Quincy Jones; SATC Feuds; & Author Laura Freeman on how reading cured her anorexia
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🗓️ 14 February 2018
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
An explosive Quincy Jones interview via Vulture; an even more explosive Sex and The City row via Kim Cattrall (just try and get Dolly to shut up about it); and some fun Valentine’s Day facts for you: did you know that 5% more babies are conceived during Valentines week than any other time (Christmas comes second); and that 52% of people are choosing to stay at home for Valentine’s - or Galentines - this year? Also, old people are having more sex than ever and Dolly’s very happy about it.
Much has been happening in the world of celebrity, but we’ve also been reading some great new books (Pandora recommends Zadie Smith’s short story anthology, Feel Free; whilst Dolly’s pick for this week is Bad Romance, by Emily Hill) and The Reading Cure, by journalist Laura Freeman, who is also our guest today.
A lyrical book from a former anorexia sufferer, on how books restored her appetite, Laura compares a disordered mind to that of a disordered library: where the books have flown off the shelves, the pages are ripped and the windows are smashed. We discuss the increase in eating disorders - according to a report by The Guardian this week, they have doubled in women - and why Laura sees the term ‘eating disorder’ as an insufficient descriptor of this obsessive mental illness.
Links
Feel Free, by Zadie Smith https://www.amazon.co.uk/Feel-Free-Essays-Zadie-Smith/dp/0241146895/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1518639110&sr=8-1&keywords=zadie+smith+feel+free
The Reading Cure: How Books Restored My Appetite, by Laura Freeman https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reading-Cure-Books-Restored-Appetite/dp/1474604641
Bad Romance, by Emily Hill https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Romance-Emily-Hill/dp/1783524960/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1518639876&sr=1-1&keywords=bad+romance+emily+hill
Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain, by James Bloodworth https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hired-Months-Undercover-Low-Wage-Britain/dp/1786490145
In Conversation: Quincy Jones, by David Marchese for Vulture http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/quincy-jones-in-conversation.html
You don't have to be a CEO to be a superwoman, by India Knight for The Sunday Times magazine https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/india-knight-you-don-t-have-to-be-a-city-ceo-with-nine-kids-to-be-a-superwoman-ordinary-women-perform-miracles-every-day-nnkbw2r72
Carey Mulligan and David Hare interview, by Louis Wise for The Sunday Times Culture magazine https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-carey-mulligan-david-hare-bbc-drama-tv-show-collateral-3w5dj7308
Inside The Mean-Girls Culture That Destroyed Sex And The City for the New York Post:
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 47 of The Highlo, the weekly news, pop culture and current affairs |
| 0:20.9 | podcast brought to you by journalist Dolly Alderton and Pandora Sykes. |
| 0:26.3 | Today we will be discussing Quincy Jones's staggeringly revelatory interview with Vulture, |
| 0:32.0 | aka the best celebrity interview of all time, sex and the city rift Dolly's special subject |
| 0:38.4 | and we have a brilliant guest author Laura Freeman who is here to talk about her beautiful |
| 0:43.0 | book The Reading Curve. |
| 0:44.4 | I actually rang Pandora in a bit of a panic because a suddenly sense that maybe you might |
| 0:48.7 | not be as invested in the Kim Katral S.J.P. and I'm not. |
| 0:52.5 | So I made her promise on the phone that we would discuss extensively. |
| 0:57.4 | This is our first ever recording from our new home. |
| 1:01.2 | Sorry if the audio quality isn't quite what it was but well, say the V friendles and it's |
| 1:07.1 | fantastic. |
| 1:08.1 | It's already a much more like loungey vibe in here friendles. |
| 1:12.6 | Well Dolly's just had some avocado toast and tea so clearly she's a nice one. |
| 1:16.0 | Which was very nice. |
| 1:17.0 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:19.0 | Yes it's Valentine's Day. |
| 1:20.5 | Well tomorrow when you're listening to this if you listen to it with baited breath on |
| 1:24.9 | the day of its release then it will be the day after Valentine's Day. |
| 1:27.9 | As we're recording it right now it is Valentine's Day, Happy Valentine's Day, C.J. and Dolly. |
| 1:33.6 | Did you get spoiled? |
| 1:35.6 | Got a card from old faithful, mum. |
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