Really enjoyed finding out that Theo goes to evensong in the book of CoM, & for answering my first (/biggest) question: who was singing the top line in an Oxford college choir 25 years after children were being born?

A: a choir of 8 men & 8 women!

Backlisted Podcast John Mitchinson Catching up with this and JOHN! I found THREE copies of the RD Folklore within a year, two in one week, after searching for decades...
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Book 14: Steve Aylett - Heart Of The Original

One has to read this extraordinary book quickly. If one were to do it methodically, with all the necessary research material close to hand, one might get the dispiriting sensation that one had previously been operating tremulously.

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it's the only P.D. James novel I've ever read, so be rude not to listen to this...
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Listening to Backlisted Podcast last night and drifted off to sleep slap bang into the podcast itself. Dream John Mitchinson was courtesy itself and helped me sneak out without interrupting Andy Miller’s erudite rendition of the Goncourt Journals. #MarianneDreams moment

Some jackets of P.D. James’s The Children of Men. From top left, first edition, homage to Tom Phillips-era Agatha Christie; see Southwold and die; “IT’S CLIIIIIVE!!”; a bit of sharp practice by Grabber and Grabber, “the thriller of 2021” hem hem. backlisted.fm/episodes/209-p…

Andy Miller Backlisted Podcast Andrew Hunter Murray John Mitchinson nickybirch I knew her and loved her. The best and kindest of women.

Excellent discussion on this bleak, brilliant and prescient dystopian outlier in the P. D. James canon. It reminded me how much I used to look forward to a new James novel, with their rich settings and moral complexities.

I’ve read several articles about this zeitgeist-y novel recently, so it was a fascinating listen. Just how much of a prophet was P.D.James?

New episode up now. The Children of Men by P.D. James, with guests Andrew Hunter Murray Andrew Hunter Murray and Laura Thompson. backlisted.fm/episodes/209-p…

Wow... Some fascinating themes discussed in the new Backlisted Podcast... 🙏🖤

FUN ALERT: In a welcome break from the norm (banging on about my own book), I've been banging on about someone else's book. And it's one of my all-time faves, The Children Of Men. Listen here for a lovely chat with the reliably brilliant Backlisted Podcast gang.

As ever, excited to listen to this!

We got us a new @Backlistedpod! The Children of Men by P.D. James, with Andrew Hunter Murray Laura Thompson John Mitchinson nickybirch and me. Down with The Warden of England! Viva Phyllis! backlisted.fm/episodes/209-p…

Backlisted Podcast Andrew Hunter Murray I am so looking forward to this. First time you'll be discussing a book I've read...and one that was very important. This book affected me profoundly...it stirred in me an irresistible urge to have children.

Stunning episode. The insight & breadth of knowledge about crime writing in general & P D James in particular made for a riveting show. Andrew Hunter Murray is hilarious and Laura Thompson is one of the most generous guests yet - brilliant in her own right, still namechecked everyone!

The new Backlisted Podcast explores a Very English Dystopia - P. D. James’s The Children of Men (@FaberBooks 1992). Join Andrew Hunter Murray (@andrewhunterm) & Laura Thompson, Andy Miller nickybirch Luke Eldridge & me as we travel forwards to 2021 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟 backlisted.fm/episodes/209-p…

George Melly used to call his bed ‘the wanking chariot’.

Today on the Ramblings, I share my thoughts on a poetry collection by the remarkable Anne Sexton kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/nee…