168. French Navel Gazing with William Boyd

Fortunately... with Fi and Jane

BBC

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week on Fortunately, novelist William Boyd joins Fi and Jane. The author of Any Human Heart and A Good Man in Africa chats to Garvey and Glover about his new book Trio, his adventures across the channel, what draws us to glum books and being a teenager. Prior to William's arrival there are comfort food surprises and a glimpse into Fi's nighttime routine. Get in touch: [email protected]

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Sure, well, I sleep with earplugs,
0:07.8	and I've slept with earplugs since about 1995
0:11.8	when I had a flat on a main road
0:14.6	about where the trucks change gear from second to third.
0:18.4	It was literally on the gear change.
0:20.0	It was so bloody noisy.
0:22.3	Wow. I started wearing earplugs
0:24.1	and they've now become a thing
0:25.9	so I can't go to sleep without them.
0:27.9	But it does mean that I sleep through absolutely everything.
0:32.7	And is that foam or wax?
0:34.7	I take it in turns because I find that if you wax up for too long,
0:39.6	then I don't think that's a very good video here, essentially.
0:43.0	So I know I do.
0:44.2	A couple of months on foam.
0:46.3	Do you think any of us still miss this thing?
0:49.3	I don't know, I do.
0:50.7	There'll be some audiologists,
0:52.0	audiologists will be fascinated by this.
0:55.6	And I bet there's a view on whether or not you should wear
1:00.2	earplugs at night.
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