Ep. 30 - Lynne Truss

My Time Capsule

Cast Off Productions

Comedy, Lee Mack, Interview, Comedy Interviews, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Rob Brydon, Caroline Quentin, Mike Fenton Stevens, David Mitchell, Michael Fenton Stevens, Arabella Weir, Stephen Fry, Ross Noble

4.8 • 817 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Lynne Truss is an English author best known for her best selling book Eats, Shoots & Leaves which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide. She has written for The Times, The New York Times, The Independent on Sunday, The Sunday Telegraph and The Listener. She’s also written many other books, and a large number of radio plays and dramas for BBC Radio 4. She is guest number 30 on My Time Capsule and she chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .

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Artwork by Matthew Boxall .

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0:00.0	Picture this. Static cars, idling engines, angry horns.
0:08.6	Now, picture you, zooming past it all.
0:13.8	Light and breezy.
0:16.2	Ah, the sweet feeling of whizzing past traffic.
0:20.8	Book your train journey via avantiwestcoastcoast.com.com.
0:25.1	Avanti West Coast, feel good travel.
0:32.1	This episode of My Time Capsule is brought to you by the Woodland Trust.
0:36.1	Merry Christmas, John.
0:37.1	A bit early, isn't it, Dad? No, I've already got my gifts sorted thanks by the Woodland Trust. Merry Christmas, John. A bit early, isn't it, Dad?
0:38.2	No, I've already got my gifts sorted thanks to the Woodland Trust.
0:41.4	Really? What did you get?
0:42.7	Well, I don't want to spoil the surprise.
0:44.6	Oh, okay, then.
0:45.3	But I will. I dedicated a tree in your name.
0:47.6	Wow.
0:48.0	In fact, our whole area of woodland for all the family. And we can visit whenever we like as the Woodland Trust Woods are open 365 days a year
0:55.4	with no admission fee. That's good. The Woodland Trust is the UK's largest woodland conservation
1:00.5	charity. Yeah, I know. And by dedicating a tree or an area of woodland, you directly support
1:05.8	their work, protecting and planting trees and woods across the UK. Plus, they send you a special dedication pack,
1:12.1	which contains a personalised certificate, an information leaflet, and a map of the wood where you've
1:16.7	dedicated. It's unbelievably generous of you, Dad. Yeah, well, you know me. Yes, that's why I find it
1:22.0	unbelievable. Yeah, well, to be honest, it's not that expensive. They suggest a donation of just
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