Ian Rankin - The Caledonian Antisyzygy (Part 2)

The Moon Under Water

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🗓️ 7 November 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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*This is part 2 of Ian Rankin's episode. Though you are free to listen in whichever order you so desire we really do recommend listening to part 1 first or things might be slightly confusing*

"Something is afoot at The Moon Under Water. Landlord John has returned to an absolute crime scene: Robin is nowhere to be seen, all the pint glasses have been chipped, the beer mats have been thrown across the floor, and worst of all... every single packet of pickled onion crisps has been stolen!"

Fear not listener, for that was all a piece of fiction; The Moon Under Water is totally fine. You're probably thinking "That's the worst piece of fiction I've ever read" and yes, you may be right. But thankfully someone is about to arrive in the Correct Realm who could teach us a thing or two about fiction. He's one of the most celebrated authors to ever grace these lands, and it's someone that we've wanted to visit The Moon Under Water for some time now. He's possibly the greatest Pubsman of all time, it's none other than Sir Ian Rankin!

Ian is the man behind Detective Inspector Rebus, and his books have gone on to be worldwide bestsellers for the last 30 years. And one thing that any fan of Rebus will know is that he gets to visit some incredible pubs, with almost all of them being inspired by pubs that Ian has frequented himself. As a resident of Edinburgh Ian is surrounded by some of the greatest pubs on Earth, and like Landlord John and Robin he sees them as sacred places. We are so excited for him to join us, and we can't wait to hear what his dream pub will be like.

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0:00.0	I'm
0:02.0	Oh Welcome back to the moon underwater.
0:28.3	I, John Robbins and the landlord of this hallowed tavern.
0:32.5	And with me as the regular, the lovely Robin Allender.
0:35.3	And we are delighted to be joined by novelist Ian Rankin,
0:39.2	or should I say Sir Ian Rankin?
0:41.8	Do you, how do you stand on your sir?
0:44.9	What an incredible achievement, if indeed you see it as an achievement?
0:50.2	Yeah, I guess so.
0:51.7	I mean, funnily enough, I just moved office today and the removals guys
0:57.8	phoned me up and said, Sir Ian, we're just outside and I went, whoa, wait a minute. I'm still
1:03.3	Ian from the block as far as you're concerned, guys. Yeah, I've not really used it yet. I've not
1:09.8	been to Buckingham Palace yet to get the sword on the shoulder job.
1:14.6	And in fact, they've given me a date and I can't make it, so it's looking like it won't happen until next year.
1:20.6	But yeah, it is. I mean, it's a crime writer.
1:22.6	I was trying to think of Scottish writers who have similarly been knighted, and I got back to
1:28.7	Arthur Conan Doyle, was one, and Sir Compton McKenzie, who did Whiskey Galore, was another one.
1:36.2	And that was about it. So as far as writers from working class Fyfer concerned, I think I'm number
1:41.9	one in a field of one. Did Sherlock Holmes play a big part
1:45.0	in your early reading, or is that something you've come to later? Is it sort of, is it, is it, is it,
1:50.3	naive to assume that all crime writers sort of begin with, with Sherlock Holmes? I mean, most do,
1:57.3	most crime writers become crime writers because they've been readers of crime fiction,
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