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All the Devils Are Here by David Seabrook

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Arts, Books, Leisure, Hobbies

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Rachel Cooke, Observer writer, New Statesman TV critic and author joins John, Andy & Mathew to discuss 'All the Devils Are Here', the astounding travelogue through Kent and the depths of human behaviour from David Seabrook. Plus, the drinking habits of Carry On stars, and what to read in Iceland. Timings: (may differ due to adverts) 3'36 - Dalva by Jim Harrison 8'46 - Life and Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair 17'55 - All the Devils Are Here by David Seabrook * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. * For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit www.backlisted.fm *If you'd like to support the show and join in with the book chat, listen without adverts, receive the show early and get extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a patron at www.patreon.com/backlisted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What should I eat? You should definitely eat puffing while you're there.

0:17.0

I've got a taxidermy puffin that I took delivery of about three weeks ago and it's the best thing ever.

0:23.7

I was a bit salty but apparently the delicious is all.

0:26.0

Don't ignore what Rachel just said.

0:28.0

Where did you source...

0:32.0

It said Waldian. I've got it from... Where did you source your

0:34.8

you source your poffet? I got it from a shop called Hunter and Rose which sells lots of

0:39.4

text to me which I'm obsessed with. But I'd always wanted a puffin, you know, because of the puffin books,

0:44.6

yeah, but they're so little. Were you all in the puffin club? Yes. Totally. Totally. I was. I've got all my

0:51.9

back issues in a plastic folder that, do you remember you got a plastic

0:54.8

folder?

0:55.8

Brilliant.

0:56.8

It was just the first time I attended happening at the ICA, which was something I was to do obviously often

1:02.1

in later life.

1:03.0

The first time was for the puffing,

1:05.0

it was called the puffing jamboree.

1:08.0

Oh wow.

1:09.0

I queued up for Bernard Cribbons' autograph at Coe.

1:12.0

Oh, yeah. I seem to remember, Anquent in Blake's.

1:14.0

His first and last appearance at the ICA.

1:17.0

Yeah.

1:18.0

We all dropped that. The first autter event I ever went to was Michael Bond

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