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Off Air with Jane & Fi

He's not our big daddy (with Joanna Cannon)

Off Air with Jane & Fi

The Times

News, Relationships, Community, Society & Culture, The Times, Chat, Entertainment News, Entertainment, Conversation, Jane Garvey, Fi Glover, Women, Times Radio

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to our audio bath of Cream-Cake Garvey and Quilt-Making Glover discussing why Jane was left in charge of driving a mini bus of colleagues, willing for a shilling schemes and fish-cake defrosting etiquette.


Plus, they speak to psychiatrist turned author, Joanna Cannon, about her latest novel, 'An Unlikely Visitor'.


You can buy tickets for Fringe by the Sea: https://www.fringebythesea.com/off-air-with-jane-fi-and-special-guest-jan-ravens/


Our next book club pick will be a collection of short stories! 'Interpreter of Maladies' is by Jhumpa Lahiri. 


You can check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@OffAirWithJaneAndFOur new playlist 'Coiled Spring' is up and running: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tmoCpbp42ae7R1UY8ofza


Our most asked about book is called 'The Later Years' by Peter Thornton.


If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio


Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi


Producer: Hannah Quinn

Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Wednesday's edition of Offair with Jane and Fee.

0:12.5

Now before we get going, I just want to just make a brief announcement about Peter B.

0:16.6

She writes about healthy living for the time.

0:18.8

She certainly does.

0:19.7

Yeah.

0:20.7

So it's normally, you know, a couple of spoonfuls of yoghurt and some seeds.

0:25.1

Highly recommended by Peter, who's a very, very healthy woman, extremely fit.

0:29.1

She's got a list of things we should be eating over the summer.

0:31.6

So I'll just outline, just say, so people can just fill their boots with the following.

0:36.9

Radishes.

0:54.3

Not really. Okay, I'll speed up. Watermelon. Yes. Yeah, but it's something and nothing. Grapes. Yes. Red leaves. Red leaves? What? Red leaves? Red leaves. What, like, Rede. Keogne? I think that's it, but I can't pronounce it.

1:12.2

Yeah, okay, yeah. Berries, no, not keen. Dark tomatoes. Oh, yes, no, I love those. I don't think they taste any better than I'd prefer the taste of red tomatoes, but they look highly pretentious on the plate. Watercress. Yeah. And rhubarb. Okay. Well, I think those are all reasonable.

1:14.4

And I've added to the bottom of the list of bagels.

1:29.7

Bagels. Bagels, okay. So are you going to go and buy all of these? Because it would be helpful for your new... Health regime. Lower my blood pressure diet. I haven't heard back from the GP yet. So I'm obviously... So you must be be okay. Well, I don't know. I did ring and they were very apologetic. He said,

1:43.6

oh yeah, a couple of the pharmacists have been off. So, you know, obviously you're right, though. Clearly, I'm taking this as a possibly not a priority case. Okay, but you will phone back and definitely get the results. Yeah, and I will try and have a radish at some point in the near future. They are meant to be astonishingly good for you, aren't they, radishes?

1:46.9

All of those things that are bitter. Definitely get the results. Yeah, and I will try and have a radish at some point in the near future. They are meant to be astonishingly good for you, aren't they, radishes?

1:46.9

So all of those things that are bitter are very, very good for your gut.

1:50.8

Yeah, I did go to a drinks party hosted by a couple of Croatian academics many years ago,

1:55.9

and the Amuse Bouch provided, that's not Croatian, as listeners will know, was radishes on a plate.

2:03.6

Lovely.

2:04.8

It's a bit taken about, but that's the Croats for you.

2:08.0

Very hospitable, sometimes somewhat irascible.

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