The Curiously Specific Book Club

78 Episodes

1. John Buchan’s THE 39 STEPS Part 2: hit the beach at North Foreland, Kent, in search of dastardly German spies

   Published: 7/31/2023
2. John Buchan’s THE 39 STEPS Part 1: experience the thrill of a chase through Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland

   Published: 7/24/2023
3. Margot Bennett’s THE WIDOW OF BATH Part Two: a North Foreland discovery

   Published: 7/17/2023
4. Margot Bennett’s THE WIDOW OF BATH Part One: Shady goings-on in Ramsgate

   Published: 7/10/2023
5. Geoffrey Household’s ROGUE MALE Part 2: pursuit across Dorset – tracking down a secret holloway-hideaway

   Published: 7/3/2023
6. Geoffrey Household’s ROGUE MALE Part 1: pursuit across London – Hurlingham steps to the Aldwych tube

   Published: 6/26/2023
7. AA Milne’s WHEN WE WE VERY YOUNG Part 2: the ghost of a golf course, and a swan called Pooh

   Published: 6/19/2023
8. AA Milne’s WHEN WE VERY YOUNG Part 1: down to Buckingham Palace with Alice

   Published: 6/12/2023
9. Alice Oswald’s DART Part 2: from Buckfast Abbey to the Mew Stone via a derelict dairy and a boatyard

   Published: 6/5/2023
10. Alice Oswald’s DART Part 1: Dartmoor to Buckfastleigh on foot, in a car – and on a steam train!

    Published: 5/29/2023
11. Edward Thomas’s IN PURSUIT OF SPRING Part Two: From Rudge to the Quantocks

    Published: 5/22/2023
12. Edward Thomas’s IN PURSUIT OF SPRING Part One: From Clapham to Salisbury

    Published: 5/15/2023
13. Nell Dunn’s UP THE JUNCTION Part 2: drill rap, sweets and trains on the Winstanley Estate, Battersea

    Published: 5/8/2023
14. Nell Dunn’s UP THE JUNCTION Part 1: from glamorous Chelsea to industrial Battersea

    Published: 5/1/2023
15. Hanif Kureishi’s THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA Part Two: Go West, Young Man

    Published: 4/24/2023
16. Hanif Kureishi’s THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA Part One: From Bromley to Penge

    Published: 4/17/2023
17. Angela Carter’s WISE CHILDREN Part 2: drinking, dancing & writing in Clapham, London

    Published: 4/10/2023
18. Angela Carter’s WISE CHILDREN Part 1: the lost theatres, music halls & cinemas of South London

    Published: 4/3/2023
19. Ruth Rendell’s FROM DOON WITH DEATH Part Two: The body in the woods

    Published: 3/27/2023
20. Ruth Rendell’s FROM DOON WITH DEATH Part One: Searching for Kingsmarkham

    Published: 3/20/2023