Carry On Off Air Wild Camping (with Laura Bates)

Off Air... with Jane and Fi

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News, Unknown, Times Radio, Jane Garvey, Entertainment News, Fi Glover, News Commentary, Conversation, The Times

4.7 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

The AstroTurf trailblazers bring big news from their back gardens — steady yourself against something firm. They also cover kindness, costume parties, and wild camping.

Plus, feminist activist and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, Laura Bates, joins to talk about her latest book, 'The New Age of Sexism: How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny'.

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0:00.0	I, as ever, overrate my sense of direction.
0:03.0	I just went shambling off in completely the wrong direction.
0:06.8	At one point, at about half a six, I found myself outside the embassy of the Ivory Coast.
0:12.1	And I just thought, I just do it. Where is the King's Road?
0:16.0	This episode of Offair is brought to you by Thomas Fudge's Biscuits.
0:20.2	We've got a bit of a reputation, haven't we, Jane.
0:22.5	Our desk here at Times Towers is pretty famous
0:24.9	for having the most delicious sweet treats in the office.
0:28.7	Yep, guilty as charged, but we're not into any old treats.
0:32.1	No, sir. Only the most elevated biscuit makes the grade.
0:35.4	Because we're so classy.
0:36.8	May we introduce you to Thomas Fudgeers,
0:39.3	born from the expert British craftsmanship
0:41.5	of inventive Dorset bakers in 1916.
0:44.9	Thomas Fudgeers, Florentines
0:46.3	are an indulgent blend
0:47.8	of moorish caramel, exquisite almonds
0:50.4	and luscious fruits draped in silky smooth Belgian chocolate.
0:55.1	Oh, you've said a few key words there, Fee, exquisite, moorish, exactly the way my colleagues
1:00.8	would describe me, I'm sure. Did you say sophisticated?
1:03.4	I didn't, but I can. Just like the biscuits, you're very sophisticated, darling.
1:08.3	And like you, Thomas Fudge's believes that indulgence is an art form
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