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186. Rerun: David Seabrook - All the Devils Are Here

A re-release of one of our favourite episodes from April, 2016 with a new introduction by Andy.

Rachel Cooke, Observer writer, New Statesman TV critic and author joins John, Andy & Mathew to discuss All The Devils Are Here, an astounding travelogue through Kent and the depths of human behaviour from David Seabrook. Plus, the drinking habits of Carry On stars, and what to read in Iceland.

Timings:
07'44 - Dalva by Jim Harrison
12'48 - Life and Death of Harriet Frean by May Sinclair
22'04 - All the Devils Are Here by David Seabrook

Books Mentioned:

David Seabrook - All the Devils Are Here; Jack of Jumps
Jim Harrison - Dalva
May Sinclair - Life and Death of Harriett Frean
Rachel Cooke - Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties
Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea
Harold Bloom - The Anxiety of Influence
Hannah Kent - Burial Rites
Halldór Laxness - Independent People
W. H. Auden - Letters From Iceland
Sjón - The Blue Fox (trs Victoria Cribb)
Charles Dickens - The Mystery of Edwin Drood
James Hogg - The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
John Buchan - The Thirty-Nine Steps
Jonathan Rendall - This Bloody Mary is the Last Thing I Own

Other Links:
Qikipedia
Nicolas Roeg
Richard Dadd painting discovered on Antiques Roadshow

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