Lamorna Ash - Coming of Age, Cornwall, Carbohydrates and a VERY big announcement...

Calm Down Dear

English - June 23, 2021 14:52 - 1 hour - 150 MB
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Another fortnight's passed and we're already at the point of only being happy about the Euros for the excuse to drink on a school night - seriously, how are people still talking about it when there's so much better about to watch? This week we delve into Season 2 of Feel Good and Becoming A God In Central Florida, plus of course the books we've been devouring (Tabitha Lasley's extraordinary Sea State and David Mitchell's riotous Utopia Avenue) along with our favourite short-form literature: stupid tweets, and we may have beaten the toenail one.

Our guest this week is the serene and beautifully cerebral Lamorna Ash, author of previous BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town. In her honest, hilarious and heartwarming chat with Becky, they discuss what drew her to drop life as she knew it and move to Newlyn, the friendships she found there and of course, what gets her enthused on the daily. If you're a fan of writing, pasta and cult movies, you're gonna love it.

And for the big one... For a while now we've been beavering away behind the scenes and we are finally delighted to announce OUR FIRST LIVE SHOW! On Wednesday 21st July you can join us at the beautiful Ocean Studios in Plymouth (or if you're further afield, online) for an evening of chat, performances, food, beers and bants. We cannot WAIT, especially given that we'll be joined for a live podcast recording by Suzy Bennett, award-winning Plymouth-based comedian you may know from support dates for Jimmy Carr and more, and the glorious also award-winning, Glastonbury and Maida Vale-playing, Mystery Jets and Robert Plant supporting Ferris & Sylvester! We know too that everyone's erring towards being stone cold broke (us too) and so the tickets are pay what you feel and in limited numbers. We can't wait to see you there!! Tickets can be found here

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Our next guest: The wonderful Tom Rasmussen, LGBT trailblazer, drag queen, and the author of the brilliant forthcoming book First Comes Love (Bloomsbury). See you in two weeks!

Shownotes

Feel Good - https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=80241545

On Becoming A God In Central Florida - https://www.netflix.com/search?q=on%20becoming%20a%20god&jbv=81173143

Sea State by Tabitha Lasley - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/28/sea-state-by-tabitha-lasley-review-sex-drugs-and-oil-rigs

Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/19/utopia-avenue-by-david-mitchell-review-endless-prog-rock-noodling

Dark, Salt, Clear by Lamorna Ash - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/dark-salt-clear-9781526600028/

Why I Long For The Wilds of West Cornwall - https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/apr/13/why-i-long-for-the-wilds-of-west-cornwall-lamorna-ash-st-just-penwith

Mên-an-Tol - https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/history/sites/men_an_tol.htm

Penlee Lifeboat Disaster - https://rnli.org/about-us/our-history/timeline/1981-penlee-lifeboat-disaster

The Pasta Alphabet - Rachel Roddy - https://www.waterstones.com/book/an-a-z-of-pasta/rachel-roddy/9780241402504

Pasta Grannies - https://www.youtube.com/user/pastagrannies

Newlyn Guardian article - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/apr/25/its-a-betrayal-cornish-fishing-vote-turns-against-tories-over-brexit-deal