The Curiously Specific Book Club
A podcast by Lloyd Shepherd & Tim Wright
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78 Episodes
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The Night Watch Part Two: a walk through a City of London air raid
Published: 9/26/2022 -
The Night Watch Part One: ‘conchies’, air raids and hidden love
Published: 9/19/2022 -
Crooked Heart Part Two: a wartime wander in North London
Published: 9/12/2022 -
Crooked Heart Part One: join us on an evacuation to St Albans
Published: 9/5/2022 -
Get Carter Part Two: The quarry and the Humber
Published: 8/15/2022 -
Get Carter Part One: Welcome to Scunthorpe
Published: 8/8/2022 -
A Kestrel for a Knave Part Two: getting lost
Published: 8/1/2022 -
A Kestrel for a Knave Part One: to Barnsley and Hoyland Common
Published: 7/25/2022 -
Cold Water Part Two: a walk in search of Manchester (and Salford) bars
Published: 7/18/2022 -
Cold Water Part One: a drive from Macclesfield to central Manchester
Published: 7/11/2022 -
The Rats Part Two: Poplar and the Regent’s Canal
Published: 7/4/2022 -
The Rats Part One: Whitechapel to Stepney
Published: 6/27/2022 -
Dracula Part Two: Gunpowder, graves and insanity
Published: 6/20/2022 -
Dracula Part One: Sea and ships, graves and benches
Published: 6/13/2022 -
Woman in Black Part Two: The flat lands
Published: 6/6/2022 -
The Woman in Black Part One: Yorkshire hauntings
Published: 5/30/2022 -
Day of the Triffids Part Two: Escape to Sussex
Published: 5/23/2022 -
Day of the Triffids Part One: Darkness falls on London!
Published: 5/16/2022 -
Riddley Walker Part Two
Published: 5/4/2022 -
Riddley Walker Part One
Published: 4/27/2022
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.