover illustration by Posy Simmonds, Issue 16 Inside cover illustration by Posy Simmonds, Issue 60  Touched with a Secret Delight, Melissa Harrison on Gilbert White, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, Issue 48   Other Links   Posy Simmonds Close Up, Cartoonmuseum Basel, Switzerland. The exhibition runs until 24 October 2021 (2:39)  The bd BOUM festival, Blois, France. The festival is chaired by Posy Simmonds and runs from 19-21 November 2021  Gosh! Comics, London, UK (31:58)  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Kendal, UK (32:08)  Thought Bubble, The Yorkshire Comic Convention, Harrogate, UK (32:26)  Gilbert White’s House &amp; Gardens, Selborne, UK (41:13)    Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

The cartoonist, writer and illustrator Posy Simmonds brilliantly captures the ambitions and pretensions of the literary world, and the journalist and curator Paul Gravett has worked in comics publishing for decades. Together they bring graphic novels and comic books to the foreground with the Slightly Foxed team. We draw moral lessons from the Ally Sloper cartoons of the 1870s, glimpse Frans Masereel’s wordless woodcut stories of the 1920s, view the pictorial politics of Citizen 13660 by Miné Okubo in the 1940s and revisit Art Spiegelman’s 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus before taking a closer look at more contemporary works. From a tragicomic summer with Joff Winterhart, nuclear explosions with Raymond Briggs, the shadow of James Joyce with Mary and Bryan Talbot and an Iranian childhood with Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, the discussion moves through panels, frames, splashes and spreads to Posy Simmonds’s own methods in bringing literature to life, including crosshatching to Vivaldi. Originally serialized in the Guardian, Posy’s Gemma Bovery builds on the bones of Flaubert’s Madame Bovary and Tamara Drewe draws from Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd, while Cassandra Darke takes inspiration from Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. Though rooted in the classics, the devil is in Posy’s detail, be it real French coffee pots, the joy of characters’ names, such as Kevin Penwallet, and fictional places, such as Tresoddit. We continue our travels off the beaten track with our usual round-up of reading recommendations, and a trip to Gilbert White’s House and Gardens in Hampshire, where we view the landscapes that sparked his evergreen classic The Natural History of Selborne. (Episode duration: 44 minutes; 39 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li> Ally Sloper: A Moral Lesson, cartoons by Marie Duval and words by Judy’s office boy is out of print (4:48)</li> <li>Miné Okubo, <a href="https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295993546/citizen-13660/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Citizen 13660</a> (6:29)</li> <li>George Takei, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/george-takei-they-called-us-enemy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">They Called Us Enemy</a> (7:25)</li> <li>Jules Feiffer, Passionella and Other Stories is out of print (9:05)</li> <li>Art Spiegelman, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/art-spiegelman-maus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maus</a> (10:37)</li> <li>Mary M. Talbot &amp; Bryan Talbot, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/mary-m-talbot-bryan-talbot-dotter-of-her-fathers-eyes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes</a> (12:52)</li> <li>Joff Winterhart, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/joff-winterhart-days-of-the-bagnold-summer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Days of the Bagnold Summer</a> (13:22)</li> <li>Raymond Briggs, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/raymond-briggs-where-the-wind-blows/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When the Wind Blows</a> (15:42)</li> <li>Raymond Briggs, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/raymond-briggs-ethel-and-ernest/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ethel &amp; Ernest</a> (17:07)</li> <li>Posy Simmonds, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/posy-simmonds-gemma-bovery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gemma Bovery</a> (17:48)</li> <li>Posy Simmonds, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/posy-simmonds-tamara-drewe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tamara Drewe</a> (17:48)</li> <li>Marjane Satrapi, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/marjane-satrapi-persepolis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Persepolis</a> (28:31)</li> <li>Posy Simmonds, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/posy-simmonds-cassandra-darke/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cassandra Darke</a> (29:04)</li> <li>Riad Sattouf, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/riad-sattouf-the-arab-of-the-future/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Arab of the Future</a> (30:24)</li> <li>Alison Bechdel, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/alison-bechdel-fun-home-a-family-tragicomic/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fun Home </a>(31:20)</li> <li>Posy Simmonds, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/posy-simmonds-literary-life-revisited/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Literary Life Revisited</a> </li> <li>Paul Gravett, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/paul-gravett-posy-simmonds/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Posy Simmonds</a> </li> <li>Emma Tennant, Burnt Diaries is out of print (34:20)</li> <li>Robert Macfarlane, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/robert-macfarlane-the-old-ways/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Old Ways</a> (37:28)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.soaringpenguinpress.com/product/breakthrough-initiative-our-time/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Time</a>, an anthology commissioned by The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (38:29)</li> <li>Laurie Lee, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/laurie-lee-as-i-walked-out-one-midsummer-morning/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning</a>. Published in our series of Slightly Foxed Editions, along with <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/laurie-lee-cider-with-rosie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cider with Rosie</a> (39:54)</li> <li>Gilbert White, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/gilbert-white-the-natural-history-of-selborne/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Natural History of Selborne</a> (41:24)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles &amp; Illustrations <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/posy-simmonds-underwear-was-important-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Underwear Was Important</a>, Hazel Wood on the cartoons of Posy Simmonds, Issue 15</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/no-16-posy-simmonds-fireside-reading/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cover illustration</a> by Posy Simmonds, Issue 16</li> <li>Inside cover illustration by Posy Simmonds, Issue 60</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/melissa-harrison-gilbert-white-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Touched with a Secret Delight</a>, Melissa Harrison on Gilbert White, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, Issue 48</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li> <a href="https://cartoonmuseum.ch/en/ausstellungen/posy-simmonds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Posy Simmonds Close Up</a>, Cartoonmuseum Basel, Switzerland. The exhibition runs until 24 October 2021 (2:39)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.maisondelabd.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The bd BOUM festival</a>, Blois, France. The festival is chaired by Posy Simmonds and runs from 19-21 November 2021</li> <li> <a href="https://goshlondon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gosh! Comics</a>, London, UK (31:58)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.comicartfestival.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lakes International Comic Art Festival</a>, Kendal, UK (32:08)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/comicconvention" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thought Bubble</a>, The Yorkshire Comic Convention, Harrogate, UK (32:26)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gilbert White’s House &amp; Gardens</a>, Selborne, UK (41:13)</li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

36: Graphic Novels: A Comic Turn with Posy Simmonds & Paul Gravett

The Dark Ages, Late Antiquity, the late Roman . . . however you define the years spanning the fall of Rome, the period is rich in stories, real or reimagined.    In this episode Dr Andy Merrills, Associate Professor of Ancient History, joins the Slightly Foxed team to cast light on the surviving literature. We begin with Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire before delving into 4th-century accounts by the Latin historian Ammianus Marcellinus, a spiritual autobiography by Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, ecclesiastical chronicles by the Venerable Bede, Gallic tales of Christian miracles and relic-looting with Gregory of Tours and an alternative look at the period with the modern-day master of Late Antiquity, Peter Brown.    From there we venture into fiction with Rosemary Sutcliff’s adventures inspired by archaeological finds and a retelling of the old British folk ballad ‘The Twa Sisters’ in Lucy Holland’s Sistersong, as well as Gore Vidal’s Julian and Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant. We swap tales from Icelandic sagas and set sail on a tenth-century Viking long ship with Frans G. Bengtsson before heading beyond Hadrian’s Wall for a glimpse of the Lindisfarne Gospels on Holy Island and a hunt for second-hand gems at Barter Books in a converted Victorian railway station in Northumberland.    And there’s more historical fiction to be found in further reading recommendations too, as we plunge into the seventeenth-century Essex witch trials with poet A. K. Blakemore’s novel The Manningtree Witches and follow the fortunes of a group of friends in wartime Europe in Olivia Manning’s classic Balkan Trilogy. (Episode duration: 42 minutes; 49 seconds )   Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.    A Countryman’s Winter Notebook, Adrian Bell (1:02)  Letters to Michael: a father writes to his son 1945–1947, Charles Phillipson (1:12)  The Rosemary Sutcliff Novels, Slightly Foxed Cubs. The final two in the series, The Shield Ring and Sword Song, are now available (2:00)  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon (4:18)  The Later Roman Empire, Ammianus Marcellinus (9:30)  The History of the Franks, Gregory of Tours (10:41)  Confessions, Saint Augustine (13:54)  City of God, Saint Augustine (14:46)  Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Bede (15:34)  The World of Late Antiquity, Peter Brown (17:34)  Julian, Gore Vidal (22:14)  The Dream of Scipio, Iain Pears (22:54)  The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro (23:38)  Dawn Wind, Rosemary Sutcliff (25:06)  The Long Ships, Frans G. Bengtsson (26:08)  Beowulf: A New Translation, Maria Dahvana Headley (27:13)  Sistersong, Lucy Holland (27:30)  Le Morte Darthur, Thomas Malory (30:53)  The Last Kingdom, Bernard Cornwell (32:11)  The Manningtree Witches, A. K. Blakemore (38:17)  The Balkan Trilogy, Olivia Manning (40:47)   Related Slightly Foxed Articles   Scaling Gibbon’s Everest, Richard Crockatt on Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Issue 68 (8:17)  A Frank Look at History, Andy Merrills on Gregory of Tours, The History of the Franks, Issue 65 (12:48)  Last of the Pagans, Patrick Welland on Gore Vidal, Julian, Issue 45 (22:50)  The Sound of Chariots, Sue Gaisford on the Roman Britain novels of Rosemary Sutcliff, Issue 63  Light in the Dark Ages, Sue Gaisford on Rosemary Sutcliff, Dawn Wind, Issue 69  Magical Talisman, Sue Gaisford on Rosemary Sutcliff, Sword Song &amp; The Shield Ring, Issue 71  Adrift on the Tides of War, Patrick Welland on Olivia Manning’s Balkan trilogy, Issue 63 (40:47)   Other Links  Listen to Episode 18 of the Slightly Foxed Podcast: An Odyssey Through the Classics (0:20)  Barter Books, Alnwick (36:12)    Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

The Dark Ages, Late Antiquity, the late Roman . . . however you define the years spanning the fall of Rome, the period is rich in stories, real or reimagined. In this episode Dr Andy Merrills, Associate Professor of Ancient History, joins the Slightly Foxed team to cast light on the surviving literature. We begin with Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire before delving into 4th-century accounts by the Latin historian Ammianus Marcellinus, a spiritual autobiography by Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, ecclesiastical chronicles by the Venerable Bede, Gallic tales of Christian miracles and relic-looting with Gregory of Tours and an alternative look at the period with the modern-day master of Late Antiquity, Peter Brown. From there we venture into fiction with Rosemary Sutcliff’s adventures inspired by archaeological finds and a retelling of the old British folk ballad ‘The Twa Sisters’ in Lucy Holland’s Sistersong, as well as Gore Vidal’s Julian and Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant. We swap tales from Icelandic sagas and set sail on a tenth-century Viking long ship with Frans G. Bengtsson before heading beyond Hadrian’s Wall for a glimpse of the Lindisfarne Gospels on Holy Island and a hunt for second-hand gems at Barter Books in a converted Victorian railway station in Northumberland. And there’s more historical fiction to be found in further reading recommendations too, as we plunge into the seventeenth-century Essex witch trials with poet A. K. Blakemore’s novel The Manningtree Witches and follow the fortunes of a group of friends in wartime Europe in Olivia Manning’s classic Balkan Trilogy. (Episode duration: 42 minutes; 49 seconds ) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/adrian-bell-a-countrymans-winter-notebook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Countryman’s Winter Notebook</a>, Adrian Bell (1:02)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/charles-phillipson-letters-to-michael-a-father-writes-to-his-son-1945-1947/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Letters to Michael</a>: a father writes to his son 1945–1947, Charles Phillipson (1:12)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/products/rosemary-sutcliff-classic-childrens-books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rosemary Sutcliff Novels</a>, Slightly Foxed Cubs. The final two in the series, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/rosemary-sutcliff-the-shield-ring-published-1-sep-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Shield Ring</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/rosemary-sutcliff-sword-song-published-1-sep-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sword Song</a>, are now available (2:00)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/edward-gibbon-history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire</a>, Edward Gibbon (4:18)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ammianus-marcellinus-the-last-empire/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Later Roman Empire</a>, Ammianus Marcellinus (9:30)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/gregory-of-tours-history-of-the-franks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The History of the Franks</a>, Gregory of Tours (10:41)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/saint-augustine-confessions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Confessions</a>, Saint Augustine (13:54)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/saint-augustine-city-of-god/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">City of God</a>, Saint Augustine (14:46)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/bede-ecclesiastical-history-of-the-people/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ecclesiastical History of the English People</a>, Bede (15:34)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/peter-brown-the-world-of-late-antiquity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The World of Late Antiquity</a>, Peter Brown (17:34)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/gore-vidal-julian/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Julian</a>, Gore Vidal (22:14)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/the-dream-of-scipio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Dream of Scipio</a>, Iain Pears (22:54)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kazuo-ishiguro-the-buried-giant/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Buried Giant</a>, Kazuo Ishiguro (23:38)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/rosemary-sutcliff-dawn-wind-published-1-mar-2021/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dawn Wind</a>, Rosemary Sutcliff (25:06)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/frans-g-bengtsson-the-long-ships/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Long Ships</a>, Frans G. Bengtsson (26:08)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/maria-dahnava-headley-beowulf/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beowulf: A New Translation</a>, Maria Dahvana Headley (27:13)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/lucy-holland-sistersong/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sistersong</a>, Lucy Holland (27:30)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/thomas-malory-le-morte-darthur/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Le Morte Darthur</a>, Thomas Malory (30:53)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/bernard-cornwell-the-last-kingdom/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Last Kingdom</a>, Bernard Cornwell (32:11)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/a-k-blakemore-the-manningtree-witches/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Manningtree Witches</a>, A. K. Blakemore (38:17)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/olivia-manning-balkan-trilogy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Balkan Trilogy</a>, Olivia Manning (40:47)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/richard-crockett-edward-gibbon-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scaling Gibbon’s Everest</a>, Richard Crockatt on Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Issue 68 (8:17)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/gregory-of-tours-the-history-of-the-franks-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Frank Look at History</a>, Andy Merrills on Gregory of Tours, The History of the Franks, Issue 65 (12:48)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/gore-vidal-julian-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Last of the Pagans</a>, Patrick Welland on Gore Vidal, Julian, Issue 45 (22:50)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/sue-gaisford-rosemary-sutcliff-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Sound of Chariots</a>, Sue Gaisford on the Roman Britain novels of Rosemary Sutcliff, Issue 63</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/sue-gaisford-rosemary-sutcliff-dawn-wind-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Light in the Dark Ages</a>, Sue Gaisford on Rosemary Sutcliff, Dawn Wind, Issue 69</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/sue-gaisford-rosemary-sutcliff-sword-song-shield-ring-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Magical Talisman</a>, Sue Gaisford on Rosemary Sutcliff, Sword Song &amp; The Shield Ring, Issue 71</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/olivia-manning-balkan-trilogy-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adrift on the Tides of War</a>, Patrick Welland on Olivia Manning’s Balkan trilogy, Issue 63 (40:47)</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li>Listen to Episode 18 of the Slightly Foxed Podcast: <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/odyssey-through-the-classics-slightly-foxed-podcast-episode-28/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Odyssey Through the Classics</a> (0:20)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.barterbooks.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barter Books</a>, Alnwick (36:12)</li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

35: Decline and Fall: A Literary Guide

Sybille Bedford

‘I wondered for a time who this brilliant “Mrs Bedford” could be,’ wrote Evelyn Waugh to Nancy Mitford on reading Sybille Bedford’s first novel, A Legacy.    The twentieth-century European writer Sybille Bedford could be many things: traveller, gourmand, oenophile, court reporter, Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist. In this month’s literary podcast the Slightly Foxed team discover the pleasures and landscapes of Bedford’s life, loves and writing with her biographer, Selina Hastings. The daughter of a German Baron, from childhood Bedford travelled endlessly, living in Germany, Italy, France, Portugal and Britain. Claiming to suffer from sloth and love of life, she deified her friend Aldous Huxley, had assets frozen by the Nazi regime, was funded by Martha Gellhorn and was known for her many lovers, all while experiencing the ‘tearing, crushing, defeating agony’ of writing. From a delicious account of a visit to Don Otavio in Mexico and vivid reportage of the Lady Chatterley’s Lover obscenity trial to the autobiographical novel Jigsaw, we see the world through Bedford’s observant eye and voracious appetite.    And we continue our travels with a trip to the Heath Robinson Museum in London, exploring the cartoonist’s imagination through electric egg poachers, Christmas cracker-pulling machines and other curious contraptions, before sharing reading recommendations for Italo Calvino’s short stories that follow the cycle of the seasons, and an enlightening experiment with fiction from Francis Spufford. (Episode duration: 43 minutes; 56 seconds)   Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.    Sybille Bedford: An Appetite for Life, Selina Hastings  A Visit to Don Otavio, Sybille Bedford (12:00)  A Legacy, Sybille Bedford (17:41)  The Best We Can Do, Sybille Bedford is out of print (21:23)  The Trial of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Sybille Bedford (21:33)  Jigsaw, Sybille Bedford (28:51)  Aldous Huxley: A Biography, Sybille Bedford is out of print (29:40)  Very Heath Robinson, Adam Hart-Davis (38:34)  Marcovaldo, Italo Calvino (39:10)  Light Perpetual, Francis Spufford (41:02)   Other available books by Sybille Bedford  A Favourite of the Gods A Compass Error Pleasures and Landscapes   Related Slightly Foxed Articles   Bruised, Shocked, but Elated, Selina Hastings on Sybille Bedford, A Visit to Don Otavio, Issue 69 (12:00)  A Bath with a View, Caroline Chapman on Sybille Bedford, A Legacy, Issue 38 (17:41)   Other Links  Listen to Selina Hastings on Episode 18 of the Slightly Foxed Podcast: The Ordeal of Evelyn Waugh (0:54)  Sybille Bedford on Desert Island Discs, recorded in 1998 (9.09)  Heath Robinson Museum (36:20)    Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

‘I wondered for a time who this brilliant “Mrs Bedford” could be,’ wrote Evelyn Waugh to Nancy Mitford on reading Sybille Bedford’s first novel, A Legacy. The twentieth-century European writer Sybille Bedford could be many things: traveller, gourmand, oenophile, court reporter, Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist. In this month’s literary podcast the Slightly Foxed team discover the pleasures and landscapes of Bedford’s life, loves and writing with her biographer, Selina Hastings. The daughter of a German Baron, from childhood Bedford travelled endlessly, living in Germany, Italy, France, Portugal and Britain. Claiming to suffer from sloth and love of life, she deified her friend Aldous Huxley, had assets frozen by the Nazi regime, was funded by Martha Gellhorn and was known for her many lovers, all while experiencing the ‘tearing, crushing, defeating agony’ of writing. From a delicious account of a visit to Don Otavio in Mexico and vivid reportage of the Lady Chatterley’s Lover obscenity trial to the autobiographical novel Jigsaw, we see the world through Bedford’s observant eye and voracious appetite. And we continue our travels with a trip to the Heath Robinson Museum in London, exploring the cartoonist’s imagination through electric egg poachers, Christmas cracker-pulling machines and other curious contraptions, before sharing reading recommendations for Italo Calvino’s short stories that follow the cycle of the seasons, and an enlightening experiment with fiction from Francis Spufford. (Episode duration: 43 minutes; 56 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/selina-hastings-sybille-bedford-an-appetite-for-life/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sybille Bedford: An Appetite for Life</a>, Selina Hastings</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/sybille-bedford-a-visit-to-don-otavio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Visit to Don Otavio</a>, Sybille Bedford (12:00)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/sybille-bedford-a-legacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Legacy</a>, Sybille Bedford (17:41)</li> <li> The Best We Can Do, Sybille Bedford is out of print (21:23)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/sybille-bedford-the-trial-of-lady-chatterleys-lover/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Trial of Lady Chatterley’s Lover</a>, Sybille Bedford (21:33)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jigsaw-sybille-bedford/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jigsaw</a>, Sybille Bedford (28:51)</li> <li> Aldous Huxley: A Biography, Sybille Bedford is out of print (29:40)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/adam-hart-davis-very-heath-robinson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Very Heath Robinson</a>, Adam Hart-Davis (38:34)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/italo-calvino-marcovaldo-short-stories/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marcovaldo</a>, Italo Calvino (39:10)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/francis-spufford-light-perpetual/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Light Perpetual</a>, Francis Spufford (41:02)</li> </ul> Other available books by Sybille Bedford <ul> <li><a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/sybille-bedford-a-favourite-of-the-gods/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Favourite of the Gods</a></li> <li><a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/sybille-bedford-a-compass-error/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Compass Error</a></li> <li><a href="https://dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/book/pleasures-landscapes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pleasures and Landscapes</a></li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/selina-hastings-sybille-bedford-visit-to-don-otavio-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bruised, Shocked, but Elated</a>, Selina Hastings on Sybille Bedford, A Visit to Don Otavio, Issue 69 (12:00)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/caroline-chapman-sybille-bedford-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Bath with a View</a>, Caroline Chapman on Sybille Bedford, A Legacy, Issue 38 (17:41)</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li>Listen to Selina Hastings on Episode 18 of the Slightly Foxed Podcast: <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/the-ordeal-of-evelyn-waugh-slightly-foxed-podcast-episode-18/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Ordeal of Evelyn Waugh</a> (0:54)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009433x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sybille Bedford on Desert Island Discs</a>, recorded in 1998 (9.09)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.heathrobinsonmuseum.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heath Robinson Museum</a> (36:20)</li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

34: Sybille Bedford’s Appetite for Life

Diamond Dagger award-winning crime novelist and president of the Detection Club Martin Edwards and Richard Reynolds, crime buyer for Heffers Bookshop and member of the Crime Writers’ Association, lead our investigation in this month’s literary podcast. Together with the Slightly Foxed team, they take a magnifying glass to the Golden Age of crime fiction, tracing its origins to the interwar years when the Detection Club was founded and discussing why the genre continues to thrill.    From relishing The Poisoned Chocolates Case and resurrecting Death of a Bookseller to the mystery of E. C. R. Lorac’s missing manuscript and meeting Baroness Orczy’s Teahouse Detective, the plot twists and turns as we collect British Library Crime Classics and celebrate Crime Queens Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, Josephine Tey and others along the way. Whether enjoyed as well-crafted puzzles, social documents or guilty pleasures, detective fiction is laced with nostalgia as well as cyanide. To tie up loose ends, we finish with a visit to Agatha Christie’s holiday home, Greenway, a house fit for Hercule Poirot, and the setting of a Devonshire murder hunt in Dead Man’s Folly.  Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 44 minutes; 56 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.    Mortmain Hall and The Crooked Shore, Martin Edwards  The Murder at the Vicarage, Agatha Christie (3.57)  The Nine Tailors, Dorothy L. Sayers. (4.29)  The Red House Mystery, A. A. Milne (9.31)  The Old Man in the Corner, Baroness Orczy (10.34)  A Question of Proof, Nicholas Blake (12:09)  The Cask, Freeman Wills Crofts (14.02)  Lord Peter Wimsey, Dorothy L. Sayers (15:00)  Cards on the Table, Agatha Christie (15.39) Francis Vivian’s Inspector Knollis Mysteries, published by Dean Street Press (15:58)  Tragedy at Law, Cyril Hare (16:53)  Thrones, Dominations, Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh (18.03) Anthony Gilbert’s Arthur Crook novels (19.09)  Portrait of a Murderer, Anne Meredith (19.38)  Bloodshed in Bayswater, John Rowland is out of print (21.38)  Death of a Bookseller, Bernard J. Farmer is due to be published in a British Library Crime Classics edition in 2022 (21:41)  A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries and Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries, Ed. Martin Edwards (22:35)  Two-Way Murder, E. C. L. Lorac (33.40)  The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie (35.15)  Verdict of Twelve, Raymond Postgate (35.25)  And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie (35.57)  Arrest the Bishop, Winifred Peck, published by Dean Street Press (37.56)  The Poisoned Chocolates Case, Anthony Berkeley (38.42)  The Dry, Jane Harper (40.05)  Agatha Christie: A Biography, Janet Morgan (41.03)   Related Slightly Foxed Articles   Murder Most Civilized, Emma Hogan on Agatha Christie, the Miss Marple books, Issue 17  Vane Hopes, Victoria Neumark on the novels of Dorothy L. Sayers, Issue 32  Hauntings, Michèle Roberts on Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night, Issue 63  A Gentleman on the Case, Brandon Robshaw on Margery Allingham, the Albert Campion novels, Issue 52  The Judge’s Progress, P. D. James on Cyril Hare, Tragedy at Law, Issue 12  Lost in the Fens, Julie Welch on the detective stories of Edmund Crispin, Issue 63   Other Links   British Library Crime Classics (22:36)  Dean Street Press (30:40)  Download Heffers Crime Fiction Top 100, selected by Richard Reynolds. NB The file will download automatically on click. Please check your downloads folder (35:12)  Agatha Christie’s holiday home, Greenway, in Devon (42:37)   Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Diamond Dagger award-winning crime novelist and president of the Detection Club Martin Edwards and Richard Reynolds, crime buyer for Heffers Bookshop and member of the Crime Writers’ Association, lead our investigation in this month’s literary podcast. Together with the Slightly Foxed team, they take a magnifying glass to the Golden Age of crime fiction, tracing its origins to the interwar years when the Detection Club was founded and discussing why the genre continues to thrill. From relishing The Poisoned Chocolates Case and resurrecting Death of a Bookseller to the mystery of E. C. R. Lorac’s missing manuscript and meeting Baroness Orczy’s Teahouse Detective, the plot twists and turns as we collect British Library Crime Classics and celebrate Crime Queens Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, Josephine Tey and others along the way. Whether enjoyed as well-crafted puzzles, social documents or guilty pleasures, detective fiction is laced with nostalgia as well as cyanide. To tie up loose ends, we finish with a visit to Agatha Christie’s holiday home, Greenway, a house fit for Hercule Poirot, and the setting of a Devonshire murder hunt in Dead Man’s Folly. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 44 minutes; 56 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/martin-edwards-mortmain-hall/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mortmain Hall</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/martin-edwards-crooked-shore/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Crooked Shore</a>, Martin Edwards</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/agatha-christie-murder-at-the-vicarage/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Murder at the Vicarage</a>, Agatha Christie (3.57)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/dorothy-l-sayers-nine-tailors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Nine Tailors</a>, Dorothy L. Sayers. (4.29)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/a-a-milne-red-house-mystery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Red House Mystery</a>, A. A. Milne (9.31)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/baroness-orczy-old-man-in-the-corner-teahouse-detective/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Old Man in the Corner</a>, Baroness Orczy (10.34)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/nicholas-blake-a-question-of-proof/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Question of Proof</a>, Nicholas Blake (12:09)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/freeman-wills-crofts-the-cask/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Cask</a>, Freeman Wills Crofts (14.02)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/dorothy-l-sayers-lord-peter-wimsey/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lord Peter Wimsey</a>, Dorothy L. Sayers (15:00)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/agatha-christie-cards-on-the-table/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cards on the Table</a>, Agatha Christie (15.39)</li> <li>Francis Vivian’s Inspector Knollis Mysteries, <a href="https://www.deanstreetpress.co.uk/pages/author_page/48" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">published by Dean Street Press</a> (15:58)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tragedy-at-law/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tragedy at Law</a>, Cyril Hare (16:53)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/dorothy-l-sayers-jill-paton-walsh-thrones-dominations/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thrones, Dominations</a>, Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh (18.03)</li> <li>Anthony Gilbert’s Arthur Crook novels (19.09)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/anne-meredith-portrait-of-a-murderer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Portrait of a Murderer</a>, Anne Meredith (19.38)</li> <li> Bloodshed in Bayswater, John Rowland is out of print (21.38)</li> <li> Death of a Bookseller, Bernard J. Farmer is due to be published in a British Library Crime Classics edition in 2022 (21:41)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/surprise-for-christmas-other-seasonal-mysteries-martin-edwards/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/murder-at-the-manor-country-house-crime-mysteries-martin-edwards/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Murder at the Manor: Country House Mysteries</a>, Ed. Martin Edwards (22:35)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/e-c-r-lorac-two-way-murder/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Two-Way Murder</a>, E. C. L. Lorac (33.40)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/agatha-christie-murder-of-roger-ackroyd/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</a>, Agatha Christie (35.15)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/raymond-postgate-verdict-of-twelve/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Verdict of Twelve</a>, Raymond Postgate (35.25)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/agatha-christie-and-then-there-were-none/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">And Then There Were None</a>, Agatha Christie (35.57)</li> <li> Arrest the Bishop, Winifred Peck, <a href="https://www.deanstreetpress.co.uk/pages/book_page/178" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">published by Dean Street Press</a> (37.56)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/anthony-berkeley-the-poisoned-chocolates-case/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Poisoned Chocolates Case</a>, Anthony Berkeley (38.42)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jane-harper-the-dry/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Dry</a>, Jane Harper (40.05)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/janet-morgan-agatha-christie-biography/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Agatha Christie: A Biography</a>, Janet Morgan (41.03)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/emma-hogan-agatha-christie-miss-marple-books-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Murder Most Civilized</a>, Emma Hogan on Agatha Christie, the Miss Marple books, Issue 17</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/victoria-neumark-dorothy-l-sayers-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vane Hopes</a>, Victoria Neumark on the novels of Dorothy L. Sayers, Issue 32</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/dorothy-l-sayers-gaudy-night-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hauntings</a>, Michèle Roberts on Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night, Issue 63</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/brandon-robshaw-margery-allingham-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Gentleman on the Case</a>, Brandon Robshaw on Margery Allingham, the Albert Campion novels, Issue 52</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/p-d-james-cyril-hare-tragedy-law-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Judge’s Progress</a>, P. D. James on Cyril Hare, Tragedy at Law, Issue 12</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/edmund-crispin-gervase-fen-literary-quarterly/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lost in the Fens</a>, Julie Welch on the detective stories of Edmund Crispin, Issue 63</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li> <a href="https://shop.bl.uk/collections/crime-classics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">British Library Crime Classics</a> (22:36)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.deanstreetpress.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dean Street Press</a> (30:40)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/The-Heffers-Crime-Fiction-Top-100-Selected-on-Richard-Reynolds.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Heffers Crime Fiction Top 100</a>, selected by Richard Reynolds. NB The file will download automatically on click. Please check your downloads folder (35:12)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/greenway" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Agatha Christie’s holiday home, Greenway, in Devon</a> (42:37)</li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

33: The Golden Age of Crime Writing

‘Whether Picnic at Hanging Rock is fact or fiction, my readers must decide for themselves.’ It’s a scorching St Valentine’s Day in 1900 when three boarding-school girls and a teacher disappear during a day-trip to Hanging Rock in the arid Australian outback. Fact or fiction? Misadventure or murder? Accident or assassination? Join us on our latest literary podcast adventure as we delve into the mystery, history and hysteria of Joan Lindsay’s classic Australian Gothic novel with Kate Young, author of The Little Library Cookbook. From the slow-seeping horror of Hanging Rock to coming-of-age tales of tuck boxes and midnight feasts, high jinks and humour, Kate guides the Slightly Foxed magazine team through the school-story tradition and asks why it’s such fertile ground for fiction. On the way we visit the Chalet School, Malory Towers and St Trinian’s, and slip into darker territory with Decline and Fall, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go.    In this month’s literary expedition, we take a peek inside Quentin Blake’s House of Illustration, and to finish there’s the usual wide-ranging round-up of current reading featuring: Anthony Buckeridge’s classic Jennings series of prep-school stories; Emily Danforth’s romp, Plain Bad Heroines, inspired by Shirley Jackson; and Tsitsi Dangarembga’s tale of a young girl from a rural village in Zimbabwe, Nervous Conditions.  Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 44 minutes; 24 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   Picnic at Hanging Rock, Joan Lindsay (2:02)  The Little Library Cookbook, The Little Library Year and The Little Library Christmas, Kate Young  The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark (14:14)  The Naughtiest Girl in the School, Enid Blyton (15:14) Malory Towers is a series of six novels by Enid Blyton. The first novel is First Term at Malory Towers (15:21) The Chalet School is a series of 64 novels by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (15:51)  Frost in May, Antonia White (20:37) The St Trinian’s books by Ronald Searle are out of print (22:53)  Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh (23:44)  Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (25:17)  The Secret History, Donna Tartt (27:06)  Murder Most Unladylike, Robin Stevens (28:37)  An Experiment in Love, Hilary Mantel (30:17)  Terms &amp; Conditions: Life in Girls’ Boarding-Schools, 1939–1979, Ysenda Maxtone Graham (30:55)  The Worst Witch, Jill Murphy (31:49  Our Lady of the Nile, Scholastique Mukasonga (33:43)  Plain Bad Heroines, Emily M. Danforth (38:53) The Jennings books by Anthony Buckeridge are out of print (40:11)  Nervous Conditions, Tsitsi Dangarembga (41:53)   Related Slightly Foxed Articles   Hazy Memories of Hanging Rock, Kate Young on Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Issue 64 (2:02)  Chalet Girls, Daisy Hay on Elinor M. Brent-Dyer’s Chalet School books, Issue 56 (16:07)  Once a Catholic . . ., Melissa Harrison on Antonia White, Frost in May, Issue 54 (20.37)  Old Girls and Very Old Girls, Nicola Shulman on Ysenda Maxtone Graham, Terms &amp; Conditions, Issue 52 (30:55)  C. T. Jennings and the Problem of Evil, Robin Blake on Anthony Buckeridge, the Jennings books, Issue 17 (40:11)  Educating Ulyth, Ysenda Maxtone Graham on the girls’ school stories of Angela Brazil, Issue 44   Other Links   The Little Library Cafe: food inspired by literature from Kate Young  Leave No Trace, Madeleine Watts on lost-children narratives in Australia, The Believer (8:36)  Friends of the Chalet School (15:51)  House of Illustration, London (36:24)    Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

‘Whether Picnic at Hanging Rock is fact or fiction, my readers must decide for themselves.’ It’s a scorching St Valentine’s Day in 1900 when three boarding-school girls and a teacher disappear during a day-trip to Hanging Rock in the arid Australian outback. Fact or fiction? Misadventure or murder? Accident or assassination? Join us on our latest literary podcast adventure as we delve into the mystery, history and hysteria of Joan Lindsay’s classic Australian Gothic novel with Kate Young, author of The Little Library Cookbook. From the slow-seeping horror of Hanging Rock to coming-of-age tales of tuck boxes and midnight feasts, high jinks and humour, Kate guides the Slightly Foxed magazine team through the school-story tradition and asks why it’s such fertile ground for fiction. On the way we visit the Chalet School, Malory Towers and St Trinian’s, and slip into darker territory with Decline and Fall, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go. In this month’s literary expedition, we take a peek inside Quentin Blake’s House of Illustration, and to finish there’s the usual wide-ranging round-up of current reading featuring: Anthony Buckeridge’s classic Jennings series of prep-school stories; Emily Danforth’s romp, Plain Bad Heroines, inspired by Shirley Jackson; and Tsitsi Dangarembga’s tale of a young girl from a rural village in Zimbabwe, Nervous Conditions. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 44 minutes; 24 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/joan-lindsay-picnic-at-hanging-rock/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Picnic at Hanging Rock</a>, Joan Lindsay (2:02)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kate-young-the-little-library-cookbook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Little Library Cookbook</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kate-young-the-little-library-year/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Little Library Year</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kate-young-the-little-library-christmas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Little Library Christmas</a>, Kate Young</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/muriel-spark-prime-of-miss-jean-brodie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie</a>, Muriel Spark (14:14)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/enid-blyton-naughtiest-girl-in-the-school" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Naughtiest Girl in the School</a>, Enid Blyton (15:14)</li> <li>Malory Towers is a series of six novels by Enid Blyton. The first novel is <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/enid-blyton-first-term-at-malory-towers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">First Term at Malory Towers</a> (15:21)</li> <li>The Chalet School is a series of 64 novels by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (15:51)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/frost-in-may-antonia-white-foxed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frost in May</a>, Antonia White (20:37)</li> <li>The St Trinian’s books by Ronald Searle are out of print (22:53)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/evelyn-waugh-decline-fall/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Decline and Fall</a>, Evelyn Waugh (23:44)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kazuo-ishiguro-never-let-me-go/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Never Let Me Go</a>, Kazuo Ishiguro (25:17)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/donna-tartt-the-secret-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Secret History</a>, Donna Tartt (27:06)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/robin-stevens-murder-most-unladylike" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Murder Most Unladylike</a>, Robin Stevens (28:37)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/hilary-mantel-an-experiment-in-love/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Experiment in Love</a>, Hilary Mantel (30:17)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ysenda-maxtone-graham-terms-conditions-girls-boarding-school/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Terms &amp; Conditions: Life in Girls’ Boarding-Schools, 1939–1979</a>, Ysenda Maxtone Graham (30:55)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jill-murphy-the-worst-witch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Worst Witch</a>, Jill Murphy (31:49</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/scholastique-mukasonga-our-lady-of-the-nile" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Lady of the Nile</a>, Scholastique Mukasonga (33:43)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/emily-m-danforth-plain-bad-heroines" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plain Bad Heroines</a>, Emily M. Danforth (38:53)</li> <li>The Jennings books by Anthony Buckeridge are out of print (40:11)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tsitsi-dangarembga-nervous-conditions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nervous Conditions</a>, Tsitsi Dangarembga (41:53)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/kate-young-joan-lindsay-picnic-at-hanging-rock-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hazy Memories of Hanging Rock</a>, Kate Young on Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Issue 64 (2:02)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/chalet-school-books-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chalet Girls</a>, Daisy Hay on Elinor M. Brent-Dyer’s Chalet School books, Issue 56 (16:07)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/antonia-white-frost-in-may-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Once a Catholic . . .</a>, Melissa Harrison on Antonia White, Frost in May, Issue 54 (20.37)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/terms-and-conditions-preface-nicola-shulman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Old Girls and Very Old Girls</a>, Nicola Shulman on Ysenda Maxtone Graham, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ysenda-maxtone-graham-terms-conditions-girls-boarding-school/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Terms &amp; Conditions</a>, Issue 52 (30:55)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/robin-blake-anthony-buckeridge-jennings-books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">C. T. Jennings and the Problem of Evil</a>, Robin Blake on Anthony Buckeridge, the Jennings books, Issue 17 (40:11)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/ysenda-maxtone-graham-angela-brazil-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Educating Ulyth</a>, Ysenda Maxtone Graham on the girls’ school stories of Angela Brazil, Issue 44</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li> <a href="http://thelittlelibrarycafe.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Little Library Cafe</a>: food inspired by literature from Kate Young</li> <li> <a href="https://believermag.com/leave-no-trace/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leave No Trace</a>, Madeleine Watts on lost-children narratives in Australia, The Believer (8:36)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.chaletschool.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Friends of the Chalet School</a> (15:51)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.houseofillustration.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">House of Illustration</a>, London (36:24)</li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

32: Picnic at Hanging Rock & Other Stories

Angela Carter

Imagination, influence and the invention of infernal desire machines . . . Edmund Gordon, biographer of Angela Carter, guides the Slightly Foxed team through her colourful works and explores the wider realms of magical realism. Witty and wilfully idiosyncratic, Carter conjured sex and death from fairy tales in The Bloody Chamber, used her Somerset Maugham Award money to leave her husband and go to Japan to write, and absorbed the Latin American influences of Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez. We hear how she enlisted the Marquis de Sade as an ally of feminism, embraced pulp genres and opened doors for David Mitchell, China Miéville, Helen Oyeyemi and more, while always attending to the grammar of the folk story. And, to finish, there are the usual wide-ranging recommendations for reading off the beaten track.  Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 42 minutes; 50 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   The Invention of Angela Carter, Edmund Gordon (2:27)  Shadow Dance, Angela Carter (7:40)  The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, Angela Carter (8:46)   Fireworks, Angela Carter (8:51)  The Magic Toyshop, Angela Carter (10:08)  The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter (10:27)  The Uses of Enchantment, Bruno Bettelheim (11:29)   Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado (13:47)   Nights at the Circus, Angela Carter (16:29)  One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez (25:50)   Beloved, Toni Morrison (26:21)  Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez (27:24)   Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead, Barbara Comyns (27:37)  The Sadeian Woman, Angela Carter (29:50)  Shaking A Leg: Collected Journalism and Writings, Angela Carter (31:22)  Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories, Angela Carter (31:24)  A Card from Angela Carter, Susannah Clapp is currently out of print. A reprint is under consideration (36:12)  Extinction, Thomas Bernhard (37:06)  Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel (38:15)   Kiss Myself Goodbye: The Many Lives of Aunt Munca, Ferdinand Mount (40:20)    Related Slightly Foxed Articles   Keeping it Real, Maggie Fergusson interviews the novelist Ali Smith, Issue 54 (9:48)  Sophia Fairclough and Me, Sophie Breese on the novels of Barbara Comyns, Issue 42 (27:35)   Other Links   The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize (2:30)  Keats House, Hampstead, London (33:50)   Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Imagination, influence and the invention of infernal desire machines . . . Edmund Gordon, biographer of Angela Carter, guides the Slightly Foxed team through her colourful works and explores the wider realms of magical realism. Witty and wilfully idiosyncratic, Carter conjured sex and death from fairy tales in The Bloody Chamber, used her Somerset Maugham Award money to leave her husband and go to Japan to write, and absorbed the Latin American influences of Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez. We hear how she enlisted the Marquis de Sade as an ally of feminism, embraced pulp genres and opened doors for David Mitchell, China Miéville, Helen Oyeyemi and more, while always attending to the grammar of the folk story. And, to finish, there are the usual wide-ranging recommendations for reading off the beaten track. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 42 minutes; 50 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/edmund-gordon-invention-angela-carter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Invention of Angela Carter</a>, Edmund Gordon (2:27)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-shadow-dance/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shadow Dance</a>, Angela Carter (7:40)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-infernal-desire-machines-doctor-machines" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman</a>, Angela Carter (8:46) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-fireworks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fireworks</a>, Angela Carter (8:51)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-magic-toyshop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Magic Toyshop</a>, Angela Carter (10:08)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-bloody-chamber/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bloody Chamber,</a> Angela Carter (10:27)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/bruno-bettelheim-uses-of-enchantment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Uses of Enchantment</a>, Bruno Bettelheim (11:29) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/carmen-maria-machado-her-body-and-other-parties" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Her Body and Other Parties</a>, Carmen Maria Machado (13:47) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-nights-at-the-circus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nights at the Circus</a>, Angela Carter (16:29)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/gabriel-garcia-marquez-one-hundred-years-of-solitude" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One Hundred Years of Solitude</a>, Gabriel García Márquez (25:50) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/toni-morrison-beloved/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beloved</a>, Toni Morrison (26:21)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/gabriel-garcia-marquez-love-in-the-time-of-cholera" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love in the Time of Cholera</a>, Gabriel García Márquez (27:24) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/barbara-comyns-who-was-changed-who-was-dead/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead</a>, Barbara Comyns (27:37)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-the-sadeian-woman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Sadeian Woman,</a> Angela Carter (29:50)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-shaking-a-leg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shaking A Leg: Collected Journalism and Writings</a>, Angela Carter (31:22)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-burning-your-boats/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Burning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories</a>, Angela Carter (31:24)</li> <li> A Card from Angela Carter, Susannah Clapp is currently out of print. A reprint is under consideration (36:12)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/thomas-bernhard-extinction/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extinction</a>, Thomas Bernhard (37:06)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/emily-st-john-mandel-station-eleven" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Station Eleven</a>, Emily St. John Mandel (38:15) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ferdinand-mount-kiss-myself-goodbye" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kiss Myself Goodbye: The Many Lives of Aunt Munca</a>, Ferdinand Mount (40:20) </li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/sophie-breese-barbara-comyns-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keeping it Real</a>, Maggie Fergusson interviews the novelist Ali Smith, Issue 54 (9:48)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/sophie-breese-barbara-comyns-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sophia Fairclough and Me</a>, Sophie Breese on the novels of Barbara Comyns, Issue 42 (27:35)</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/category/best-first-biography-prize/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize</a> (2:30)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/attractions-museums-entertainment/keats-house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keats House</a>, Hampstead, London (33:50)</li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

31: The Magic of Angela Carter

In this twentieth-century story of a quest for beauty, the writer Laura Freeman introduces us to Jim Ede, a man who, in creating Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge, changed the way we look at art. We follow Jim from the trenches of the First World War to Lady Ottoline Morrell’s literary parties in Bloomsbury and a curating job at the Tate. He collected artworks by his friends Ben Nicholson and David Jones, acquired the estate of the sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and designed a house in Tangiers that became a sanctuary for soldiers. These were stepping stones towards Jim turning derelict slum cottages into a home and gallery, a space for both tea and tours. And, as ever, we share recommendations for reading off the beaten track.  Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 45 minutes; 18 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   A Way of Life: Kettle’s Yard, Jim Ede is available from the Kettle’s Yard shop  Ottoline Morrell: Life on the Grand Scale, Miranda Seymour is published in a Faber Finds edition. Second-hand copies are available. (12:59)  Savage Messiah: A Biography of the Sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, H. S. (Jim) Ede is available from the Kettle’s Yard shop  David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet, Thomas Dilworth (19:40)  Three Tales, Gustave Flaubert (37:55)  Lady into Fox, David Garnett (38:53)   Indelicacy, Amina Cain (40:26)  Transient Desires, Donna Leon (42:15)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles  Living Art, Mark Haworth-Booth on A Way of Life: Kettle’s Yard, Jim Ede, Issue 42 (28:00) Other Links   Kettle’s Yard House and Galleries, Cambridge  Tangier Days: the Edes in Morocco, 1936-52 (22.29)  Bookshop.org (2:16)  Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge (33:50)  With thanks to Kettle’s Yard and Paul Allitt for the photo used for this episode’s cover artwork.    Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

In this twentieth-century story of a quest for beauty, the writer Laura Freeman introduces us to Jim Ede, a man who, in creating Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge, changed the way we look at art. We follow Jim from the trenches of the First World War to Lady Ottoline Morrell’s literary parties in Bloomsbury and a curating job at the Tate. He collected artworks by his friends Ben Nicholson and David Jones, acquired the estate of the sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and designed a house in Tangiers that became a sanctuary for soldiers. These were stepping stones towards Jim turning derelict slum cottages into a home and gallery, a space for both tea and tours. And, as ever, we share recommendations for reading off the beaten track. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 45 minutes; 18 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li> <a href="https://shop.kettlesyard.co.uk/collections/featured-products/products/a-way-of-life" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Way of Life: Kettle’s Yard</a>, Jim Ede is available from the Kettle’s Yard shop</li> <li> Ottoline Morrell: Life on the Grand Scale, Miranda Seymour is published in a Faber Finds edition. Second-hand copies are available. (12:59)</li> <li> <a href="https://shop.kettlesyard.co.uk/products/savage-messiah" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Savage Messiah: A Biography of the Sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska</a>, H. S. (Jim) Ede is available from the Kettle’s Yard shop</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/thomas-dilworth-david-jones/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet</a>, Thomas Dilworth (19:40)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/gustave-flaubert-three-tales/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Three Tales</a>, Gustave Flaubert (37:55)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/david-garnett-lady-into-fox/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lady into Fox</a>, David Garnett (38:53) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/amina-cain-indelicacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indelicacy</a>, Amina Cain (40:26)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/donna-leon-guido-brunetti-transient-desires/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transient Desires</a>, Donna Leon (42:15)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul><li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/jim-ede-kettles-yard-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Living Art</a>, Mark Haworth-Booth on A Way of Life: Kettle’s Yard, Jim Ede, Issue 42 (28:00)</li></ul> Other Links <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kettle’s Yard House and Galleries</a>, Cambridge</li> <li> <a href="https://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/about/news/tangier-days/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tangier Days: the Edes in Morocco, 1936-52</a> (22.29)</li> <li> <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop.org</a> (2:16)</li> <li> <a href="https://heffersbookshop.business.site/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heffers Bookshop</a>, Cambridge (33:50)</li> </ul> With thanks to Kettle’s Yard and Paul Allitt for the photo used for this episode’s cover artwork. Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

30: Jim Ede’s Way of Life

The artist Barrie Cooke had fishing in common with Ted Hughes, and mud and art in common with Seamus Heaney. Dr Mark Wormald, a scholar on the life and writings of Ted Hughes, has brought to light an extraordinary haul of poems, letters and drawings documenting a decades-long triangular friendship and a shared love of poetry and nature. He describes the spine-tingling discovery of Barrie’s cardboard box stuffed with correspondence and traces its history, starting with the first supper at Barrie’s Kilkenny home, and then at Jerpoint, also on the River Nore, where the trio forged their friendship, Seamus began Station Island and a poet’s haven flourished. From Ted’s dream of a burning fox man, climbing into Carrowkeel passage tombs and visits from Robert Lowell and Tom Paulin to fishing diaries, pike spoons and a stuffed trout, subsurface treasures are dredged up as our literary sifting takes us off the beaten track.  Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 46 minutes; 20 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   River, Ted Hughes (6:46)  Lupercal, Ted Hughes (12:56)   Station Island, Seamus Heaney (14:34)   On Seamus Heaney, R. F. Foster (15:09)   Birthday Letters, Ted Hughes (20:13)   Crow, Ted Hughes (20:42)   Opened Ground, Seamus Heaney (25:15)   The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath And Ted Hughes, Janet Malcolm (39:50)   A Celtic Miscellany, selected and translated by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (41:38)   The Mission House, Carys Davies (43:12)   Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath, Heather Clark (45:48)   Related Slightly Foxed Articles  Through the Looking Glass, Jane Feaver on life at Faber and Faber, Issue 55  Other Links  For more information about the Barrie Cooke archive, visit the Cambridge University website   Barrie Cooke’s portrait of Ted Hughes, National Portrait Gallery (5:50)  Kilkenney Arts Week (33:47)  Keats-Shelley House, Rome (37:34)  The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2020 (45:48)   Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach  The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

The artist Barrie Cooke had fishing in common with Ted Hughes, and mud and art in common with Seamus Heaney. Dr Mark Wormald, a scholar on the life and writings of Ted Hughes, has brought to light an extraordinary haul of poems, letters and drawings documenting a decades-long triangular friendship and a shared love of poetry and nature. He describes the spine-tingling discovery of Barrie’s cardboard box stuffed with correspondence and traces its history, starting with the first supper at Barrie’s Kilkenny home, and then at Jerpoint, also on the River Nore, where the trio forged their friendship, Seamus began Station Island and a poet’s haven flourished. From Ted’s dream of a burning fox man, climbing into Carrowkeel passage tombs and visits from Robert Lowell and Tom Paulin to fishing diaries, pike spoons and a stuffed trout, subsurface treasures are dredged up as our literary sifting takes us off the beaten track. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 46 minutes; 20 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ted-hughes-river/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">River</a>, Ted Hughes (6:46)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ted-hughes-lupercal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lupercal</a>, Ted Hughes (12:56) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/seamus-heaney-station-island/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Station Island</a>, Seamus Heaney (14:34) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/r-f-foster-on-seamus-heaney/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On Seamus Heaney</a>, R. F. Foster (15:09) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ted-hughes-birthday-letters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Birthday Letters</a>, Ted Hughes (20:13) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/ted-hughes-crow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crow</a>, Ted Hughes (20:42) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/seamus-heaney-opened-ground/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Opened Ground</a>, Seamus Heaney (25:15) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/janet-malcolm-the-silent-woman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath And Ted Hughes</a>, Janet Malcolm (39:50) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kenneth-hurlstone-jackson-celtic-miscellany/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Celtic Miscellany</a>, selected and translated by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (41:38) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/carys-davies-the-mission-house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Mission House</a>, Carys Davies (43:12) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/heather-clark-red-comet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath</a>, Heather Clark (45:48)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul><li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/jane-feaver-literary-life-faber/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Through the Looking Glass</a>, Jane Feaver on life at Faber and Faber, Issue 55</li></ul> Other Links <ul> <li>For more information about the Barrie Cooke archive, <a href="https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/big-fish-hughes-heaney-cooke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">visit the Cambridge University website</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw192283/Ted-Hughes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barrie Cooke’s portrait of Ted Hughes, National Portrait Gallery</a> (5:50)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.kilkennyarts.ie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kilkenney Arts Week</a> (33:47)</li> <li> <a href="https://ksh.roma.it/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keats-Shelley House</a>, Rome (37:34)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/heather-clark-wins-best-first-biography-prize-for-red-comet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2020</a> (45:48)</li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

29: A Poet’s Haven

Daisy Dunn, historian and biographer of Catullus and Pliny, sets our scene in ancient Rome and Greece, entertaining the Slightly Foxed team with literature of love and war, satire and myth, and amplifying echoes of the classics through the ages. We begin with Homer’s monsters and memorials of fallen men, then take a tour of the ancient world, from Catullus’ erotic poetry and Lysistrata’s sex strike to the eruption of Vesuvius and Suetonius’ lives of extraordinary emperors. In a more contemporary turn, F. Scott Fitzgerald borrows Gatsby from the Satyricon, and Mary Renault writes historical novels and lovers’ names in wine. And there’s the usual round-up of recommended reading from off the beaten track.  Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 39 minutes; 54 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   Catullus’ Bedspread: The Life of Rome’s Most Erotic Poet, Daisy Dunn  In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny, Daisy Dunn  The Odyssey, Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (7:57)  The Iliad, Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu (8:08)  Homer on Life and Death, Jasper Griffin is out of print (9:02)  The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker (11:01)  Memorial, Alice Oswald (11:42)  The Last of the Wine, Mary Renault (16:37)  The Twelve Caesars, Suetonius, translated by Robert Graves (19:07)  I, Claudius, Robert Graves (21:00)   Pompei, Robert Harris (22:15)   The Satyricon, Petronius, translated by P. G. Walsh (23:48)  The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (24:47)  Rosemary Sutcliff’s Roman and post-Roman novels, Slightly Foxed Cubs (28:19)  Candide, Voltaire (34:26)  When the Lights Go Out, Carys Bray (35:27)   The Diary of a Provincial Lady, E. M. Delafield (37:03)   The Emperor’s Babe, Bernadine Evaristo (37:40)   Related Slightly Foxed Articles   How Homer Taught Me to Read, Adrian Thorpe on Homer, Odyssey and Iliad, Issue 30  Hadrian to the Life, Caroline Chapman on Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian, Issue 2 (21:42)  Scaling Gibbon’s Everest, Richard Crockatt on Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Issue 68  Travels with the Father of History, Justin Marozzi on Herodotus, Histories, Issue 20  Brave Old World, Lawrence Sail on Voltaire, Candide, Issue 10 (34:26)   Other Links  Daisy Dunn  The Greek Play, Cambridge (28:27)  Gladstone’s Library (31:37)    Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Daisy Dunn, historian and biographer of Catullus and Pliny, sets our scene in ancient Rome and Greece, entertaining the Slightly Foxed team with literature of love and war, satire and myth, and amplifying echoes of the classics through the ages. We begin with Homer’s monsters and memorials of fallen men, then take a tour of the ancient world, from Catullus’ erotic poetry and Lysistrata’s sex strike to the eruption of Vesuvius and Suetonius’ lives of extraordinary emperors. In a more contemporary turn, F. Scott Fitzgerald borrows Gatsby from the Satyricon, and Mary Renault writes historical novels and lovers’ names in wine. And there’s the usual round-up of recommended reading from off the beaten track. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 39 minutes; 54 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/daisy-dunn-catullus-bedspread/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Catullus’ Bedspread: The Life of Rome’s Most Erotic Poet</a>, Daisy Dunn</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/daisy-dunn-in-the-shadow-of-vesuvius/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny</a>, Daisy Dunn</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/emily-wilson-homer-odyssey/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Odyssey</a>, Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (7:57)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/e-v-rieu-homer-iliad/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Iliad</a>, Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu (8:08)</li> <li> Homer on Life and Death, Jasper Griffin is out of print (9:02)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/pat-barker-silence-of-the-girls/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Silence of the Girls</a>, Pat Barker (11:01)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/alice-oswald-memorial/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Memorial</a>, Alice Oswald (11:42)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/mary-renault-the-last-of-the-wine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Last of the Wine</a>, Mary Renault (16:37)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/suetonius-twelve-caesars-robert-graves/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Twelve Caesars</a>, Suetonius, translated by Robert Graves (19:07)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/robert-graves-i-claudius/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I, Claudius</a>, Robert Graves (21:00) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/robert-harris-pompeii/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pompei</a>, Robert Harris (22:15) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/petronius-satyricon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Satyricon</a>, Petronius, translated by P. G. Walsh (23:48)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/f-scott-fitzgerald-the-great-gatsby/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Great Gatsby</a>, F. Scott Fitzgerald (24:47)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/products/rosemary-sutcliff-classic-childrens-books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rosemary Sutcliff’s Roman and post-Roman novels</a>, Slightly Foxed Cubs (28:19)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/voltaire-candide/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Candide</a>, Voltaire (34:26)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/carys-bray-when-the-lights-go-out/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When the Lights Go Out</a>, Carys Bray (35:27) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/e-m-delafield-diary-of-a-provincial-lady/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Diary of a Provincial Lady</a>, E. M. Delafield (37:03) </li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/bernadine-evaristo-the-emperors-babe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Emperor’s Babe</a>, Bernadine Evaristo (37:40)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/homer-odyssey-and-iliad-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How Homer Taught Me to Read</a>, Adrian Thorpe on Homer, Odyssey and Iliad, Issue 30</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/marguerite-yourcenar-memoirs-of-hadrian-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hadrian to the Life</a>, Caroline Chapman on Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian, Issue 2 (21:42)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/richard-crockett-edward-gibbon-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scaling Gibbon’s Everest</a>, Richard Crockatt on Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Issue 68</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/herodotus-histories-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Travels with the Father of History</a>, Justin Marozzi on Herodotus, Histories, Issue 20</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/lawrence-sail-voltaire-candide-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brave Old World</a>, Lawrence Sail on Voltaire, Candide, Issue 10 (34:26)</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li><a href="http://www.daisydunn.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daisy Dunn</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.cambridgegreekplay.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Greek Play</a>, Cambridge (28:27)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gladstone’s Library</a> (31:37)</li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

28: An Odyssey through the Classics

Anthony Wells worked at The Wiener Holocaust Library in London for a decade. In this episode he leads the Slightly Foxed editors into the history of the library, which holds one of the most extensive archives on the Holocaust and the Nazi era. We travel to Germany, Amsterdam, New York and Tel Aviv, but it is people rather than places that the library remembers with its annals of personal stories. Dr Alfred Wiener, a German Jew who fought in the First World War, was one of the first to note the rise of the Nazi Party, and he began to assemble an archive of information in order to undermine their activities. From downfall by documentation in the Nuremberg Trial to a tracing service made up of millions of records, we learn how The Wiener Library ensures that those who disappeared are not forgotten.  With thanks to The Wiener Library for the image used for this episode’s cover artwork: Member of staff, Mrs Walter at The Wiener Library in 1952  Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 37 minutes; 6 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   The Ratline, Philippe Sands (11:39)  An Englishman in Auschwitz, Leon Greenman is out of print (14:25)  Dinner of Herbs: Village Life in 1960s Turkey, Carla Grissmann (28:00)  Hope against Hope, Nadezhda Mandelstam (29:42)  Defying Hitler, Sebastian Haffner (31:04)  An Officer and a Spy, Robert Harris (33:53)   Related Slightly Foxed Articles   Comfortable Words, Anthony Wells on the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, Issue 36  174517, David Spiller on Primo Levi, If This Is a Man and The Truce, Issue 43  Casting Out Fear, Gary Mead on Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning, Issue 50  The Hunt for Hitler, Adam Sisman on Hugh Trevor-Roper, The Last Days of Hitler, Issue 61   Other Links  The Wiener Holocaust Library   One Tree Books, Petersfield (23:52)  The Petersfield Bookshop (24:45)   Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Anthony Wells worked at The Wiener Holocaust Library in London for a decade. In this episode he leads the Slightly Foxed editors into the history of the library, which holds one of the most extensive archives on the Holocaust and the Nazi era. We travel to Germany, Amsterdam, New York and Tel Aviv, but it is people rather than places that the library remembers with its annals of personal stories. Dr Alfred Wiener, a German Jew who fought in the First World War, was one of the first to note the rise of the Nazi Party, and he began to assemble an archive of information in order to undermine their activities. From downfall by documentation in the Nuremberg Trial to a tracing service made up of millions of records, we learn how The Wiener Library ensures that those who disappeared are not forgotten. With thanks to The Wiener Library for the image used for this episode’s cover artwork: Member of staff, Mrs Walter at The Wiener Library in 1952 Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 37 minutes; 6 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:jess@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Jess in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/philippe-sands-the-ratline/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Ratline</a>, Philippe Sands (11:39)</li> <li> An Englishman in Auschwitz, Leon Greenman is out of print (14:25)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/carla-grissman-dinner-of-herbs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dinner of Herbs: Village Life in 1960s Turkey</a>, Carla Grissmann (28:00)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/nadezhda-mandelstam-hope-against-hope/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hope against Hope</a>, Nadezhda Mandelstam (29:42)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/sebastian-haffner-defying-hitler/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Defying Hitler</a>, Sebastian Haffner (31:04)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/robert-harris-an-officer-and-a-spy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Officer and a Spy</a>, Robert Harris (33:53)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/anthony-wells-1662-book-of-common-prayer-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Comfortable Words,</a> Anthony Wells on the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, Issue 36</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/david-spiller-primo-levi-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">174517</a>, David Spiller on Primo Levi, If This Is a Man and The Truce, Issue 43</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/viktor-e-frankl-mans-search-for-meaning/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Casting Out Fear</a>, Gary Mead on Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning, Issue 50</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/hugh-trevor-roper-adam-sisman-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hunt for Hitler</a>, Adam Sisman on Hugh Trevor-Roper, The Last Days of Hitler, Issue 61</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li><a href="https://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wiener Holocaust Library </a></li> <li> <a href="https://onetreebooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One Tree Books</a>, Petersfield (23:52)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.petersfieldbookshop.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Petersfield Bookshop</a> (24:45)</li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

27: Dr Wiener’s Library

I hope my beloved wife does not find out,  but I think I have fallen in love with this podcast.

A treasure I did not expect to find...

Absolutely love listening to these all the way from Seattle.

Such a Delight!

The independent-minded book review magazine that combines good looks, good writing and a personal approach. Slightly Foxed introduces its readers to books that are no longer new and fashionable but have lasting appeal. Good-humoured, unpretentious and a bit eccentric, it’s more like a well-read friend than a literary magazine. Come behind the scenes with the staff of Slightly Foxed to learn what makes this unusual literary magazine tick, meet some of its varied friends and contributors, and hear their personal recommendations for favourite and often forgotten books that have helped, haunted, informed or entertained them. For more information about Slightly Foxed visit: <a href="https://www.foxedquarterly.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.foxedquarterly.com</a>

Slightly Foxed

Slightly Foxed Editors Gail and Hazel take us between the pages of the magazine, bookmarking articles along the way. Crack the spine of the quarterly to discover T. H. White taking flying lessons, smutty book titles, a passion for romantic ruins, John Berger shadowing a remarkable GP, a rebellious Mitford ‘rescued’ by a destroyer, a night to remember on the Titanic and much more besides. From correcting proofs to welcoming writers with a host of experiences, the story of putting together an issue of enthusiasms unfolds. And in this month’s reading from the archives, a hapless apprentice at the Hogarth Press recounts his disastrous stint with the Woolfs.  Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 36 minutes; 33 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. - Slightly Foxed Issue 66 - Basil Street Blues, Michael Holroyd: Slightly Foxed Edition No. 29 (6:00) - England Have My Bones, T. H. White is out of print (6:47) - Inside of a Dog, Alexandra Horowitz (11:04) - The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb is out of print (13:04) - No Voice from the Hall, John Harris is out of print (14:33) - The Family from One End Street, Eve Garnett (15:15)  - A Taste of Paris, Theodora FitzGibbon is out of print (15:33) - A Fortunate Man, John Berger (19:38) - Rosemary Sutcliff’s Roman novels: Slightly Foxed Cubs (21:15) - Hons and Rebels, Jessica Mitford: Slightly Foxed Edition No. 52, published 1 September 2020 (21:53) - A Night to Remember, Walter Lord (23:50)  - A Boy at the Hogarth Press, Richard Kennedy: Plain Foxed Edition (24:55)  - House of Glass, Hadley Freeman (31:47) - All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr (34:00)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles - Underwater Heaven, Margaret Drabble on Charles Kingsley, The Water-Babies in Issue 66 (5:45) - Harvey Learns the Ropes, Andrew Joynes on Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous in Issue 56 (6:24) - On the Shoulders of Giants, Andrew Joynes on T. H. White, England Have My Bones in Issue 66 (6:30) - Sarah Crowden on smut: Something for the Weekend in Issue 32 and All in the Mind? in Issue 44 (7:57) - Unsung Heroes, Alastair Glegg on learning to read at prep school in Issue 60 (9:59) - Dog’s-eye View, Rebecca Willis on Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog in Issue 65 (11:04) - In Praise of Pratchett, Amanda Theunissen on Terry Pratchett, Small Gods in Issue 33 (11:33) - Streets, Streets, Streets, Felicity James on the letters of Charles and Mary Lamb in Issue 65 (13:06) - These Fragments, Jon Woolcott on John Harris, No Voice from the Hall in Issue 66 (14:33) - Keeping up Appearances, Kate Tyte on Eve Garnett, The Family from One End Street in Issue 66 (15:15) - Simply Delicious, Clive Unger-Hamilton on Theodora FitzGibbon, A Taste of Paris in Issue 66 (15:33) - An Early-Flowering Climber, Ursula Buchan on the plant-hunting and garden writings of Reginald Farrer in Issue 66 (16:01) - A Well-tempered Gardener, Michael Leapman on the garden writings of Christopher Lloyd in Issue 59 (17:00) - Putting up Useful Shelves, Sue Gee on Richard Kennedy, A Boy at the Hogarth Press in Issue 20 (24:55)  Other Links - Slightly Foxed Editors’ Diary (0:28) - Sign up to the free Slightly Foxed email newsletter here  - Slightly Foxed articles by Christopher Rush (12:46) - Little Toller Books (14:18)  Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach Reading music: Dark Hallway, written and performed by Kevin MacLeod courtesy of incompetech.filmmusic.io The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Slightly Foxed Editors Gail and Hazel take us between the pages of the magazine, bookmarking articles along the way. Crack the spine of the quarterly to discover T. H. White taking flying lessons, smutty book titles, a passion for romantic ruins, John Berger shadowing a remarkable GP, a rebellious Mitford ‘rescued’ by a destroyer, a night to remember on the Titanic and much more besides. From correcting proofs to welcoming writers with a host of experiences, the story of putting together an issue of enthusiasms unfolds. And in this month’s reading from the archives, a hapless apprentice at the Hogarth Press recounts his disastrous stint with the Woolfs. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 36 minutes; 33 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:anna@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-66-published-1-jun-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly Foxed Issue 66 </a>- <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/michael-holroyd-basil-street-blues/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Basil Street Blues</a>, Michael Holroyd: Slightly Foxed Edition No. 29 (6:00) - England Have My Bones, T. H. White is out of print (6:47) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/alexandra-horowitz-inside-of-a-dog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inside of a Dog</a>, Alexandra Horowitz (11:04) - The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb is out of print (13:04) - No Voice from the Hall, John Harris is out of print (14:33) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/eve-garnett-the-family-from-one-end-street/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Family from One End Street</a>, Eve Garnett (15:15) - A Taste of Paris, Theodora FitzGibbon is out of print (15:33) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/john-berger-a-fortunate-man/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Fortunate Man</a>, John Berger (19:38) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/a-set-of-rosemary-sutcliffs-roman-novels/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rosemary Sutcliff’s Roman novels</a>: Slightly Foxed Cubs (21:15) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jessica-mitford-hons-and-rebels/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hons and Rebels</a>, Jessica Mitford: Slightly Foxed Edition No. 52, published 1 September 2020 (21:53) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/walter-lord-a-night-to-remember/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Night to Remember</a>, Walter Lord (23:50) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/hogarth-press-richard-kennedy-plain-foxed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Boy at the Hogarth Press</a>, Richard Kennedy: Plain Foxed Edition (24:55) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/hadley-freeman-house-of-glass/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">House of Glass</a>, Hadley Freeman (31:47) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/anthony-doerr-all-the-light-we-cannot-see/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All the Light We Cannot See</a>, Anthony Doerr (34:00) Related Slightly Foxed Articles - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/maragret-drabble-charles-kingsley-water-babies-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Underwater Heaven</a>, Margaret Drabble on Charles Kingsley, The Water-Babies in Issue 66 (5:45) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/rudyard-kipling-captains-courageous-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harvey Learns the Ropes</a>, Andrew Joynes on Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous in Issue 56 (6:24) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/andrew-joynes-t-h-white-england-have-my-bones-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On the Shoulders of Giants</a>, Andrew Joynes on T. H. White, England Have My Bones in Issue 66 (6:30) - Sarah Crowden on smut: <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/sarah-crowden-smut-book-titles-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Something for the Weekend</a> in Issue 32 and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/sarah-crowden-smut-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All in the Mind?</a> in Issue 44 (7:57) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/alastair-glegg-childrens-books-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unsung Heroes</a>, Alastair Glegg on learning to read at prep school in Issue 60 (9:59) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/alexandra-horowitz-inside-of-a-dog-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dog’s-eye View</a>, Rebecca Willis on Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog in Issue 65 (11:04) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/terry-pratchett-small-gods-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Praise of Pratchett</a>, Amanda Theunissen on Terry Pratchett, Small Gods in Issue 33 (11:33) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/felicity-james-the-letters-of-charles-and-mary-lamb-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Streets, Streets, Streets</a>, Felicity James on the letters of Charles and Mary Lamb in Issue 65 (13:06) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/jon-woolcott-john-harris-no-voice-from-the-hall-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">These Fragments</a>, Jon Woolcott on John Harris, No Voice from the Hall in Issue 66 (14:33) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/kate-tyte-eve-garnett-the-family-from-one-end-street-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keeping up Appearances</a>, Kate Tyte on Eve Garnett, The Family from One End Street in Issue 66 (15:15) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/clive-unger-hamilton-theodora-fitzgibbon-a-taste-of-paris-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simply Delicious</a>, Clive Unger-Hamilton on Theodora FitzGibbon, A Taste of Paris in Issue 66 (15:33) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/ursula-buchan-reginald-farrer-garden-writing-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Early-Flowering Climber</a>, Ursula Buchan on the plant-hunting and garden writings of Reginald Farrer in Issue 66 (16:01) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/christopher-lloyd-well-tempered-gardener/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Well-tempered Gardener</a>, Michael Leapman on the garden writings of Christopher Lloyd in Issue 59 (17:00) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/richard-kennedy-a-boy-at-the-hogarth-press-plain-foxed-editions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Putting up Useful Shelves</a>, Sue Gee on Richard Kennedy, A Boy at the Hogarth Press in Issue 20 (24:55) Other Links - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/category/from-the-slightly-foxed-editors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly Foxed Editors’ Diary</a> (0:28) - Sign up to the free Slightly Foxed email newsletter <a href="http://eepurl.com/dmxw1T" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>  - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/contributors/rush-christopher-slightly-foxed-literary-review-magazine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly Foxed articles by Christopher Rush</a> (12:46) - <a href="https://www.littletoller.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Little Toller Books</a> (14:18) Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach Reading music: Dark Hallway, written and performed by Kevin MacLeod courtesy of <a href="https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">incompetech.filmmusic.io</a> The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

20: An Issue of Enthusiasms

Tim Pears

Tim Pears, a writer rooted in the landscape of Devon, takes Slightly Foxed to the West Country. From working at his local library and reading an author a week instead of taking his A Levels to winning the Hawthornden Prize for his first novel, by way of spells as a farm labourer, nursing assistant and night porter, Tim Pears has written eleven novels, watched blacksmiths at work, walked the routes of his characters, balanced research with imagination and chronicled the past as a realist rather than a romantic. We also travel through the magazine’s archives, along the rivers Taw and Torridge, to uncover the man behind Tarka the Otter, and there are the usual recommendations for reading off the beaten track.  Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 41 minutes; 20 seconds)  Books Mentioned Please note that while many of these titles by other publishers are available to buy from the Slightly Foxed shop, there may be delays in obtaining them from our distributor. We may also be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Anna for more information.  Books by Tim Pears - In the Place of Fallen Leaves (5:18)  - In the Light of Morning is out of print (13:22) - The West Country Trilogy: The Horseman, The Wanderers and The Redeemed (14:14)  Other Books - Slightly Foxed Issue 66 (1:23) - Two Middle-Aged Ladies in Andalusia, Penelope Chetwode (1:29) - The Past Is Myself, Christabel Bielenberg: Plain Foxed Edition (1:50) - The Empress of Ireland, Christopher Robbins: Slightly Foxed Edition No. 51 (2:00) -Tarka the Otter, Henry Williamson (27:15)  - Omer Pasha Latas: Marshal to the Sultan, Ivo Andrić (34:14) - Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner is out of print (36:14)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles - Tarka the Rotter, Jonathan Law on Henry Williamson, Tarka the Otter in Issue 35 (27:15) - Surprised by Joy, Jonathan Law on The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner in Issue 48 (36:14)  Other Links - Sign up to the free Slightly Foxed email newsletter here to receive articles from the quarterly, extracts from books, latest releases, event invitations, news from behind the scenes at SF and other bookish content several times a month. View past newsletters  - Tim Pears: A writer and his dog (25:21)   Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Tim Pears, a writer rooted in the landscape of Devon, takes Slightly Foxed to the West Country. From working at his local library and reading an author a week instead of taking his A Levels to winning the Hawthornden Prize for his first novel, by way of spells as a farm labourer, nursing assistant and night porter, Tim Pears has written eleven novels, watched blacksmiths at work, walked the routes of his characters, balanced research with imagination and chronicled the past as a realist rather than a romantic. We also travel through the magazine’s archives, along the rivers Taw and Torridge, to uncover the man behind Tarka the Otter, and there are the usual recommendations for reading off the beaten track. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 41 minutes; 20 seconds) Books Mentioned Please note that while many of these titles by other publishers are available to buy from the Slightly Foxed shop, there may be delays in obtaining them from our distributor. We may also be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:anna@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Anna for more information. Books by Tim Pears - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-pears-in-the-place-of-fallen-leaves/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Place of Fallen Leaves</a> (5:18) - In the Light of Morning is out of print (13:22) - The West Country Trilogy: <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-pears-horseman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Horseman</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-pears-wanderers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wanderers</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-pears-redeemed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Redeemed </a>(14:14) Other Books - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-66-published-1-jun-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly Foxed Issue 66</a> (1:23) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/penelope-chetwode-two-middle-aged-ladies-andalusia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Two Middle-Aged Ladies in Andalusia</a>, Penelope Chetwode (1:29) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/christabel-bielenberg-the-past-is-myself-plain-foxed-edition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Past Is Myself</a>, Christabel Bielenberg: Plain Foxed Edition (1:50) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/christopher-robbins-the-empress-of-ireland/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Empress of Ireland</a>, Christopher Robbins: Slightly Foxed Edition No. 51 (2:00) -<a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/henry-williamson-tarka-the-otter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tarka the Otter</a>, Henry Williamson (27:15) - <a href="https://www.nyrb.com/products/omer-pasha-latas?_pos=1&amp;_sid=dd45bae37&amp;_ss=r&amp;variant=6835865583668" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Omer Pasha Latas: Marshal to the Sultan</a>, Ivo Andrić (34:14) - Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner is out of print (36:14) Related Slightly Foxed Articles - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/henry-williamson-tarka-the-otter-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tarka the Rotter</a>, Jonathan Law on Henry Williamson, Tarka the Otter in Issue 35 (27:15) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/sylvia-townsend-warner-diaries-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Surprised by Joy</a>, Jonathan Law on The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner in Issue 48 (36:14) Other Links - Sign up to the free Slightly Foxed email newsletter <a href="http://eepurl.com/dmxw1T" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to receive articles from the quarterly, extracts from books, latest releases, event invitations, news from behind the scenes at SF and other bookish content several times a month. <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/category/newsletters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View past newsletters</a> - Tim Pears: <a href="https://timpears.com/story/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A writer and his dog</a> (25:21) Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

19: Tim Pears’s West Country

In the parochial lies the universal, or does it? Join us on a trip to the British countryside as we plough into the matter of nature, landscape and the rural world in literature to find out more. Together with Juliet Blaxland, author of Wainwright Prize shortlisted The Easternmost House, and Jay Armstrong of Elementum Journal, the Slightly Foxed Editors and host Philippa share tales of living on the edge of eroding cliffs, pioneering bird photographers, ancient arboreal giants, guerrilla rewilding and favourite loam and lovechild comfort reads. In this month’s forage through the magazine’s archives, we go down to the Folly Brook to explore a vanishing world with ‘BB’ and his little grey men and, to finish, there are the usual wide-ranging recommendations for books to take your reading off the beaten track.  Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 38 minutes; 52 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.    - Slightly Foxed Issue 64 (2:01)  - The Easternmost House, Juliet Blaxland (4:58)  - Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons (11.13)  - Curlew Moon, Mary Colwell (15:45)  - Food for Free, Richard Mabey (16:14)  - Wilding, Isabella Tree (19:18)  - Addlands, Tom Bullough (21:49)  -  All Among the Barley, Melissa Harrison (22:29)  - The Little Grey Men, BB (31:44)  - Pollard, Laura Beatty is out of print (33:34)  - When the Tree Falls, Jane Clarke (34:40)  - Plot 29, Allan Jenkins (35:09)  - The Outermost House, Henry Beston (36:06) - The House of Elrig &amp; Ring of Bright Water, Gavin Maxwell (36:39)  - Reynolds Stone: A Memoir, Humphry Stone (37:25)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles - Troublesome Ghosts, Paul Evans on Mary Webb, Precious Bane in Issue 10 (10.52) - Poste-Freudian Therapy, Michele Hanson on Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm in Issue 10 (11.13) - Beside the Folly Brook, Helena Drysdale on BB, The Little Grey Men &amp; Down the Bright Stream in Issue 55 (25:40)  Other Links - Elementum Journal: A journal of nature &amp; story (7:16) - Sotheran’s Rare Books and Prints, London (2:58) - The Fox’s Prophecy, a poem by D. W. Nash (36:58) - The Wainwright Book Prize: Celebrating the best in nature writing   The image for this episode features ‘Vasalisa’s Garden’ by Olivia Lomenech Gill. This artwork appeared on the cover of Slightly Foxed Issue 51  Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable 

In the parochial lies the universal, or does it? Join us on a trip to the British countryside as we plough into the matter of nature, landscape and the rural world in literature to find out more. Together with Juliet Blaxland, author of Wainwright Prize shortlisted The Easternmost House, and Jay Armstrong of Elementum Journal, the Slightly Foxed Editors and host Philippa share tales of living on the edge of eroding cliffs, pioneering bird photographers, ancient arboreal giants, guerrilla rewilding and favourite loam and lovechild comfort reads. In this month’s forage through the magazine’s archives, we go down to the Folly Brook to explore a vanishing world with ‘BB’ and his little grey men and, to finish, there are the usual wide-ranging recommendations for books to take your reading off the beaten track. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 38 minutes; 52 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:anna@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   -<a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-64-published-15-nov-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Slightly Foxed Issue 64</a> (2:01) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/juliet-blaxland-the-easternmost-house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Easternmost House</a>, Juliet Blaxland (4:58) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/stella-gibbons-cold-comfort-farm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cold Comfort Farm</a>, Stella Gibbons (11.13) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/mary-colwell-curlew-moon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Curlew Moon</a>, Mary Colwell (15:45) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/richard-mabey-food-for-free/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Food for Free</a>, Richard Mabey (16:14) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/isabella-tree-wilding/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wilding</a>, Isabella Tree (19:18) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tom-bullough-addlands/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Addlands</a>, Tom Bullough (21:49) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/melissa-harrison-all-among-the-barley/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> All Among the Barley</a>, Melissa Harrison (22:29) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/products/bb-classic-childrens-books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Little Grey Men</a>, BB (31:44) - Pollard, Laura Beatty is out of print (33:34) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jane-clarke-when-the-tree-falls/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When the Tree Falls</a>, Jane Clarke (34:40) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/allan-jenkins-plot-29/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plot 29</a>, Allan Jenkins (35:09) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/henry-beston-the-outermost-house/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Outermost House</a>, Henry Beston (36:06) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/gavin-maxwell-the-house-of-elrig/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The House of Elrig</a> &amp; <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/gavin-maxwell-ring-of-bright-water/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ring of Bright Water</a>, Gavin Maxwell (36:39) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/humphrey-stone-reynolds-stone-a-memoir/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reynolds Stone: A Memoir</a>, Humphry Stone (37:25) Related Slightly Foxed Articles - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/mary-webb-precious-bane-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Troublesome Ghosts</a>, Paul Evans on Mary Webb, Precious Bane in Issue 10 (10.52) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/stella-gibbons-cold-comfort-farm-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poste-Freudian Therapy</a>, Michele Hanson on Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm in Issue 10 (11.13) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/bb-classic-childrens-books-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beside the Folly Brook</a>, Helena Drysdale on BB, The Little Grey Men &amp; Down the Bright Stream in Issue 55 (25:40) Other Links - <a href="https://www.elementumjournal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elementum Journal: A journal of nature &amp; story</a> (7:16) - <a href="https://sotherans.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sotheran’s Rare Books and Prints</a>, London (2:58) - <a href="https://allpoetry.com/The-Fox's-Prophecy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Fox’s Prophecy</a>, a poem by D. W. Nash (36:58) - <a href="https://wainwrightprize.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wainwright Book Prize</a>: Celebrating the best in nature writing The image for this episode features ‘Vasalisa’s Garden’ by <a href="http://www.oliviagill.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Olivia Lomenech Gill</a>. This artwork appeared on the cover of <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-51/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly Foxed Issue 51</a> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable </a>

13: Nature & Story

What sparks a lifelong love of reading? Francis Spufford, author of The Child that Books Built, and Emily Drabble of the children’s reading charity BookTrust, delve into bookshelves past and present with the Slightly Foxed Editors to understand the alchemy that ignites the spark. From books as seductive objects, the haphazardness of alphabetical organization and disappearing libraries to the joys of cover-to-cover reading and books being doorways to new worlds, the conversation reveals what a passion for reading can bring to our lives. In this month’s dip into the magazine’s archives Ysenda Maxtone Graham gives tried and tested tips for reading aloud, grappling with Tolkien pronunciations along the way, and there’s the usual round-up of recommendations for reading off the beaten track.    Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 36 minutes; 57 seconds)   Books Mentioned  We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   - Golden Hill, Francis Spufford (2:23)  - The Child that Books Built, Francis Spufford (2:50)  - The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien (3:58) - The Jinny books by Patricia Leitch are out of print (4:46)  - Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome (5:36)  - High Rise Mystery, Sharna Jackson (16:35)  - Burglar Bill, Janet &amp; Allan Ahlberg (19:50)  - So Much, Trish Cooke, illus. Helen Oxenbury (20:04)  - The Boy in the Black Suit, Jason Reynolds (32:45) - The Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard (33:27)  - The Gate of Air, James Buchan is out of print (34:16)  - Wave Me Goodbye: Stories of the Second World War, ed. Anne Boston (35:21)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles - Laura, Louisa and Me, Daisy Hay on her childhood reading and The Child that Books Built in Issue 31 (2:50) - Three in a Bed, Ysenda Maxtone Graham on reading aloud in Issue 40 (25.18)  Other Links - BookTrust is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. They are dedicated to getting children reading, and each year they reach 3.9 million children across the UK with books, resources and support to help develop a love of reading (3:00)    Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach Reading music: The Bluff Trail by Chad Crouch, from Album Field Report Vol 1, made available as Creative Commons thanks to www.freemusicarchive.org  The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

What sparks a lifelong love of reading? Francis Spufford, author of The Child that Books Built, and Emily Drabble of the children’s reading charity BookTrust, delve into bookshelves past and present with the Slightly Foxed Editors to understand the alchemy that ignites the spark. From books as seductive objects, the haphazardness of alphabetical organization and disappearing libraries to the joys of cover-to-cover reading and books being doorways to new worlds, the conversation reveals what a passion for reading can bring to our lives. In this month’s dip into the magazine’s archives Ysenda Maxtone Graham gives tried and tested tips for reading aloud, grappling with Tolkien pronunciations along the way, and there’s the usual round-up of recommendations for reading off the beaten track. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 36 minutes; 57 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:anna@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.  - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/francis-spufford-golden-hill/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Golden Hill</a>, Francis Spufford (2:23) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/francis-spufford-child-books-built/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Child that Books Built</a>, Francis Spufford (2:50) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tolkien-the-hobbit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hobbit</a>, J. R. R. Tolkien (3:58) - The Jinny books by Patricia Leitch are out of print (4:46) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/arthur-ransome-swallows-and-amazons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Swallows and Amazons</a>, Arthur Ransome (5:36) - <a href="https://www.booktrust.org.uk/book/h/high-rise-mystery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">High Rise Mystery</a>, Sharna Jackson (16:35) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/janet-and-allan-ahlberg-burglar-bill" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Burglar Bill</a>, Janet &amp; Allan Ahlberg (19:50) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/trish-cooke-helen-oxenbury-so-much/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">So Much</a>, Trish Cooke, illus. Helen Oxenbury (20:04) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jason-reynolds-the-boy-in-the-black-suit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Boy in the Black Suit</a>, Jason Reynolds (32:45) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/the-cazalet-chronicles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Cazalet Chronicles</a>, Elizabeth Jane Howard (33:27) - The Gate of Air, James Buchan is out of print (34:16) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/anne-boston-wave-me-goodbye/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wave Me Goodbye: Stories of the Second World War</a>, ed. Anne Boston (35:21) Related Slightly Foxed Articles - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/daisy-hay-childhood-reading-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Laura, Louisa and Me</a>, Daisy Hay on her childhood reading and The Child that Books Built in Issue 31 (2:50) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/ysenda-maxtone-graham-reading-aloud-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Three in a Bed</a>, Ysenda Maxtone Graham on reading aloud in Issue 40 (25.18) Other Links - <a href="https://www.booktrust.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BookTrust</a> is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. They are dedicated to getting children reading, and each year they reach 3.9 million children across the UK with books, resources and support to help develop a love of reading (3:00) Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach Reading music: The Bluff Trail by Chad Crouch, from Album Field Report Vol 1, made available as Creative Commons thanks to <a href="http://www.freemusicarchive.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.freemusicarchive.org</a> The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

14: The Vital Spark

In Episode 3: Stet, Gail, Hazel and Anna discuss the art of editing with author and creative writing teacher Sue Gee, and Helen Bourne delves into the dark side of Beatrix Potter. www.foxedquarterly.com/pod Books Mentioned  Our series of historical novels by Ronald Welch can be found here  Issue 60 of Slightly Foxed  Our series of Rosemary Sutcliff’s books will be published in September, starting with The Eagle of the Ninth  Sue Gee’s novels include Spring Will Be Ours (1988), Reading in Bed (2007) and Trio (2016). The Mysteries of Glass (2004) was longlisted for the Orange prize (now the Women’s Prize for Fiction)  Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love was edited by Gordon Lish and is available here  Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Mr Tod is available here  Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin  Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Jeremy Fisher  Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Pigling Bland  Beatrix Potter, The Tailor of Gloucester  Kate Atkinson’s novels include Transcription, Human Croquet, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Emotionally Weird  James Hamilton-Paterson, Gerontius  Stet by Diana Athill is out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second hand copies. Please get in touch for details  Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea  Ronald Blythe’s Word from Wormingford: A Parish Year is out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second hand copies. Please get in touch for details   Related Slightly Foxed Articles &amp; Illustrations  The cover artist for the Summer issue of Slightly Foxed will be Chloe Cheese  Sue Gee’s articles have appeared in Issues 1, 5, 8, 14, 17, 18, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 42, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56, 58 and 60 of Slightly Foxed  Sue’s article on The Tale of Mr Tod, Potter’s Dark Materials, was published in Issue 1 of Slightly Foxed   Other Links  A full list of Slightly Foxed stockists can be found here  Our partners include Gladstone’s Library, the London Library and many more. A full list of our partnerships can be found here  Sue Gee co-founded the creative writing course at Middlesex University with Carl Miller, and now teaches at the Faber Academy  Stet is an editorial term which means ‘let it stand’Ronald was a friend of painter John Nash   Music and sound effects:  Tawny owl hoot sound effects thanks to freesfx.co.uk  Eerie forest by Greg Swinford thanks to FreeSound  Woodland birdsong by Mike Stranks thanks to FreeSound   The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable.

In Episode 3: Stet, Gail, Hazel and Anna discuss the art of editing with author and creative writing teacher Sue Gee, and Helen Bourne delves into the dark side of Beatrix Potter. <a>www.foxedquarterly.com/pod</a> Books Mentioned <ul> <li>Our series of historical novels by Ronald Welch can be found <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/products/the-carey-novels-by-ronald-welch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> </li> <li>Issue 60 of Slightly Foxed </li> <li>Our series of Rosemary Sutcliff’s books will be published in September, starting with The Eagle of the Ninth </li> <li>Sue Gee’s novels include Spring Will Be Ours (1988), Reading in Bed (2007) and Trio (2016). The Mysteries of Glass (2004) was longlisted for the Orange prize (now the <a href="https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Women’s Prize for Fiction</a>) </li> <li>Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love was edited by Gordon Lish and is available <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/raymond-carver-short-story-collection/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> </li> <li>Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Mr Tod is available <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/beatrix-potter-tale-of-mr-tod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> </li> <li>Beatrix Potter, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/beatrix-potter-tale-of-squirrel-nutkin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin</a> </li> <li>Beatrix Potter, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/beatrix-potter-tale-of-mr-jeremy-fisher/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Tale of Jeremy Fisher</a> </li> <li>Beatrix Potter, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/beatrix-potter-tale-of-pigling-bland/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Tale of Pigling Bland</a> </li> <li>Beatrix Potter, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/beatrix-potter-tailor-of-gloucester/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Tailor of Gloucester</a> </li> <li>Kate Atkinson’s novels include <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kate-atkinson-transcription/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transcription</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kate-atkinson-human-croquet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Human Croquet</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kate-atkinson-behind-the-scenes-at-the-museum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Behind the Scenes at the Museum</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kate-atkinson-emotionally-weird/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emotionally Weird</a> </li> <li>James Hamilton-Paterson, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/james-hamilton-paterson-gerontius/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gerontius</a> </li> <li>Stet by Diana Athill is out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second hand copies. Please <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/help/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">get in touch</a> for details </li> <li>Jean Rhys, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jean-rhys-wide-sargasso-sea/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wide Sargasso Sea</a> </li> <li>Ronald Blythe’s Word from Wormingford: A Parish Year is out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second hand copies. Please <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/help/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">get in touch</a> for details </li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles &amp; Illustrations <ul> <li>The cover artist for the Summer issue of Slightly Foxed will be <a href="https://www.stjudesprints.co.uk/collections/chloe-cheese" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chloe Cheese</a> </li> <li>Sue Gee’s articles have appeared in Issues <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/quarterly-issue-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-5/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">5</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-8/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">8</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-14/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">14</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-17/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">17</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-18/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">18</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-20/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">20</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-24/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">24</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-28-diana-athil-sebald/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">28</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-32/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">32</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-literary-review-magazine-back-issues-no-36/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">36</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-40/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">40</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-42/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">42</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/issue-49-march-2016/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">49</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/issue-50-summer-2016/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">50</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-51/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">51</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-literary-magazine-issue-55/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">55</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-56-great-present-for-someone-who-likes-books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">56</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-58-published-1-june-2018/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">58</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-60-published-1-december-2018/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">60</a> of Slightly Foxed </li> <li>Sue’s article on The Tale of Mr Tod, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/beatrix-potter-mr-tod-sue-gee-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Potter’s Dark Materials</a>, was published in Issue 1 of Slightly Foxed </li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li>A full list of Slightly Foxed stockists can be found <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/category/stockists/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> </li> <li>Our partners include <a href="https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gladstone’s Library</a>, the <a href="https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">London Library</a> and many more. A full list of our partnerships can be found <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/category/slightly-foxed-subscriber-benefits/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> </li> <li>Sue Gee co-founded the creative writing course at Middlesex University with Carl Miller, and now teaches at the <a href="https://www.faberacademy.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faber Academy</a> </li> <li>Stet is an editorial term which means ‘let it stand’Ronald was a friend of painter <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-nash-1689" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Nash</a> </li> </ul> Music and sound effects: <ul> <li>Tawny owl hoot sound effects thanks to <a href="https://www.freesfx.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">freesfx.co.uk</a> </li> <li>Eerie forest by Greg Swinford thanks to <a href="https://freesound.org/people/gregswinford/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FreeSound</a> </li> <li>Woodland birdsong by Mike Stranks thanks to <a href="https://freesound.org/people/mike_stranks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FreeSound</a> </li> </ul> The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>.

3: Stet

Hazel, Jennie and host Philippa explore the art of travel writing with the acclaimed author and biographer Sara Wheeler, and Barnaby Rogerson of the well-loved independent publisher Eland Books. Buckle-up and join us on an audio adventure that takes in a coach trip around England, an Antarctic sojourn, a hairy incident involving a Victorian lady and her trusty tweed skirt and a journey across Russia in the footprints of its literary greats, with nods to Bruce Chatwin, Isabella Bird, Norman Lewis, Martha Gellhorn and Patrick Leigh Fermor along the way. And to bring us back down to earth, there’s the usual round-up of news from back home in Hoxton Square and plenty of recommendations for reading off the beaten track.  The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 39 minutes; 01 seconds)   Books Mentioned    Slightly Foxed Issue 62 (2:05)  The Fountain Overflows, Volume I of Rebecca West’s ‘Saga of the Century’ (2:36)  Something Wholesale, Eric Newby (4:20)  Love and War in the Apennines, Eric Newby (4:24)  Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica, Sara Wheeler (8:00)  A Dragon Apparent, Norman Lewis (11:49)  In Patagonia, Bruce Chatwin. Sara Wheeler abbreviates the opening line, which reads in full: ‘In my grandmother’s dining-room there was a glass-fronted cabinet and in the cabinet was a piece of skin.’ (18:39)  Growing: Seven Years in Ceylon and The Village in the Jungle, Leonard Woolf (19:50)  Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck (20:35)  Semi Invisible Man: The Life of Norman Lewis, Julian Evans (21:09)  Naples ‘44, Norman Lewis (21:31)  Passage to Juneau, Jonathan Raban (22:24)  Mud and Stars, Sara Wheeler, published 4 July 2019 (23:27)  The Saddest Pleasure, Moritz Thomsen (24:29)  A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water, Patrick Leigh Fermor (25:16)  Arabs, Tim Mackintosh-Smith (33:32)  Lost in Translation, Eva Hoffman (34:31)  A Woman in the Polar Night, Christiane Ritter is currently out of print. The edition with an introduction by Sara Wheeler will be published by Pushkin Press in November 2019 (35:52)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles &amp; Illustrations    Mood Music, Rebecca Willis on Rebecca West’s ‘Saga of the Century’, Issue 62 (2:22)  Ire and Irritability, Pauline Melville on Sense and Sensibility, Issue 62 (2:56)  Travelling Fearlessly, Maggie Fergusson interviews Colin Thubron in Issue 58 (20:26)  A Great Adventure, Andy Merrills on Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water, Issue 38 (25:24)  In Search of Home, Sue Gee on Lost in Translation in Issue 55 (34:31)  Other Links   The Slightly Foxed Podcast website page of episodes and reviews (1:00)  Independent Bookshop Week 2019, 15-22 June. Follow #IndieBookshopWeek and @booksaremybag online (3:38)  Eland Books (11:39) Katy MacMillan-Scott, Adventures for Harriet: Travelling from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul (31:45)  Lodestars Anthology, selected issues available to buy from Slightly Foxed here (37:41)  Rucksack Magazine (37:58)  Music and sound effects Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach  Reading music: Lost Memories courtesy of FreeSfx.co.uk    The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Hazel, Jennie and host Philippa explore the art of travel writing with the acclaimed author and biographer Sara Wheeler, and Barnaby Rogerson of the well-loved independent publisher Eland Books. Buckle-up and join us on an audio adventure that takes in a coach trip around England, an Antarctic sojourn, a hairy incident involving a Victorian lady and her trusty tweed skirt and a journey across Russia in the footprints of its literary greats, with nods to Bruce Chatwin, Isabella Bird, Norman Lewis, Martha Gellhorn and Patrick Leigh Fermor along the way. And to bring us back down to earth, there’s the usual round-up of news from back home in Hoxton Square and plenty of recommendations for reading off the beaten track. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 39 minutes; 01 seconds) Books Mentioned <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-62-published-1-june-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly Foxed Issue 62</a> (2:05)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/rebecca-west-the-fountain-overflows/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Fountain Overflows</a>, Volume I of Rebecca West’s ‘Saga of the Century’ (2:36)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/something-wholesale-no-41/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Something Wholesale</a>, Eric Newby (4:20)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/eric-newby-love-and-war-in-the-apennines/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love and War in the Apennines</a>, Eric Newby (4:24)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/sara-wheeler-terra-incognita/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica</a>, Sara Wheeler (8:00)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/norman-lewis-dragon-apparent/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Dragon Apparent</a>, Norman Lewis (11:49)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/bruce-chatwin-in-patagonia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Patagonia</a>, Bruce Chatwin. Sara Wheeler abbreviates the opening line, which reads in full: ‘In my grandmother’s dining-room there was a glass-fronted cabinet and in the cabinet was a piece of skin.’ (18:39)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/leonard-woolf-growing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Growing: Seven Years in Ceylon</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/leonard-woolf-village-in-the-jungle/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Village in the Jungle</a>, Leonard Woolf (19:50)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/steinbeck-travels-with-charley/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Travels with Charley</a>, John Steinbeck (20:35)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/julian-evans/semi-invisible-man/9780330427081" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Semi Invisible Man: The Life of Norman Lewis</a>, Julian Evans (21:09)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/naples-44-norman-lewis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Naples ‘44</a>, Norman Lewis (21:31)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jonathan-raban-passage-to-juneau/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Passage to Juneau</a>, Jonathan Raban (22:24)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/sara-wheeler-mud-and-stars/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mud and Stars</a>, Sara Wheeler, published 4 July 2019 (23:27)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/moritz-thomsen-saddest-pleasure/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Saddest Pleasure</a>, Moritz Thomsen (24:29)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/leigh-fermor-patrick-time-gifts-adventures-harriet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Time of Gifts</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/leigh-fermor-patrick-woods-water-adventures-harriet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Between the Woods and the Water</a>, Patrick Leigh Fermor (25:16)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-mackintosh-smith-arabs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arabs</a>, Tim Mackintosh-Smith (33:32)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/eva-hoffman-lost-translation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lost in Translation</a>, Eva Hoffman (34:31)</li> <li> A Woman in the Polar Night, Christiane Ritter is currently out of print. The edition with an introduction by Sara Wheeler will be published by <a href="https://www.pushkinpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pushkin Press</a> in November 2019 (35:52)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles &amp; Illustrations <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/rebecca-west-saga-of-the-century-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mood Music</a>, Rebecca Willis on Rebecca West’s ‘Saga of the Century’, Issue 62 (2:22)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/jane-austen-sense-and-sensibility-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ire and Irritability</a>, Pauline Melville on Sense and Sensibility, Issue 62 (2:56)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/colin-thubron-travel-writing-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Travelling Fearlessly</a>, Maggie Fergusson interviews Colin Thubron in Issue 58 (20:26)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/patrick-leigh-fermor-great-adventure/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Great Adventure</a>, Andy Merrills on Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water, Issue 38 (25:24)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/eva-hoffman-lost-translation-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Search of Home</a>, Sue Gee on Lost in Translation in Issue 55 (34:31)</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/category/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Slightly Foxed Podcast website page of episodes and reviews</a> (1:00)</li> <li> <a href="https://indiebookshopweek.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Independent Bookshop Week 2019</a>, 15-22 June. Follow #IndieBookshopWeek and @booksaremybag online (3:38)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.travelbooks.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eland Books</a> (11:39)</li> <li>Katy MacMillan-Scott, <a href="https://www.adventuresforharriet.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adventures for Harriet</a>: Travelling from the Hook of Holland to Istanbul (31:45)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.lodestarsanthology.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lodestars Anthology</a>, selected issues available to buy from Slightly Foxed <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/products/lodestars-anthology-travel-magazine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> (37:41)</li> <li> <a href="https://rucksackmag.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rucksack Magazine</a> (37:58)</li> </ul> Music and sound effects Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach Reading music: Lost Memories courtesy of <a href="http://www.freesfx.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FreeSfx.co.uk </a> The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

8: Leaving that Place called Home

Gail, Hazel and host Philippa enter the world of second-hand bookselling with Chris Saunders of Henry Sotheran’s, the world’s oldest antiquarian bookshop. From folios to quartos, half-binding to cockling, foxing to forgery, they tackle trade terminology and share tales of rarities and curiosities. The conversation ranges far and wide in the typical Slightly Foxed manner – from Parisian romances and the libraries of English country houses to outsized ornithological specimens and books of unusual provenance. In this month’s wander through the magazine’s archives Nigel Anthony recounts the tale of a bookseller’s quest for bibliophilic bliss in a sleepy corner of the Cotswolds, and there’s the usual round-up of recommended reading from off the beaten track.   Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 40 minutes; 36 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information.   Going Solo, Roald Dahl (2:00)  The Natural History of Selborne, Gilbert White (4:32)  Slightly Foxed – But Still Desirable, Ronald Searle is out of print (7:27)  The Great Game, Peter Hopkirk is out of print (11:13)  Birds of America, John James Audobon (21:00)  Earthworms and Their Allies, Frank E. Beddard is out of print (32:43)  On Chapel Sands, Laura Cumming (34:47)  Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Amanda Foreman (35:51)  The Berlin Novels: Mr Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin, Christopher Isherwood (36:59)   As It Was and World Without End, Helen Thomas are out of print (38:22)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles   Turning a Page, Glyn Frewer on second-hand bookselling in Issue 42 (26:34)  Other Links  The Slightly Foxed Podcast was selected as one of the Sunday Times Top 100 Podcasts to Love (2:19)  Sotheran’s Rare Books and Prints, London (3:09)  Gilbert White’s House and Gardens, Hampshire (4:28)  Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach Reading music from filmmusic.io ‘Touching Moments Five – Circle’ by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org) The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable 

Gail, Hazel and host Philippa enter the world of second-hand bookselling with Chris Saunders of Henry Sotheran’s, the world’s oldest antiquarian bookshop. From folios to quartos, half-binding to cockling, foxing to forgery, they tackle trade terminology and share tales of rarities and curiosities. The conversation ranges far and wide in the typical Slightly Foxed manner – from Parisian romances and the libraries of English country houses to outsized ornithological specimens and books of unusual provenance. In this month’s wander through the magazine’s archives Nigel Anthony recounts the tale of a bookseller’s quest for bibliophilic bliss in a sleepy corner of the Cotswolds, and there’s the usual round-up of recommended reading from off the beaten track. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 40 minutes; 36 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:anna@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/roald-dahl-going-solo-no-49/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Going Solo</a>, Roald Dahl (2:00)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/the-natural-history-of-selborne/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Natural History of Selborne</a>, Gilbert White (4:32)</li> <li> Slightly Foxed – But Still Desirable, Ronald Searle is out of print (7:27)</li> <li> The Great Game, Peter Hopkirk is out of print (11:13)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Birds of America</a>, John James Audobon (21:00)</li> <li> Earthworms and Their Allies, Frank E. Beddard is out of print (32:43)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/laura-cuming-on-chapel-sands/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On Chapel Sands</a>, Laura Cumming (34:47)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/amanda-foreman-georgiana-duchess-of-devonshire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire</a>, Amanda Foreman (35:51)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/christopher-isherwood-berlin-novels" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Berlin Novels: Mr Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin</a>, Christopher Isherwood (36:59)</li> <li>  As It Was and World Without End, Helen Thomas are out of print (38:22)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles  <ul><li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/glyn-frewer-second-hand-bookselling-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Turning a Page</a>, Glyn Frewer on second-hand bookselling in Issue 42 (26:34) </li></ul> Other Links <ul> <li>The Slightly Foxed Podcast was selected as one of the <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/100-podcasts-to-love-nvwx7t9vn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunday Times Top 100 Podcasts to Love</a> (2:19)</li> <li> <a href="https://sotherans.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sotheran’s Rare Books and Prints</a>, London (3:09)</li> <li> <a href="https://gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gilbert White’s House and Gardens</a>, Hampshire (4:28)</li> </ul> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach Reading music from <a href="https://filmmusic.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">filmmusic.io</a> ‘Touching Moments Five – Circle’ by Kevin MacLeod (<a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">incompetech.com</a>) License: CC BY (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">creativecommons.org</a>) The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable </a>

12: Slightly Foxed – But Still Desirable

Gail, Steph and Anna go behind the scenes with booksellers Brett Wolstencroft of Daunt Books and Kathleen Smith of Topping &amp; Co. Bath to talk about the reality and romance of life running two of the country’s finest bookshops. Andrew Hawkins recounts the tale of a London publisher who tried his hand at repping and ended up in a spot of bother with a drunken poet in Fife, and there’s the usual round-up of recommended reading and news from Hoxton Square.  The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 38 minutes; 30 seconds) Books Mentioned   Slightly Foxed Issue 62, will be published on 1 June. Available to order now (5:34)   Shaun Bythell, The Diary of a Bookseller (30:12)   Jen Campbell, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops (30:16)   A Plain Foxed Edition of 84, Charing Cross Road will be published in September 2019. Available to order now (30:22)   Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows (30:40)   Patrick O’Brian, Master &amp; Commander and The Far Side of the World (31:46)   Andrew Miller, Now We Shall Be Entirely Free (32:36)   Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop and The Bloody Chamber (33.02)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles &amp; Illustrations    Mike Petty’s article entitled ‘Up There on a Visit’ was published in Slightly Foxed Issue 8 (23:14)  Maggie Fergusson’s article on Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road was originally published in Slightly Foxed Issue 24, then republished in Issue 48. It appears as the preface to the Plain Foxed Edition of 84, Charing Cross Road (30:22)   Grant McIntyre’s three articles on Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin novels – ‘Friendship of Opposites’, ‘The House that Jack Built’ and ‘O’Brian’s World’ – were published sequentially in Slightly Foxed Issues 40, 42 and 44 (30:46)  Other Links    A full list of Slightly Foxed stockists can be found on our website: Stockists (1:09)  The Idler Festival, Hampstead, London, 12-14 July 2019 (3:28)  The Llangwm Literary Fesitval, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 9-11 August 2019 (3:34)  Ways with Words Festival, Dartington, Devon, 5-15 July 2019 (3:52)  The Slightly Foxed 2019 Readers’ Day will be held on Saturday 2 November at The Art Workers’ Guild in Bloomsbury, London. Tickets now available to Slightly Foxed magazine subscribers only. From £60 for a day ticket (4:10)  Daunt Books, Marylebone (6:34)  Topping &amp; Company Booksellers of Bath (6:38)   Topping &amp; Company Booksellers are opening a bookshop in Blenheim Place, Edinburgh in the summer of 2019 (16:55)   The image for Episode 7: A Window on the World features a photograph of Topping &amp; Co. Bath courtesy of Miranda’s Notebook   Music &amp; Sound Effects Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach  Reading music: ‘Roads that burned out boots’ by Jahzzar shared under a Creative Commons licence 3.0, via Free Music Archive. No changes were made. Sound effects: auto engine and crowded bar thanks to FreeSfx.co.uk  The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Gail, Steph and Anna go behind the scenes with booksellers Brett Wolstencroft of Daunt Books and Kathleen Smith of Topping &amp; Co. Bath to talk about the reality and romance of life running two of the country’s finest bookshops. Andrew Hawkins recounts the tale of a London publisher who tried his hand at repping and ended up in a spot of bother with a drunken poet in Fife, and there’s the usual round-up of recommended reading and news from Hoxton Square.  The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 38 minutes; 30 seconds) Books Mentioned <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-62-published-1-june-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly Foxed Issue 62</a>, will be published on 1 June. Available to order now (5:34)</li> <li> Shaun Bythell, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/shaun-bythell-diary-of-a-bookseller/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Diary of a Bookseller</a> (30:12)</li> <li> Jen Campbell, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/weird-things-customers-say-in-bookshops/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops</a> (30:16)</li> <li> A Plain Foxed Edition of <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/84-charing-cross-road-plain-foxed-edition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">84, Charing Cross Road</a> will be published in September 2019. Available to order now (30:22)</li> <li> Miriam Toews, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/miriam-toews-all-my-puny-sorrows/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All My Puny Sorrows</a> (30:40)</li> <li> Patrick O’Brian, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/patrick-obrian-master-and-commander/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master &amp; Commander</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/patrick-obrian-far-side-of-the-world/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Far Side of the World</a> (31:46)</li> <li> Andrew Miller, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/andrew-miller-now-we-shall-be-entirely-free/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Now We Shall Be Entirely Free</a> (32:36)</li> <li> Angela Carter, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-magic-toyshop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Magic Toyshop</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/angela-carter-bloody-chamber/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bloody Chamber</a> (33.02)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles &amp; Illustrations <ul> <li> Mike Petty’s article entitled <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/mike-petty-up-there-on-a-visit-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘Up There on a Visit’</a> was published in <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-8/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly Foxed Issue 8</a> (23:14)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/literary-love-affair-article-maggie-fergusson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie Fergusson’s article</a> on Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road was originally published in Slightly Foxed <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-24/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Issue 24</a>, then republished in <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/issue-48-winter-2015/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Issue 48</a>. It appears as the preface to the Plain Foxed Edition of 84, Charing Cross Road (30:22)</li> <li> Grant McIntyre’s three articles on Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin novels – <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/grant-mcintyre-patrick-obrien-friendship-of-opposites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘Friendship of Opposites’</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/grant-mcintyre-patrick-obrien-house-that-jack-built/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘The House that Jack Built’</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/grant-mcintyre-aubrey-maturin-novels-obriens-world/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘O’Brian’s World’</a> – were published sequentially in Slightly Foxed Issues 40, 42 and 44 (30:46)</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li> A full list of Slightly Foxed stockists can be found on our website: <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/category/stockists/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stockists</a> (1:09)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.idler.co.uk/product/the-idler-festival-2019-at-fenton-house-weekend-ticket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Idler Festival</a>, Hampstead, London, 12-14 July 2019 (3:28)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.llangwmlitfest.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Llangwm Literary Fesitval</a>, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 9-11 August 2019 (3:34)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wayswithwords.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ways with Words Festival</a>, Dartington, Devon, 5-15 July 2019 (3:52)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/readers-day-2019" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Slightly Foxed 2019 Readers’ Day</a> will be held on Saturday 2 November at The Art Workers’ Guild in Bloomsbury, London. Tickets now available to Slightly Foxed magazine subscribers only. From £60 for a day ticket (4:10)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.dauntbooks.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daunt Books</a>, Marylebone (6:34)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Topping &amp; Company Booksellers of Bath</a> (6:38)</li> <li> Topping &amp; Company Booksellers are opening a bookshop in Blenheim Place, Edinburgh in the summer of 2019 (16:55)</li> <li> The image for Episode 7: A Window on the World features a photograph of Topping &amp; Co. Bath courtesy of <a href="http://mirandasnotebook.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Miranda’s Notebook</a> </li> </ul> Music &amp; Sound Effects Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach  Reading music: ‘Roads that burned out boots’ by Jahzzar shared under a Creative Commons licence 3.0, via <a href="http://www.freemusicarchive.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free Music Archive</a>. No changes were made. Sound effects: auto engine and crowded bar thanks to <a href="https://www.freesfx.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FreeSfx.co.uk</a> The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

7: A Window on the World

Gail, Hazel, Jennie and host Philippa are joined at the table by eminent biographer Adam Sisman to discuss the delicate business of delving into the lives of others – warts and all or, sometimes, all warts no all. The actor Nigel Anthony lends his voice to Edward Lear’s surreal verbal contortions, unearthing the deep sorrow that hid beneath the nonsense. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 38 minutes; 6 seconds) Books Mentioned    Eric Newby, Love and War in the Apennines will be published as a Slightly Foxed Edition in clothbound hardback on 1 June. Now available to pre-order (1:50)    Adam Sisman, Hugh Trevor-Roper: The Biography, is out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second-hand copies. Please get in touch for details (8:30)   Hugh Trevor-Roper, The Last Days of Hitler (8:42)   Adam Sisman, John le Carré: The Biography is available from Bloomsbury (9:32)   Adam Sisman, The Professor and the Parson is published on 9 May, and will be available to order in the Summer 2019 Readers’ Catalogue and on the Slightly Foxed website (12:32)   Adam Sisman, Boswell’s Presumptuous Task, is out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second-hand copies. Please get in touch for details (14:16)    Richard Hillary, The Last Enemy. This Slightly Foxed Edition is also available in a bundle with Sebastian Faulks, The Fatal Englishman (17:11)   Vivien Noakes, Edward Lear: The Life of a Wanderer, is out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second-hand copies. Please get in touch for details (19:24)   Kingsley Amis, The Green Man, on which an article by William Palmer appears in Slightly Foxed Issue 20 (27:58)  My Grandfather &amp; Father, Dear Father, by Denis Constanduros are available in a single edition or in a special Last Call Bundle together with the last copies of our earliest available limited-edition, The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth Huxley (28.25)   Bart van Es, The Cut Out Girl (29:30)    Tim Pears, The West Country Trilogy: The Horseman, The Wanderers and The Redeemed (31:00)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles &amp; Illustrations   Adam Sisman’s article on Hugh Trevor-Roper’s The Last Days of Hitler is published in Slightly Foxed Issue 61 (8:44)  William Palmer’s article on Vivien Noakes, Edward Lear: The Life of a Wanderer was published in Slightly Foxed Issue 56 (19:24)  Read an extract from Chapter VIII of My Grandfather &amp; Father, Dear Father by Denis Constanduros (28:41)  Other Links    Bart van Es won the 2018 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize for The Cut Out Girl. The award party was held at Maggs Bros. Ltd (2:31)   The Slightly Foxed 2019 Readers’ Day will be held on Saturday 2 November at The Art Workers Guild in Bloomsbury, London. Tickets will go on sale late May/early June, to Slightly Foxed magazine subscribers only. From £60 for a day ticket (3:44)   The Slightly Foxed Spring 2019 Readers’ Catalogue is available to view and download. The Summer Catalogue will be available on 1 June (18:16)   Nigel Anthony stars in a Jarvis &amp; Ayres Production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal for BBC Radio 3, released soon (25:55)  Music &amp; Sound Effects Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach Archive reading music: Erik Satie, Gymnopedie No 3 played by Kevin MacLeod, thanks to www.freemusicarchive.org The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Gail, Hazel, Jennie and host Philippa are joined at the table by eminent biographer Adam Sisman to discuss the delicate business of delving into the lives of others – warts and all or, sometimes, all warts no all. The actor Nigel Anthony lends his voice to Edward Lear’s surreal verbal contortions, unearthing the deep sorrow that hid beneath the nonsense. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 38 minutes; 6 seconds) Books Mentioned <ul> <li> Eric Newby, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/eric-newby-love-and-war/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love and War in the Apennines</a> will be published as a Slightly Foxed Edition in clothbound hardback on 1 June. Now available to pre-order (1:50) </li> <li> Adam Sisman, Hugh Trevor-Roper: The Biography, is out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second-hand copies. Please <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/help/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">get in touch</a> for details (8:30)</li> <li> Hugh Trevor-Roper, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/hugh-trevor-roper-last-days-of-hitler/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Last Days of Hitler</a> (8:42)</li> <li> Adam Sisman, <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/john-le-carre-9781408849460/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John le Carré: The Biography</a> is available from Bloomsbury (9:32)</li> <li> Adam Sisman, The Professor and the Parson is published on 9 May, and will be available to order in the Summer 2019 Readers’ Catalogue and on the Slightly Foxed website (12:32)</li> <li> Adam Sisman, Boswell’s Presumptuous Task, is out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second-hand copies. Please <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/help/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">get in touch</a> for details (14:16) </li> <li> Richard Hillary, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/the-last-enemy-richard-hillary-slightly-foxed-edition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Last Enemy</a>. This Slightly Foxed Edition is also available in a bundle with Sebastian Faulks, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/fatal-englishman-last-enemy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Fatal Englishman</a> (17:11)</li> <li> Vivien Noakes, Edward Lear: The Life of a Wanderer, is out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second-hand copies. Please get in touch for details (19:24)</li> <li> Kingsley Amis, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kingsley-amis-the-green-man/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Green Man</a>, on which an article by William Palmer appears in <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-20/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly Foxed Issue 20</a> (27:58)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/my-grandfather-father-dear-father/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Grandfather &amp; Father, Dear Father</a>, by Denis Constanduros are available in a single edition or in a <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/last-call-bundle/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">special Last Call Bundle</a> together with the last copies of our earliest available limited-edition, The Flame Trees of Thika by Elspeth Huxley (28.25)</li> <li> Bart van Es, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/bart-van-es-cut-out-girl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Cut Out Girl</a> (29:30) </li> <li> Tim Pears, The West Country Trilogy: <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-pears-horseman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Horseman</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-pears-wanderers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Wanderers</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-pears-redeemed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Redeemed</a> (31:00)</li> </ul> Related Slightly Foxed Articles &amp; Illustrations <ul> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/hugh-trevor-roper-adam-sisman-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Sisman’s article</a> on Hugh Trevor-Roper’s The Last Days of Hitler is published in <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-61-1-march-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly Foxed Issue 61</a> (8:44)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/edward-lear-william-palmer-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">William Palmer’s article</a> on Vivien Noakes, Edward Lear: The Life of a Wanderer was published in <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-56-great-present-for-someone-who-likes-books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slightly Foxed Issue 56</a> (19:24)</li> <li> <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/denis-constanduros-memoir-my-grandfather-extract/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read an extract</a> from Chapter VIII of My Grandfather &amp; Father, Dear Father by Denis Constanduros (28:41)</li> </ul> Other Links <ul> <li> Bart van Es won the <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/bart-van-es-wins-for-the-cut-out-girl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2018 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize</a> for The Cut Out Girl. The award party was held at <a href="https://www.maggs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggs Bros. Ltd</a> (2:31)</li> <li> The Slightly Foxed 2019 Readers’ Day will be held on Saturday 2 November at The Art Workers Guild in Bloomsbury, London. Tickets will go on sale late May/early June, to Slightly Foxed magazine subscribers only. From £60 for a day ticket (3:44)</li> <li> The Slightly Foxed <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/products/readers-catalogue/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spring 2019 Readers’ Catalogue</a> is available to view and download. The Summer Catalogue will be available on 1 June (18:16)</li> <li> Nigel Anthony stars in a Jarvis &amp; Ayres Production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal for BBC Radio 3, released soon (25:55)</li> </ul> Music &amp; Sound Effects Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach Archive reading music: Erik Satie, Gymnopedie No 3 played by Kevin MacLeod, thanks to <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.freemusicarchive.org</a> The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

6: Well-Written Lives

Justin Marozzi, a travel writer, historian and journalist who’s lived in Somalia, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and Darfur, joins the Slightly Foxed editors on a journey through North Africa and the Middle East. His discovery of a nineteenth-century account of an expedition to Libya in a bookshop in Tripoli led to his crossing of the Sahara by camel, against the advice of Wilfred Thesiger. From dual chronicles of the desert penned by Rosita Forbes and Ahmed Hassanein Bey and tales of books hurled into the Tigris to the picaresque life of Ibn Battutah and travels with a Tangerine, the conversation ranges far and wide, and there are the usual recommendations for reading off the beaten track too.  Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 40 minutes; 22 seconds)  Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please get in touch with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. - South from Barbary, Justin Marozzi (3:09) - The Secret of the Sahara, Rosita Forbes is out of print (7:08) - The Lost Oases, Ahmed Hassanein Bey is out of print (7:46) - The Travels of Ibn Battutah, ed. Tim Mackintosh-Smith (11:57)  - Travels with a Tangerine, The Hall of a Thousand Columns and Landfalls, Tim Mackintosh-Smith  (12:03) - Arabs, Tim Mackintosh-Smith (12:26)  - Tamerlane, Justin Marozzi (14:20)  - Warriors, Gerald Hanley (15:43) - Islamic Empires, Justin Marozzi (20:11)  - Kim, Rudyard Kipling (25:40) - The Great Game, Peter Hopkirk (33:37)  - Consolations of the Forest, Sylvain Tessant (36:09)  - The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf (37:15)  Related Slightly Foxed Articles - Not Your Average Englishwoman, Justin Marozzi on Rosita Forbes, The Secret of the Sahara in Issue 62 (7:08) - An Irishman in Somalia, Justin Marozzi on Gerald Hanley, Warriors (15:43) - Small Player in the Great Game, Amanda Theunissen on Rudyard Kipling, Kim in Issue 57 (25:40) - Confessions of a TV Tie-in, Tim Mackintosh Smith on Ibn Battutah, The Travels of Ibn Battutah in Issue 18 (11:57)  Other Links - Justin Marozzi: www.justinmarozzi.com  Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable

Justin Marozzi, a travel writer, historian and journalist who’s lived in Somalia, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and Darfur, joins the Slightly Foxed editors on a journey through North Africa and the Middle East. His discovery of a nineteenth-century account of an expedition to Libya in a bookshop in Tripoli led to his crossing of the Sahara by camel, against the advice of Wilfred Thesiger. From dual chronicles of the desert penned by Rosita Forbes and Ahmed Hassanein Bey and tales of books hurled into the Tigris to the picaresque life of Ibn Battutah and travels with a Tangerine, the conversation ranges far and wide, and there are the usual recommendations for reading off the beaten track too. Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 40 minutes; 22 seconds) Books Mentioned We may be able to get hold of second-hand copies of the out-of-print titles listed below. Please <a href="mailto:anna@foxedquarterly.com">get in touch</a> with Anna in the Slightly Foxed office for more information. - South from Barbary, Justin Marozzi (3:09) - The Secret of the Sahara, Rosita Forbes is out of print (7:08) - The Lost Oases, Ahmed Hassanein Bey is out of print (7:46) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/the-travels-of-ibn-battutah-ed-tim-mackintosh-smith/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Travels of Ibn Battutah</a>, ed. Tim Mackintosh-Smith (11:57) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-mackintosh-smith-travels-with-a-tangerine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Travels with a Tangerine</a>, <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-mackintosh-smith-the-hall-of-a-thousand-columns/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hall of a Thousand Columns</a> and <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-mackintosh-smith-landfalls/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Landfalls</a>, Tim Mackintosh-Smith  (12:03) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/tim-mackintosh-smith-arabs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arabs</a>, Tim Mackintosh-Smith (12:26)  - Tamerlane, Justin Marozzi (14:20) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/gerald-hanley-warriors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Warriors</a>, Gerald Hanley (15:43) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/justin-marozzi-islamic-empires/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Islamic Empires</a>, Justin Marozzi (20:11) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/kim-rudyard-kipling-foxed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kim</a>, Rudyard Kipling (25:40) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/peter-hopkirk-the-great-game/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Great Game</a>, Peter Hopkirk (33:37) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/sylvain-tesson-consolations-of-the-forest/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Consolations of the Forest</a>, Sylvain Tessant (36:09) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/andrea-wulf-the-invention-of-nature/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Invention of Nature</a>, Andrea Wulf (37:15) Related Slightly Foxed Articles - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/rosita-forbes-justin-marozzi-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Not Your Average Englishwoman</a>, Justin Marozzi on Rosita Forbes, The Secret of the Sahara in Issue 62 (7:08) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/justin-marozzi-gerald-hanley-warriors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Irishman in Somalia</a>, Justin Marozzi on Gerald Hanley, Warriors (15:43) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/rudyard-kipling-kim-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Small Player in the Great Game</a>, Amanda Theunissen on Rudyard Kipling, Kim in Issue 57 (25:40) - <a href="https://foxedquarterly.com/tim-mackintosh-smith-the-travels-of-ibn-battutah-literary-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Confessions of a TV Tie-in</a>, Tim Mackintosh Smith on Ibn Battutah, The Travels of Ibn Battutah in Issue 18 (11:57) Other Links - Justin Marozzi: <a href="http://www.justinmarozzi.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.justinmarozzi.com</a> Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by <a href="https://www.podcastable.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcastable</a>

21: A Bookshelf in Tripoli

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