Lloyd Shepherd & Tim Wright
The Curiously Specific Book Club
Forget Downton Abbey or The Crown , we use classic novels to guide you through the Britain of today and yesterday. Every podcast, Lloyd & Tim – two funny book-loving blokes – take you on a walk or a road trip, using a well-known novel as the only guide. Great literature, amazing landscapes and general laughter guaranteed with every episode. Your presenters are: Tim Wright (r): digital writer/consultant for web, mobile, radio, TV, theatre. Half of xpt.com . Former Head of Immersive at NFTS. Web here , Twitter here .
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Lloyd Shepherd & Tim Wright
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31 juil. 2023
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S1 Ep 2 Extra: Eccleshare on Stig 05.07.2018 15:03
Whenever we can, we're going to chat to someone who actually knows what they're talking about when it comes to the books we cover in the main podcast. This time, distinguished childrens book expert Julia Eccleshare agreed to talk to us about 'Stig of the Dump'. She covers a load of interesting topics including kids roaming free in the countryside, Stig's lack of a voice, the absence of parents and...
A tour of rural Kent in search of Stig of the Dump: S1 Ep2 14.06.2018 34:01
Lloyd and Tim go in search of the famous dump. We're using Clive King's classic childrens book 'Stig of the Dump' to navigate our way around rural Kent, with its heady mix of travellers, standing stones and luxury golf courses. Our mission at the 'CuSpec' Book Club is to road test works of fiction that appear to be curiously specific about dates and locations. We go to the places mentioned and see...
Travel to 1840s Rochester with 'Edwin Drood': S1 Ep1 (pilot) 11.05.2018 39:57
Lloyd and Tim travel from Wapping to Rochester via Cobham Park using 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' by Charles Dickens as our guide (with some help from 'All The Devils Are Here' by David Seabrook). Our mission at the 'CuSpec' Book Club is to road test works of fiction that appear to be curiously specific about dates and locations. We go to the places mentioned and see if descriptions are accurate,...
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