Episodes

  • Bookmark: Katherine MacInnes

    Bookmark: Katherine MacInnes
    Jun 25 2023
    Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Katherine MacInnes talking about her book Snow Widows, Scott’s Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women Left Behind. Sean Ashton explains how his daily commute inspired […]
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    49 mins
  • Bookmark: Laura Freeman

    Bookmark: Laura Freeman
    Jun 11 2023
    Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Laura Freeman, Chief Art Critic for The Times, talking about her book Ways of Life; Jim Ede and the Kettle’s Yard Artists, which looks at […]
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    22 mins
  • Bookmark: Athene Donald

    Bookmark: Athene Donald
    May 30 2023
    Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Dame Professor Athene Donald talking about her book Not Just For The Boys; Why We Need More Women in Science, which examines the challenges girls […]
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    47 mins
  • Bookmark: Wenyan Lu

    Bookmark: Wenyan Lu
    May 14 2023
    Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Wenyan Lu talking about her debut novel The Funeral Cryer, set in rural China, which explores the roles and rituals surrounding funerals. Sally Harris chats […]
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    49 mins
  • Bookmark: Ellee Seymour

    Bookmark: Ellee Seymour
    Apr 23 2023
    Leigh Chambers’ guest is Ellee Seymour talking about her novel The Station Master’s Daughters At War, the second in her historical saga trilogy. Joanne Burn explains how the plague village […]
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    45 mins
  • Bookmark: Peter James Bowman

    Bookmark: Peter James Bowman
    Apr 9 2023
    Celebrities and icons are the theme of this show. Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Peter James Bowman talking about his book The First Celebrities; Five Regency Portraits which examines how […]
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    50 mins
  • Bookmark: Clare Jackson

    Bookmark: Clare Jackson
    Mar 26 2023
    Leigh Chambers’ featured guest, historian, picks the music and talks about her epic book, Devil-land, England Under Siege which examines the turbulent history of England in the 17th century. Jeremy […]
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    1 hr
  • Bookmark: Sophie Harrison

    Bookmark: Sophie Harrison
    Mar 12 2023
    Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Sophie Harrison talking about her book, The Cure for Good Intentions, the real-life recollections of changing careers to train as a GP. Jessie Keane discusses […]
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    46 mins