Which famous children's book was inspired by a whole punch?

The answer to that, at the end of the show.

My name's Tom Scott, and this is Lateral.

On today's show, we have three guests who are as determined as the Billy Goats' Gruff.

I would say they're also here to outsmart a troll,

but that would be somewhat harsh on our question editor. First of all, from the YouTube channel Aschens, we have Stuart Ashen. How are you doing, Stuart? I'm all right. Thank you. How are you doing, Tom? I'm doing okay. Welcome back to the show. After a bit of a break. How did you feel about being on last time? It was very good fun, and I hope this time to look at least 20% less stupid.

You came... break. How did you feel about being on last time? It was very good fun, and I hope this time to look at least 20% less stupid.

You came across just fine. What are you working on at the minute?

Because obviously, I have known you since the long, long days of the sofa and the tat reviews,

but there have been movies since then. What's the big project?

Well, the sofa's always ongoing, but the big thing at the moment is we're making our first

horror film. So, yeah, watch this space. It's called Turn Back. It's about our local

East Anglian Black Shook folklore legend. And we're telling the narrative in reverse,

because we like to make things very difficult for ourselves. You are going to enjoy this quiz.

Also joining us, welcome back to the show from Braincraft, Vanessa Hill.

Hi, Tom. Thanks for having me back. I'm touched.

Thank you for coming back. How are you doing? What are you up to these days?

I am doing some science research. That's keeping me busy, but I'm still making YouTube videos coming up on my 10-year channel anniversary next month.

How are you feeling about the milestone there?

As we record this, I've got one of those coming up as well.

Yeah, I mean, it's a lot to look back on.

It feels like I just started, but also like I moved countries

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