On Why We Shouldn't Look For Relatability in Celebs & An Interview with Adam Kay about Dear NHS

The High Low

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The pubs have opened; but why is the beauty sector still in lockdown? Also today, we discuss the slew of videos of children interrupting their parents during a pandemic, a new book about love and loneliness in 1950s suburbia, and a deep-dive into Nora Ephron. And Dolly interviews the brilliant former doctor, comic and writer, Adam Kay, about a new book he has edited, Dear NHS: 100 Stories To Say Thank You.

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Links

Small Pleasures, by Clare Chambers, out now

The Old Man, by Roger Angel https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/02/17/old-man-3

Everything Is Copy, on NOW TV via Sky Documentaries

Dear NHS: A Collection of 100 Stories To Say Thank You, edited by Adam Kay - out 9th July

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Highlo, the weekly conversation between Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes.
0:21.0	We have a very exciting guest today, who's brilliant interview with Dolly is coming up
0:25.7	later in the episode.
0:27.5	Yes, I spoke to Adam Kay about his new book, Dear NHS, which is a celebratory collection
0:34.4	of essays from writers and public figures in which they share their experiences of the NHS.
0:42.0	Before we get to that, tell me what's been getting you through the week Dolly, and I hope
0:47.5	to be furiously coloring in my mindful coloring book when I ask you that question, but
0:54.6	Dolly, do you have a bit of a dictatorial
0:54.6	that you've got to be a bit dictatorial, do you have to be a bit more chill?
1:01.6	Dolly, that's very do this, don't do that, closer to the mic, less close to the mic, no coloring
1:08.6	in, put away your pencils.
1:11.6	What's going on?
1:13.6	It's just silent.
1:14.6	CJ's lost his voice, how interesting.
1:19.6	Tell me what's been getting you through the week.
1:26.6	I saw a clip of the GC that someone forwarded to me that I want to share with you because
1:34.1	I just can't stop watching it.
1:35.5	It's her in her shop doing orders on the phone at the call face.
1:39.6	I've actually processed your order today.
1:42.6	Well, what I'm going to do, now you've told me you've got kidney failure and you're on dialysis,
1:47.6	I'm going to send you a free bag in the post with your order today to cheat you up.
1:53.6	You want rid of a car key?
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