John Niven (Part One)
The Moon Under Water
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4.8 • 675 Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Who doesn't love Scotland? The people are friendly, the pubs are glistening, and the pints are always flowing. It's arguably the ultimate location for pub lovers around the globe, with a higher QPPSM (quality pubs per square mile) than anywhere else. This week's guest hails from the northern side of Hadrian's Wall, and is arguably THE best person to spend an evening at the pub with. It's author and screenwriter John Niven!
John's debut novel 'Kill Your Friends' became an instant classic, and includes plenty of references to the pubs of London. His latest book, 'O Brother', has been put straight into the library at The Moon Under Water, and we cannot recommend it enough. John is also a HUGE pub lover, and we cannot wait to hear what his dream alehouse will look like.
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| 0:00.0 | The fog smothers the land, |
| 0:10.0 | blurring the vista, all detail gone. |
| 0:14.0 | A muted glow faintly pierces through. |
| 0:19.0 | The moon underwater. |
| 0:28.8 | I'm Robbie Knox and I'm the landlord of the moon underwater, |
| 0:32.1 | a mystical place where guests create their dream pub. |
| 1:11.0 | Thank you. guests create their dream pop. Oh, hello. Dan. Yeah. Oh, yeah. The usual? Yes, please. Lager. Yes. Yeah. Oh, thanks. Yes. That would be lovely. Yeah. I mean, oh, good landlord. |
| 1:12.5 | I wouldn't forget that. |
| 1:13.8 | What would be up to this week, Dan? |
| 1:14.8 | Anything of excitement? |
| 1:17.2 | No, not really. |
| 1:18.6 | I've just been, you know, wandering around the correct realm. |
| 1:22.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:23.3 | Drinking in here. |
| 1:24.5 | Very good. |
| 1:25.1 | Very good. |
| 1:25.6 | Yeah, it's been nice. Do you know what? I was talking with a few of the regulars in the pub the other day. |
| 1:30.0 | And they would tell me something I didn't know about you, |
| 1:31.4 | that you're an expert in aerodynamics. |
| 1:34.0 | Yeah, that's right, yeah. |
| 1:35.0 | Apparently you gave an excellent explanation of the science behind how an aeroplane flies, |
| 1:38.8 | something I've never really understood. |
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