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A Good Read: Frank Turner and Ellie Gibson

Books and Authors

BBC

Society & Culture, Books

4.2824 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Books about tidying, music and addiction, and a desire to write are this week's choices.

Transcript

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0:00.0

On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.

0:07.0

It was an extraordinary news story.

0:09.0

The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,

0:14.0

mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.

0:18.0

One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for Leukin.

0:22.1

It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime.

0:26.0

I'm Alex von Tundselman.

0:27.4

This is The Lucan Obsession.

0:29.2

Listen on BBC Sounds.

0:32.7

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:36.9

Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert. Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts, where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them. We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here.

0:52.3

Hello, today the book that made tidying sexy.

0:55.9

And the death toll among rock musicians, what's that about?

0:59.4

With me to discuss all that and more are singer-songwriter Frank Turner,

1:03.2

whose nine studio albums as a solo artist include England Keep My Bones,

1:07.7

and this year's number one hit F-T-H-C.

1:11.1

Frank's just completed the 50 States in 50 Days tour of the US,

1:15.1

and he's about to begin a tour of Europe.

1:18.1

With him is Ellie Gibson, one half of the comedy duo Scummy Mummies,

1:22.2

whose podcast has been running for nearly a decade,

1:24.8

and who also begin a tour this month.

1:27.6

Wearing another hat, Ellie's an award-winning video games journalist and broadcaster,

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