One Whoniverse. Fifteen Doctors (give or take). Two (though sometimes three) Whovians and a wealth of special guests from all corners of our favourite show! Join us as we explore the worlds of Doctor Who, past, present and future with cast, crew and fans from around the world! Previous show guests include… Chris Chibnall, Sophie Aldred, Colin Baker, Jo Martin, Andrew Cartmel, Stephen Gallagher, Rona Munro, Phil Ford, Miranda Raison, Ray Holman, Al Dewar, Lisa Greenwood, Craige Els, Sam Sprue ...
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Susan Twist | Doctor Who cast INTERVIEW!
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1:07:52Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! There's always a twist at the end and finally, here she is on our podcast - Susan Twist! From Season One (and Two) of Doctor Who, Susan Triad actress Susan Twist joins us for a brilliant, uplifting and fun chat which covers a lot of things including... her meeting RTD many years ago bein…
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Doctor Who: The Interstellar Song Contest - REVIEWED!
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54:28Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Welcome to the 200 and something InterCorner to Corner Corner contest! Hurrah! We're coming out of cryogenic storage to review this week's Juno Dawson-penned Doctor Who story - The Interstellar Song Contest! We discuss the clearly big budget blowout (yoo-hoo!) on this episode, Juno Dawso…
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Doctor Who: The Story and The Engine - REVIEWED!
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35:49Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! The Doctor takes the TARDIS to Lagos, visiting a treasured safe place in which he can relax, tell stories... and get a haircut. However, he soon discovers that his new home has been taken over by New Management, and something is hungry for power! Continuing the themes of stories within s…
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Doctor Who: The Well and Lucky Day - REVIEWED!
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1:15:23Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! We've got not one, but TWO episode reviews for you this week! First up is The Well - we were both too busy to get this recorded and out last weekend (but our livestream hopefully made up for it!) but here it is now! After that is this weeks episode, Lucky Day which sees the return of Rub…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! *This is the audio from our YouTube Livestream* For our first ever livestream, we're joined by our friend Al Dewar and a number of listeners as well! We talk about lots of things including... Season 2 of Doctor Who the Thirteenth Doctor Avatar (of course) Blakes 7 Action figures Summer m…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Welcome to the latest episode in the long line of Who Corner to Corner episodes, with your hosts, with the most, Ding Dong Paul and Rinky Dink Geoff and in this instalment of this podcast, the dynamic duo take a look at the spectacular episode entitled Lux from that science fiction show …
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Doctor Who The Robot Revolution: REVIEWED!
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28:49Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! A new season of Doctor Who means new episodes and new podcast reviews! We're back and kicking off an 8 week run of episodes with a look at the first episode of Ncuti Gatwa's second series as The Doctor - The Robot Revolution! One of us liked this episode and one did not...but who had wha…
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Doctor Who: The Daemons | Episode Commentary with Al Dewar | Part 2 - Episodes 3, 4 & 5
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1:22:58Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! We return to Devil's End with Al Dewar to continue watching and commentating on the classic third Doctor story, The Daemons... ... that was the plan, but once again we got slightly hijacked this week and whilst watching the episode, we also spoke about... mythical creatures and legends l…
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Douglas Stuart author of Booker Prize winning novel Shuggie Bain chooses his favourite book - Train Dreams by Denis Johnson - a short novel encapsulating the history of America in the early 20th century through the life of a lonely man in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.He's joined by Radio 1 and The Voice Wales presenter Sian Eleri whose choi…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! It's been a while since we sat together sipping Coke (water for me, I'm sensible - Paul) and talking Doctor Who, but now ex Doctor Who showrunner CHRIS CHIBNALL returns to Who Corner to Corner for a virtual chat and catch up! Chris has just released his debut crime thriller novel, Death …
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EVERYONE BRAVE IS FORGIVEN by Chris Cleave, chosen by Lucy SpeedTHE HUMAN FACTOR by Graham Greene, chosen by Harriett Gilbert253 by Geoff Ryman, chosen by Sarah Mills Former Eastenders and present-day Archers actor Lucy Speed and comedian Sarah Mills talk about books set in wartime London, a 1990s underground train, and Graham Greene's MI6. Lucy's …
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Looking Ahead to Season 2 of Doctor Who...
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38:46Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! As Ncuti Gatwa's second season of Doctor Who fast approaches, we take a look ahead to what's to come... As somewhat lukewarm fans of Season 1, our hopes, particularly Geoffs, are high for Season 2. But will it deliver? Or will it leave us disappointed? And what do you, our listeners thin…
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Actor Nina Sosanya and prize winning poet and writer Joelle Taylor talk favourite books with Harriett. Nina chooses Sally Jones and the False Rose by Jakob Wegelius, a children's novel with a mute gorilla engineer as its protagonist. The book appeals to Nina's love of engineering, and the city of Glasgow! Joelle nominates Booker Prize winning The S…
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Doctor Who: The Daemons | Episode Commentary with Al Dewar | Part 1 - Episodes 1 & 2
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1:06:43Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Celebrating the recent release of the Third Doctor Vortex figure, we’re joined by our friend Al Dewar to watch and commentate on The Daemons! Or at least…that was the plan! We do just that on Part 1 and then we start sharing real ghost stories and spook ourselves out and get into some fi…
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MOON TIGER by Penelope Lively, chosen by Sara CollinsNUMBER GO UP: INSIDE CRYPTO'S WILD RISE AND STAGGERING FALL by Zeke Faux, chosen by Oliver BurkemanLORD JIM AT HOME by Dinah Brooke, chosen by Harriett Gilbert "I'm writing a history of the world" - so begins the choice of novelist and broadcaster Sara Collins: Penelope Lively's Booker Prize-winn…
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Sophie Shad Interview: Fugitive Doctor Adventures Actress!
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56:48Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Fresh from her performance in the recently released Fugitive Doctor Adventures story, The Legend of Baba Yaga, actress Sophie Shad joins us for a chat! We talk to Sophie about... well, everything to do with her career so far, including... getting involved with Big Finish working with Jo …
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WHEN WE CEASE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD by Benjamin Labatut (translated by Adrian Nathan West), chosen by Ted Hodgkinson ENTER GHOST by Isabella Hammad, chosen by Inua EllamsGHOSTING: A DOUBLE LIFE by Jennie Erdal, chosen by Harriett Gilbert As Head of Literature and Spoken Word-programming at the Southbank Centre in London, writers and writing are a…
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The Haunting of Villa Diodati: The First Time with Al Dewar
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1:25:08Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! On a dark and stormy night, by the side of Lake Geneva, in a candlelit house that defies the senses, a group of young poets gather to scare each other witless with chilling tales of terror and horror. Gatecrashing their party, the 13th Doctor encounters ghosts and skeletons, the attentio…
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How to Stop Time by Matt Haig, chosen by Julia BradburyA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, chosen by Ramita NavaiAn Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim, chosen by presenter Harriett Gilbert TV presenter, author and walking enthusiast Julia Bradbury recommends a fiction book by Matt Haig, How to Stop Time, which brings to life the idea of living f…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Lost to the mists of time...carelessly junked by the BBC without any thought to the future of TV...the lost episodes of Doctor Who are the stuff of legend! As of 2025, less than 100 episodes are still lost but they turn up from time to time - discovered in sheds in obscure parts of the w…
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind, translated by John E. Woods, chosen by Iszi LawrenceTwo Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles, chosen by Joe DunthorneOh William! by Elizabeth Strout, chosen by presenter Harriett Gilbert Historical fiction author and broadcaster Iszi Lawrence adores the sensational novel Perfume, and has done since she …
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The Darkhill Mystery: Part Two - an original Thirteenth Doctor audio drama
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15:20Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Following the climactic chase at the end of Part One, which led to Pandora Darkhill being shot, will The Doctor be able to save Pandora? Will she discover who shot her? Will she work out who's been murdering the scientists and blaming her? And will The Doctor also uncover more about her …
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Books featured: True Grit by Charles PortisSorrow and Bliss by Meg MasonMoominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson Nicci Gerrard and Sean French write collectively as Nicci French. They not only write together, they're also a married couple and they love to read. Sean chooses True Grit by Charles Portis, better known for the film versions with John Wayne…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! It's here! At last! Jo Martin and her Fugitive Doctor arrive on audio, courtesy of Big Finish, with brand new stories exploring this mysterious character from the Chris Chibnall era of Doctor Who! We take a look at the three stories in this first boxset, called Most Wanted and discuss th…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Doctor Who returned in 2024 with a brand new Doctor and a returning, much requested showrunner at the helm! But... was it all it was cracked up to be? Was it all it was meant to be? And what now does the future hold for the show? Another cancellation and more wilderness years? A fan-requ…
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Orphan 55 - The First Time with Al Dewar | Doctor Who Episode Review | Thirteenth Doctor
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1:26:55Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Welcome to The First Time with Al Dewar on Who Corner to Corner podcast! This is a new feature for us in which we watch, or discuss, an episode that we, or a guest, haven't seen before! First up on The First Time is Al's first viewing of Orphan 55! (How many times can we say first here?!…
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Doctor Who: The Visitation Parts 3 & 4 | COMMENTARY
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51:51Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! We're back! With Part 2 of our commentary on the 5th Doctor's 1982 adventure in medieval land, The Visitation! As the Doctor and his three intrepid companions negotiate their way through a mesmerising tale of plague rats, alien lizards, brainwashed mummers, deadly androids and a thespian…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Why is the Doctor popping up at different places, different times, to offer bemused hotel guests, travellers and explorers a cheese toastie and a pumpkin latte? What is the mystery which lies behind 'that door' in your hotel room? What deadly danger dwells within the weirdly sentient bri…
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Doctor Who - Robot: Parts 3&4 | Commentary with Al Dewar
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1:07:33Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! The newly regenerated Doctor is in dire trouble, knocked unconscious by Kettlewell's crazy hair as the neo-fascists gain control of the deadly disintegrator gun! Meanwhile the increasingly unstable K1 Robot starts to form an attachment for the only human who showed it any empathy: Sarah …
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Doctor Who - Robot: Parts 1&2 | Commentary with Al Dewar
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1:14:15Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Regenerated into a brand new body full of teeth and curls, Paul & Geoff are joined once again by Al Dewar of Character Options, this time to commentate, opinionate and ruminate upon the legendary Tom Baker's very first Doctor Who story: ROBOT! In this podcast we look at Robot's first two…
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Doctor Who - The Visitation: Parts 1 and 2 | COMMENTARY
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52:05Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Tegan wants to return to Heathrow Airport so she can actually start her new job in cabin crew and the Doctor is happy to oblige. Sadly the TARDIS lands three centuries too early and there's no sign of a Starbucks or even a duty free shop. Just trees. However, as it turns out, all it not …
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Talking with Katie Haynes: Thirteenth Doctor Cosplayer and Voice Actor
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57:20Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Thirteenth Doctor cosplayer and voice actor Katie Haynes joins Geoff to talk about a whole lot of Thirteenth Doctor stuff! We chat about... the Chicago TARDIS convention the Team TARDIS novels the Runaway TARDIS childrens book voicing Thirteen in our audio dramas the More Of The Universe…
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Joy to the World Sonic Screwdriver REVIEW
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13:42Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! The Doctor returns at Christmas in Joy to the World and brings with him a brand new look Sonic Screwdriver! Thanks to Al Dewar at Character Options for sending us this new edition of Fifteens Sonic to take a look at and review! The rose gold chrome effect looks lovely and this is, we thi…
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A PRIMATE'S MEMOIR (Love, Death and Baboons) by Robert Sapolsky, chosen by Professor Ben GarrodSOLDIER SAILOR by Claire Kilroy, chosen by Harriett GilbertTHE ABUNDANCE by Annie Dillard, chosen by Lucy Jones Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod (Professor at the University of East Anglia) chooses a book which he's read and gifted countless times, a boo…
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The Darkhill Mystery: Part One - an original Thirteenth Doctor audio drama
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15:53Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! The Doctor did it! Hijacked in the time vortex and arrested for a crime she couldn’t have committed, the Doctor follows a trail of mystery to the planet Tabita where an old friend has been murdered and a fatal assassination is about to take place. It seems the Doctor has been here before…
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Sir Ian Blatchford and Charles Fernyhough
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27:52TOKYO EXPRESS by Seichō Matsumoto, translated by Jesse Kirkwood, chosen by Sir Ian BlatchfordTHE LETTERS OF ABELARD AND HELOISE, translated by Betty Radice, chosen by Charles FernyhoughSOLDIERS OF SALAMIS by Javier Cercas, translated by Anne McLean, chosen by Harriett Gilbert Director of the Science Museum group and president of the Royal Literary …
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Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol Part 2 | COMMENTARY
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57:43Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! "We apologise for the temporary break in joyfulness. As soon as the current disruption is dealt with, Happiness will resume!" The factory drones are on the march, Susan Q has doubts, Trevor Sigma is confused and Helen A struggles to hold onto her smile as the Doctor and Ace throw a rucks…
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A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini, chosen by Abi DareTHE FIRE NEXT TIME by James Baldwin, chosen by Harriett GilbertDEAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS by Julie Schumacher, chosen by Naomi Alderman The Power author Naomi Alderman, and Nigerian writer Abi Dare discuss favourite books. Naomi chooses Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher, a series o…
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Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol Part 1 | COMMENTARY
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31:49Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! If you're feeling sad this week then what better way to lift the blues than by listening in to your Happy Hosts, Paul L and Geoff C as they cast their swirly eyes over the sinister goings-on in the dark streets of Terra Alpha in the iconic 7th Doctor story, The Happiness Patrol. Is it a …
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EDUCATED by Tara Westover, chosen by Jenny KleemanTHE WREN, THE WREN by Anne Enright, chosen by Harriett GilbertGIVING UP THE GHOST by Hilary Mantel, chosen by Sam Knight Journalist and broadcaster Jenny Kleeman (of Radio 4's The Gift and author of The Price of Life) chooses Tara Westover's memoir Educated, which caused a sensation when it was firs…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria (not Vic) get involved in an exploration to unearth a lost tomb which houses legendary creatures...of course, once the tomb is opened, things do not go to plan... Following feedback from our recent Listener Survey, a number of people including our Explorers…
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Nihal has chosen Amma, the debut novel by Sri Lankan writer Saraid de Silva, which he compares to meeting someone on a train and having a long, intense conversation. Elif Shafak's choice, however, You're Embarrassing Yourself by Desiree Akhavan, he describes as more like a hilarious night in a pub. Harriett has gone for The Second Murderer by Denis…
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Jonathan Wilkins - Editor of the Titan Comics Doctor Who range!
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1:28:48Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! The Titan comics Doctor Who range has been running for a few years now, producing a whole host of excellent stories featuring long runs with the Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Doctors plus mini series with Three, Four, Seven and the Fugitive! The new Fifteenth Doctor series just…
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THE COUNTRY OF OTHERS by Leïla Slimani, chosen by Tatty MacleodTHE MAN WHO ATE EVERYTHING by Jeffrey Steingarten, chosen by Tim SpectorORBITAL by Samantha Harvey, chosen by Harriett Gilbert Comedian Tatty Macleod chooses a novel by French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, the first volume of a new trilogy telling the saga of a French-Moroccan family b…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Thanks for everyone who submitted questions for another round of Ask Us Anything - you gave us lots of great ones and lots to talk about! Questions covered include... What is our favourite piece of incidental music in the show? Which Classic Who companion should return to the show? What …
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REASONS TO STAY ALIVE by Matt Haig, chosen by Ali WoodsELENA KNOWS by Claudia Piñeiro, chosen by Fee MakTHE DETAILS by Ia Genberg, chosen by Harriett Gilbert Comedian Ali Woods chooses a memoir by Matt Haig based on his experiences of living with depression and anxiety disorder. Moving, funny and incredibly honest, Reasons to Stay Alive is a book w…
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Revelation of the Daleks Part 2 Episode Commentary with Al Dewar
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1:29:39Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! We're back with Al Dewar from Character Options to commentate our way through part 2 of Revelation of the Daleks! PLUS: we take a look at some very new action figures and find out more about the making of them - yes, it's the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday action figures! During our co…
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The Norwegian author of the hugely successful My Struggle books Karl Ove Knausgaard chooses The Names by Don de Lillo. It's set in Athens in the early 1980s with the main character being a risk analyst whose estranged wife is working there as an archeologist. It's a richly themed novel that feels very contemporary as well as prophetic. Amy Liptrot'…
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Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! As big fans of the Thirteenth Doctor, we'll check out all the new releases she features in! And chances are, if you're listening to this, you're a 13 fan too! And if so, you'll know that, besides our and other fan-made audios, there is only this single Thirteenth Doctor audio book! A cri…
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A new series begins at the Edinburgh International Book Festival with guests Irvine Welsh and Andrew O'Hagan. Irvine Welsh is best known as the author of Trainspotting. Andrew O'Hagan's Mayflies was recently made into a BBC TV series. The programme was recorded in front of an audience at the Dynamic Earth Centre. Irvine Welsh chooses a lesser known…
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