The Curiously Specific Book Club
A podcast by Lloyd Shepherd & Tim Wright
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78 Episodes
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The War of the Worlds Part Two
Published: 4/20/2022 -
The War of the Worlds Part One
Published: 4/11/2022 -
Track down Smiley's Circus in 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy': S1 Ep15
Published: 4/30/2021 -
Practise being a spy in Noughties London in 'Slow Horses': S1 Ep14
Published: 3/19/2021 -
Explore swinging 60s Soho with 'The Ipcress File': S1 Ep13
Published: 6/26/2020 -
Discover the seamier side of 1980s Brighton & Hove with 'Dirty Weekend': S1 Ep12
Published: 7/25/2019 -
Enjoy the 1930s West London & Brighton drinking holes of 'Hangover Square': S1 Ep11
Published: 6/28/2019 -
Find out exactly where Pinkie lived & died in 'Brighton Rock': S1 Ep10
Published: 5/17/2019 -
Using Lovejoy novels to navigate 1970s Essex: S1 Ep9
Published: 3/22/2019 -
Walk across Suffolk with 'The Rings of Saturn' as your only guide: S1 Ep8
Published: 2/15/2019 -
Plan your own 1943 invasion of Norfolk using 'The Eagle Has Landed': S1 Ep7
Published: 1/11/2019 -
A 1950s pub crawl through South London with 'The Ballad of Peckham Rye': S1 Ep6
Published: 11/9/2018 -
1880s London West End erotica & beer-drinking with 'The Secret Agent': S1 Ep5
Published: 10/12/2018 -
Tramp the Old Ways in 1970s Eton and Windsor with 'The Dark Is Rising': S1 Ep4
Published: 9/14/2018 -
Learn to drive down the A20 like Bond in 'Moonraker': S1 Ep3
Published: 7/13/2018 -
S1 Ep 2 Extra: Eccleshare on Stig
Published: 7/5/2018 -
A tour of rural Kent in search of Stig of the Dump: S1 Ep2
Published: 6/14/2018 -
Travel to 1840s Rochester with 'Edwin Drood': S1 Ep1 (pilot)
Published: 5/11/2018
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.