The Curiously Specific Book Club

A podcast by Lloyd Shepherd & Tim Wright

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78 Episodes

  1. The Night Watch Part Two: a walk through a City of London air raid

    Published: 9/26/2022
  2. The Night Watch Part One: ‘conchies’, air raids and hidden love

    Published: 9/19/2022
  3. Crooked Heart Part Two: a wartime wander in North London

    Published: 9/12/2022
  4. Crooked Heart Part One: join us on an evacuation to St Albans

    Published: 9/5/2022
  5. Get Carter Part Two: The quarry and the Humber

    Published: 8/15/2022
  6. Get Carter Part One: Welcome to Scunthorpe

    Published: 8/8/2022
  7. A Kestrel for a Knave Part Two: getting lost

    Published: 8/1/2022
  8. A Kestrel for a Knave Part One: to Barnsley and Hoyland Common

    Published: 7/25/2022
  9. Cold Water Part Two: a walk in search of Manchester (and Salford) bars

    Published: 7/18/2022
  10. Cold Water Part One: a drive from Macclesfield to central Manchester

    Published: 7/11/2022
  11. The Rats Part Two: Poplar and the Regent’s Canal

    Published: 7/4/2022
  12. The Rats Part One: Whitechapel to Stepney

    Published: 6/27/2022
  13. Dracula Part Two: Gunpowder, graves and insanity

    Published: 6/20/2022
  14. Dracula Part One: Sea and ships, graves and benches

    Published: 6/13/2022
  15. Woman in Black Part Two: The flat lands

    Published: 6/6/2022
  16. The Woman in Black Part One: Yorkshire hauntings

    Published: 5/30/2022
  17. Day of the Triffids Part Two: Escape to Sussex

    Published: 5/23/2022
  18. Day of the Triffids Part One: Darkness falls on London!

    Published: 5/16/2022
  19. Riddley Walker Part Two

    Published: 5/4/2022
  20. Riddley Walker Part One

    Published: 4/27/2022

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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.Lloyd Shepherd (l): author of 4 novels: The English Monster. The Poisoned Island. Savage Magic. The Detective and the Devil. Also does digital product development. Web here, Twitter here. Get early access to new episodes and bonus content Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.