Ideas in Writing
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -It's about words, written and read, maybe spoken out loud in person, on stage, or recorded and even sung and presented (mostly) by Philip Holden.Long form chats with creators and users of words - pretty relaxed - just you and us. In these chats the guest brings a word and so does Philip - and thereby hangs a tale...Episodes so far have featured James Graham, Ian Tucker-Bell, Tom Carradine, Liam Drew and Arthur Smith, James O' Brien, Peter Oborne and Ian McMillan with more to come...All supported by Mr Books Bookshop - the the home of independent, inspiring and imaginative books, gifts and conversation/
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Episodes
Rickmansworth/Nitwit with Robin Ince
January 05, 2022 16:27 - 1 hour - 97.4 MBI'm Philip Holden and this is Ideas in Writing - the podcast where we talk to creative people about words - mostly from books that they have written and recently published... The guests bring along a word and so do I...if only I could rememnber that... In this episode I talk with Robin Ince - Live at the Oast Theatre in Tonbridge after he visited Mr Books Bookshop - about his new book, The Importance of Being Interested. Robin started out in standup, having done an English degree at Royal ...
Comedic/Intuition with David Barry
October 29, 2021 17:37 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBI'm Philip Holden and this is Ideas in Writing - the podcast where we talk to creative people about words - all kinds of word - funny ones, sad ones and strange ones... The guests bring along a word and so do I...it's all downhill from there on... In this episode - the first face to face one of the series - I meet up with the fun David Barry who many of you will know as Frankie Abbott from the TV series (and film) Please Sir! which ran from 1969 to 1972 and led on to the Fenn Street Gang (1...
Power/Integrity with Peter Oborne
April 02, 2021 15:58 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBI'm Philip Holden and this is Ideas in Writing - the podcast where we talk to people about words and books and the shift, sly use of words in untruths and the books that shine a light on shadowy falsehood. The guests bring along a word and so do I...it's all downhill from there on... The guest this time is the journalist Peter Oborn whose book The Assault on Truth – Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism was published this year traces the origins of lying and...
Absurdism/Wednesday with David Quantick
February 24, 2021 13:58 - 1 hour - 89.2 MBI'm Philip Holden and this is Ideas in Writing - the podcast where we talk to people about words and books and the how, why, when and where of writing. The guests bring along a word and so do I...it's all downhill from there on... In this episode I talk to the award-winning writer David Quantick whose TV credits include The Day Today, So Graham Norton, Harry Hill's TV Burp and Veep for which he won an Emmy. he's also written and presented shows on radio and TV and has now written several no...
Lies/Footballification with James O'Brien
January 15, 2021 16:29 - 1 hour - 98.6 MBI'm Philip Holden and this is Ideas in Writing - the podcast where we talk to people who use words, about words, using words ...and dispose of them like there's no tomorrow. The guests bring along a word and so do I...and if that's not a copper-bottomed format, I don't know what is... In this episode, I spoke with the journalist, LBC broadcaster and author, James O’Brien about his latest book How Not to be Wrong, the art of changing your mind. James brought along the word footballification...
Palimpsest/Theatre with Ian McMillan
December 15, 2020 10:30 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBI'm Philip Holden and this is Ideas in Writing - the podcast where we talk to people who use words - written, spoken, performed and even sung and, sometimes only uttered in your mind... The guests bring along a word and so do I...it's all downhill from there on... In this episode I talk to the lovely Ian McMillan – he's a poet, of course, and a playwright and a columnist and you've probasbly seen him on TV and listened to him on BBC radio. But have you seen him on a giant toilet in Leiceste...
Philanthropist/Sketch with Scarlett & Sophie Rickard
November 27, 2020 12:37 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBI'm Philip Holden and this is Ideas in Writing - the podcast where we talk to people who use words - written, spoken, performed and even sung and, why not, hand drawn? The guests bring along a word and so do I...it's all downhill from there on... In this episode I talk to the brilliant Sophie and Scarlett Rickard creators of a graphic novel version of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists – the hugely influential book by Robert Tressell is long and sometimes difficult to read but this versio...
Play/Pagoda with Arthur Smith
August 24, 2020 20:40 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBI'm Philip Holden and this is Ideas in Writing - the podcast where we talk to people who use words - written, spoken, performed and even (once again) sung. The guest brings along a word and so do I...it's all downhill from there on... In this episode I talk to the brilliant Arthur Smith who has been at the top of the tree of comedy for many many years and is often cited by other comedians as a hero. Arthur is one of the few performers who can genuinely claim to be a national treasure having...
Connection/Auto-correct with Liam Drew
August 03, 2020 22:34 - 1 hour - 102 MBI'm Philip Holden and this is Ideas in Writing - the podcast where we talk to people who use words - written, spoken, performed and even sung. The guest brings along a word and so do I...it's all downhill from there on... In this episode I talk to the science writer Liam Drew, author of I-Mammal, a great book about what it means to be a mammal. Liam's word for this episode was Connection whilst mine was auto-correct (I can't link to my usual Visuwords as it's not there; the Oxford English ...
Quodlibet/Craft with Tom Carradine
July 01, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBHello, I'm Philip Holden and in this episode I talk to Tom Carradine, a dapper chap who is well known for his Cockney Singalong. Tom's word of the episode is quodlibet (no, me neither) while mine is craft, which I think suits the skill and talent Tom brings to the podcast. In this this chat Tom talks about his experience in the pit of West End musicals and as a piano entertainer - preserving and sharing great songs from over a century ago right up to the present day(ish). We discuss what m...
Journey/Palimpsest with Ian Tucker-Bell
June 21, 2020 12:55 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBHello, I'm Philip Holden and in this episode I talk to Ian Tucker-Bell writer and composer. In the vein of Ready Steady Cook, Ian brings along his ingredient - the word journey whilst I offer mine; the pretentious palimpsest. So the conversation reflects how our own experiences inevitably shine through in writing and performance and how, even though you might want to escape it, sometimes you just have to embrace it. We also talk about forthcoming projects and plans. You can see and hear Ia...
James Graham in conversation with Jack Holden
June 07, 2020 18:49 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBThis is the very first Ideas in Writing podcast - supported by Mr Books Bookshop Tonbridge, Kent. This first event was recorded at the Old Fire Station with a live audience. In it James Graham (Brexit: The Uncivil War, Labour of Love, Quiz, Ink) talks about his life, his writing and how he made Rupert Murdoch into a sympathetic character. He also talks about the Coughing Major and what's coming up next. It was recorded in October 2017 Theme music (C) Sid Stafford Hosted on Acast. See...