Nancy's poo was 'ere (with Thangam Debbonaire)
Off Air with Jane & Fi
The Times
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Jane’s off for the day, so Fi’s being propped up by Eve… They discuss memorial benches, a new career path for Brett from Suede, relationships with celebrities, and what goes on in the Isles of Scilly.
Plus, Thangam Debbonaire shares the shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Non-fiction.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm very interested in the criteria for young youth's holidays. |
| 0:13.0 | I think they may be different to mine. |
| 0:16.5 | You want to go somewhere hot and reasonably priced. |
| 0:21.2 | Yes. |
| 0:21.8 | Fun. |
| 0:22.9 | Correct. |
| 0:23.5 | Beachy. |
| 0:24.3 | Beachy. |
| 0:25.1 | Yep. |
| 0:25.4 | And I think probably that you can do superheat still, can't you? |
| 0:30.6 | Yes. |
| 0:31.2 | I seek out the superheat. |
| 0:33.6 | So can you go as high as 40 without having to be indoors or just in the shade weeping? |
| 0:41.1 | Maybe 37. |
| 0:42.8 | 37, quite specific. |
| 0:45.3 | I feel like that is probably the amount I've been able to manage. |
| 0:49.0 | But when it's August, it's not just the heat, it's the crowds as well. |
| 0:53.0 | So it all does get a lot, doesn't it? Isn't it dreadful when you go on holiday and other people have gone on holiday too? The worst. Just the worst, Steve. I'm with you, sister. Absolutely with you. Have you thought about your some holiday, yeah? Yes, in fact, only this morning because I've got two weeks off in August as well I don't usually take two |
| 1:11.5 | weeks off well two weeks and one day and one day as I get continually reminded by the team you're |
| 1:17.5 | absolutely right stretching into the bank holiday and I did find myself I was doing a little internet |
| 1:23.8 | search for self-catering facilities on the North Kent Coast. So there's a difference |
| 1:28.2 | between us, Eve, and that difference will we make. It may not reach the heady heights of 37 degrees. |
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