Looks and Books
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsLOOKS AND BOOKS is a weekly podcast from lifelong friends Cat & Olly that meets at the intersection of fashion and literature whilst discussing and laughing about everything in between. Join us every Thursday as we explore our favourite looks and books pertaining to our fortnightly theme and for our biweekly book club ‘Reading Is Fundamental’, where we will tackle a book that neither of us has even opened before.
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Episode 37: Cat, Olly & Heartburn
March 28, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to episode SEVENTEEN of our Reading is Fundamental book club! This week, we’re taking on a short but sweet modern classic, Heartburn by Nora Ephron. Join us for our final episode before our Spring hiatus for some rather momentous life updates, a good old bookish chat and our trademark bouts of occasional hysterical laughter. Listen to the Looks and Books 00s Throwback Playlist here: Spotify: spoti.fi/2RHVu8E Apple Music: apple.co/2QwdfYf ...
Episode 36: Cat, Olly & Rom-Coms
March 14, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! Very quickly, some housekeeping: first of all, thank you for your continued patience with our upload schedule. Due to Cat’s ever-looming final university deadline, we’re currently running on a fortnightly upload basis, and after our next episode (which will go out on March 28th), we’ll be taking a month-long break until May. As much as we love doing this podcast, some things just have to take priority, and we’re hoping you’ll understand that. B...
Episode 35: Cat, Olly & A Catch Up
February 28, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat and Olly! After a fallow week to allow our metaphorical grass to grow back (and owing to Olly being an incubus of viral plague), we’re back by moderate demand! Join us this week for a bumper catch-up, including an extensive rundown of our news from the weeks, an exclusive debrief of Cat’s time at fashion week, a thorough discussion of the many books we’ve read during our absence and, because of Cat, all things Lost. It’s wonderful to be back. Please s...
Episode 34: Cat, Olly & Diary of a Drag Queen
February 14, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutes - 66.6 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to episode SIXTEEN of our Reading is Fundamental book club! This week, we're talking (well, raving) about Crystal Rasmussen's hilarious, intelligent and outright filthy memoir, Diary of a Drag Queen. I'm sure it'll come as a surprise to a grand total of no one that we absolutely LOVED this book so just sit back, make yourself a marmite-y crumpet and enjoy us talking about just how much we loved it. Listen to the Looks and Books 00s Throwba...
Episode 33: Cat, Olly & Drag
February 07, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! This week, we're drawing inspiration from two of our favourite podcasts - Alright Mary and Race Chaser - by talking about all things DRAG. ...Well, I suppose it's more like Drag RACE, but at least we're self-aware when it comes to acknowledging our myopic view of the world, and that makes it all okay, right? Join us this week as we discuss why we love drag so much, reveal our ultimate RPDR top toots & bottom boots and debate the logistics of E...
Episode 32: Cat, Olly & The Hobbit
January 31, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to episode FIFTEEN of our Reading is Fundamental book club! This week, in honour of Cat's birthday, we're discussing the book that started one of her all-time favourite series, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Join us this week as we share our thoughts on the recently announced RPDR S11 cast, add some certified bops to our ever-growing 00s throwback playlist and educate Olly in all things Tolkien. Listen to the Looks and Books 00s Throwback Pl...
Episode 31: Cat, Olly & Cat's Birthday
January 24, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! This week, in case the title hasn't given it away entirely, it's Cat's birthday (YAY!) and we're celebrating the only way we know how: by looking back on birthday's past. Join us this week as we reminisce on our fondest memories surrounding Cat's birthday as well as welcome a very special phone-in guest AND receive the thrilling conclusion to Olly's ASOS order debacle. It's an episode you won't want to miss. Listen to the Looks and Books 00s T...
Episode 30: Cat, Olly & Jamie
January 17, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! We are absolutely THRILLED to say that this week, we're finally joined by an extra special guest: our dear friend and all round icon, THE Jamie Windust! Tune in to listen to the three of us have a good ol' catch up, talk to Jamie about the looks and books that made them who they are today and, in true Looks and Books style, giggle over sitcom references and periodic tummy rumbles. Find Jamie at: Twitter: @fabjamiefab Instagram: leopardprintele...
Episode 29: Cat, Olly & Milkman
January 10, 2019 00:00 - 47 minutes - 53.4 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to episode fourteen of our 'Reading is Fundamental' book club! This week, we're discussing the 2018 Man Booker Prize winning novel Milkman, by Northern Irish writer Anna Burns. Join us as we unpick Burns' Joycean stream of consciousness prose, share how we spent New Years and, perhaps most importantly, get an update regarding Olly's ASOS order debacle. Listen to the Looks and Books 00s Throwback Playlist here: Spotify: spoti.fi/2RHVu8E Ap...
Episode 28: Cat, Olly & the Best of 2018
January 03, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to our first episode of 2019! This week, we're going all retrospective and talking about our highlights of 2018; from seeing Britney at Pride to Cat representing Dilara Findikoglu at the anti-Trump march and Olly getting his first job in publishing, there's a lot to celebrate. We hope you all had a wonderful New Year and we can't wait for everything that 2019 holds for us (except for the continued existence of Piers Morgan). NB: our next '...
Episode 27: Cat, Olly & Christmas Days
December 20, 2018 00:00 - 54 minutes - 59.7 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to episode thirteen of our 'Reading is Fundamental' book club! This week, we're continuing to get into the festive spirit by talking about Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson, as well as All Stars 4 and the Strictly Final. This is also our last episode of the year, so we wish you all a fabulous Christmas, a wonderful New Year and we can't wait to see what 2019 holds for all of us! (Apart from Brexit) NB: our next 'Reading is Fundamental' ...
Episode 26: Cat, Olly & Yuletide Felicitations
December 13, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! This week, we're getting festive the house down BOOTS by discussing the ins and outs of all things Christmas and everything that gives us that warm, advent-y fuzzy feeling. Join us as we discuss our favourite Christmas films, TV specials and songs, and for an exclusive behind the scenes run-down of how we both spend The Big Day itself. This episode is also full of lots of niche British sitcom references, just in case you were looking for more i...
Episode 25: Cat, Olly & Never Let Me Go
December 06, 2018 00:00 - 58 minutes - 63.6 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books, and to episode twelve of our 'Reading is Fundamental' book club! This week, we're discussing a modern classic of dystopian fiction: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Look, we'll address the elephant in the room - the link between this and last week's St Trinian's episode is tenuous to say the least. But as Cat points out, they're both about fictional, unconventional British boarding schools, so make of that what you will. NB: our next 'Reading is Fundamental...
Episode 24: Cat, Olly & St Trinian's
November 29, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! This is an episode that we've been DESPERATE to do for months now, and we can't tell you how happy we are that it's finally come to fruition. This is potentially the most we've laughed during an episode, and it's definitely the most that Olly's laughed out loud whilst editing. Fair warning: it's mainly us saying our favourite quotes/moments from the film, Olly saying 'oh god' and both of us affirming just how much we love this film. Because we ...
Episode 23: Cat, Olly & Life Honestly
November 15, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to episode eleven of our ‘Reading is Fundamental’ book club! This week, we’re discussing Life Honestly: Strong Opinions from Smart Women, which is an anthology of articles and essays curated by the women’s online publication and collective The Pool. With pieces from Sali Hughes, Juno Dawson and Daisy Buchanan to name a few, join us as we tackle an almost impossibly wide array of topics, from gender politics and work to friendship and appear...
Episode 22: Cat, Olly & Strong Opinions
November 08, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 75.3 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! We are both filled to the turtleneck with strong opinions on just about everything - clothes, books, veganism - and this week, we're sharing some of these with you. We would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge that some feelings might get hurt during the course of this episode, particularly if you wear slides and puffer jackets. If that happens, we would like to refer you to the 5 Gs: Good God, Get a Grip, Girl. NB: our next 'Rea...
Episode 21: Cat, Olly & The Witches
November 01, 2018 05:00 - 52 minutes - 55.3 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to episode TEN of our 'Reading is Fundamental' book club! This week, we read and discussed a spooky children's classic - The Witches by Roald Dahl - and, spoiler alert, we FINALLY both enjoyed a book club book for the first time since Lush back in September! Here's hoping that from here on out, D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better. NB: our next 'Reading is Fundamental' Book Club read is Life Honestly: Strong Opinions from Smart Women by The...
Episode 20: Cat, Olly & Halloween
October 25, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! Despite the fact that there's still six days to go until The Big Day, things have already taken a spooky turn in the Looks and Books offi- God, I can't even finish that sentence. I sound like an out-of-touch publicist trying to write hackneyed copy for Halloween-loving millennials. ANYWAY, join us this week as we discuss - you guessed it - all things ooky, cooky, and downright SPOOKY, including iconic looks of Halloweens past, childhood tradi...
Episode 19: Cat, Olly & Frankenstein
October 18, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to episode NINE of our 'Reading is Fundamental' book club! This week, we're cranking up the general levels of spookiness by discussing Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - a Halloween and Gothic classic that neither of us had previously read. ...And now, at least one of us has. Speak up for trans rights and fill in the Gender Recognition Act public consultation form here before 11pm on October 19th: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/our-work/campaigns...
Episode 18: Cat, Olly & College
October 11, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! In a similar vein to our school-themed episode, this week, we're going on a stroll down memory lane as we reminisce on our fairly distant but vividly memorable college/sixth form days. These memories are marginally less embarrassing than our school ones, but nevertheless, some questionable choices were made, and you bet we're dissecting the hell out of them. NB: our next 'Reading is Fundamental' Book Club read is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, ...
Episode 17: Cat, Olly & The Fashion in Shrouds
October 04, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to episode eight of our 'Reading is Fundamental' Book Club! When we planned out our content schedule, we knew that we wanted to dedicate an episode to LFW, therefore we knew that we needed a fashion-related book club pick. When we came across a murder mystery set against a 1930s haute couture backdrop, we thought, what could possibly go wrong? As it turns out, many, many things. Tune in this week to hear us catch up on the last two weeks o...
Episode 16: Cat, Olly & London Fashion Week
September 27, 2018 00:00 - 54 minutes - 52.3 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! This week, we're all getting debriefed on Cat's escapades at London Fashion Week, and oh BOY, is there a lot to discuss. Tune in as we discuss how Cat started going to LFW, the shows she saw this season, and the absolute LOOKS that she served. ...Oh, and THAT photo of Cat and Jamie. You know the one. Check out the fabulous Amy West (amywestatelier on Instagram) and her wonderful new online store here: https://www.the-art-heist.com/ NB: our ne...
Episode 15: Cat, Olly & Lush
September 20, 2018 00:00 - 59 minutes - 59.1 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to episode seven of our 'Reading is Fundamental' Book Club! Following on from last week's episode that covered our drunken anecdotes, this week, we're discussing someone else's - more specifically, Gabrielle Fernie's, and the stories she shares in her book Lush. Join us this week for a few self-inflicted stomach rumbles from Cat, some trademark bunged-up vocals from Olly, and a lot of gin-soaked musings on Gabrielle's hysterical book. Than...
Episode 14: Cat, Olly & Drinkies
September 13, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! This week, we're talking about all things drinking and alcohol-adjacent... and by all things, we mean gin, red wine, and embarrassing drunk stories. That, and Strictly Come Dancing, because our content is nothing if not diverse and unpredictable. Thank you SO much to Wordery for supporting this episode by providing us with our copies of Lush by Gabrielle Fernie, which is our 'Reading is Fundamental' Book Club read for next week! Buy your copy ...
Episode 13: Cat, Olly & The One with the Two Books
September 06, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 78.1 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books, and to episode six of our 'Reading is Fundamental' book club! After last week's hiatus - apologies once again for that - we're back to carry on our Friends fortnight (...that's now stretched over three weeks). Join us this week as we have a mammoth catch up with one another and discuss Joey and Rachel's favourite books, The Shining by Stephen King and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Thank you SO much to Wordery for supporting this episode by providing us w...
Episode 12: Cat, Olly & Friends
August 23, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 79.6 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! So no one told you life was gonna be this way... *CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP* *CLAP* It's episode 12 and this week, we're discussing all things Friends! (Also known as Cat's future specialist subject on Celebrity Mastermind (is 'celebrity' a bit too presumptuous?))Now, it is a well known fact that Friends is Cat's favourite TV show, so tune in this week if not only for the sheer joy of Cat talking about it with endless adoration, but also for Olly at...
Episode 11: Cat, Olly & Everything I Know About Love
August 16, 2018 00:00 - 53 minutes - 54.8 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to episode five of our ‘Reading is Fundamental’ book club! We’re not exaggerating, but we think Olly’s read more books as a result of this podcast than he did during his first year at university. Where he studied English. Just a little bit sad. This week, the book we read and discussed was EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE by Dolly Alderton! We both absolutely adored this book and have nothing but sycophantically positive things to say about it...
Episode 10: Cat, Olly & Dating
August 09, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 65 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and our first foray into the world of double digits! Bloody hell – ten episodes of us talking absolute nonsense. I mean, you’re all welcome. In case it isn’t obvious enough, we recorded this episode the morning after we saw Britney Spears at Brighton Pride. That’s right, THE Britney (you may have heard of her?) Join us for episode ten as we discuss all things Britney, the human battery farming that occurred as we tried to get a train home, and...
Episode 9: Cat, Olly & Faces in the Water
August 02, 2018 00:00 - 51 minutes - 55.3 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to episode four of our READING IS FUNDAMENTAL bookclub! Next week, our episode count is going to be in double digits... *Jonathan Van Ness voice* can you believe? Join us this week as we conclude the fortnight of indulging Olly's vanity by discussing one of his favourite books of all time: Faces in the Water by Janet Frame. Fair warning - Olly talks a lot in this one. We literally dare you to count how many words Cat says in the entire epi...
Episode 8: Cat, Olly & Olly's Birthday
July 26, 2018 00:00 - 58 minutes - 60.7 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! Today, the 26th of July, is Olly's birthday - YAY! Join us for another decidedly self-indulgent episode as we cast our minds back on all of the birthdays that Olly has celebrated with Cat, and some of the questionable outfits that the two of us thought were a good idea. How naive we were. DON'T FORGET that the book we'll be discussing in next week's 'Reading Is Fundamental' bookclub is Faces in the Water by Janet Frame! It's one of Olly's favo...
Episode 7: Cat, Olly & The Devil Wears Prada
July 19, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to the third episode of our READING IS FUNDAMENTAL bookclub! Following on from last week's discussion of all things The Devil Wears Prada: film edition, this week - you guessed it - we're talking about the novel The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger! It's another long one (the only time you'll ever hear us say that regrettably), so sit back, microwave some tea and listen to Cat, Olly & their favourite film part 2: electric boogaloo. ...
Episode 6: Cat, Olly & Miranda Priestly
July 12, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! Gird your loins everyone because today's episode is a doozy: that's right, we're discussing all things The Devil Wears Prada! ...The film, not the book. Yet. We'll get to that. Join us for a very special episode of Looks and The Book (you know, the one that should be left on the table wth the flowers) as we sit down and watch one of our favourite films of all time... with only a few technical difficulties and pedantic criticisms along the way. ...
Episode 5: Cat, Olly & Less
July 05, 2018 00:00 - 53 minutes - 51.4 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to the second episode of our READING IS FUNDAMENTAL bookclub! In keeping with last week's theme of Pride, this episode sees us discuss Less by Andrew Sean Greer. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2018, Less tells the story of Arthur Less, a mediocre novelist of four and nine years who embarks on series of travels to get out of attending his ex-lover's wedding. This book reaches levels of petty that we can only aspire to and we LOVED ...
Episode 4: Cat, Olly & Pride
June 28, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! So it's another day in the workroom and today, in honour of it being Pride month, we're discussing all things - you guessed it - Pride! Join us for episode 4 as we delve into everything we love about Pride, some of the aspects we're not so keen on and a three letter phrase that Cat never wants to hear Olly say ever again. We hope you enjoy! DON'T FORGET that the book we'll be discussing in next week's 'Reading Is Fundamental' bookclub is Less ...
Episode 3: Cat, Olly & Animal Farm
June 21, 2018 00:00 - 49 minutes - 47.7 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly, and to the first episode of our READING IS FUNDAMENTAL Book Club! Carrying on last week's theme of school, this episode sees us discuss George Orwell's Animal Farm. Many of our peers seem to have studied this text at school, and as it somehow managed to evade us during our time in educational captivity, we thought we'd finally tackle it by its communist trotters. We hope you enjoy, but please don't invoice us for any therapy bills if this episo...
Episode 2: Cat, Olly & School
June 14, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBWelcome back to Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! It's been a busy week for both of us; what with Graduate Fashion Week, Olly FINALLY being offered a job and the launch of the podcast, it's a miracle we didn't spend the whole episode just gushing about that. Join us for episode 2 as we discuss all things school, including regrettable style choices, iconic adolescent photos and more books that Olly just about got away with pretending he'd read. We hope you enjoy! DON'T FORGET that the book we'...
Episode 1: Cat, Olly & the Pilot
June 07, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBWelcome to the first episode of Looks and Books with Cat & Olly! Join us in our inaugural foray into the exciting (and slightly unknown) world of podcasting, where we discuss fashion, literature and a wide array of topics that fall in between. In our pilot episode, listen as Olly battles with the technical trial of turning a microphone on, Cat divulges some of her infinite fashion wisdom and the two share some shocking look & book confessions. We hope you enjoy! Find us on Twitter: @looksand...