RHLSTP Book Club 42 - Tom Crewe
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)
British Comedy Guide
4.7 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
RHLSTP Book Club 42 - The New Life - Rich meets hot new author (and his brother-in-law’s partner, so he’s met him before) Tom Crewe to talk about the New Life, an amazing debut novel about homosexuality and homophobia (but also feminism and class) in the late 19th Century. They talk about semen, the responsibility of basing a novel on real people, the tragedy of people not being allowed to love the people they love, writing about thrilling and disappointing sex, why it’s better to be an invert rather than a pervert, the incredible story of the bidding war for the novel and Rich meeting Tom’s Aunty Jan at the book launch.
SUPPORT THE SHOW!
Watch our TWITCH CHANNEL
See extra content at our WEBSITE
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello, it's Annie Macmanis here from the podcast Changes. |
| 0:03.6 | The podcast is currently being sponsored by Transport for London, |
| 0:07.2 | who are calling on bystanders to support their fellow passengers if they witness an incident |
| 0:12.3 | of sexual harassment. TFL and their policing partners are working to make the network as safe as |
| 0:17.8 | possible and there are ways that you can help. It might feel difficult to know what you can do, |
| 0:22.8 | but there are a few simple and safe things like making a note of what you see and reporting it |
| 0:28.5 | or asking the person if they are okay. Head over to Changes to hear more or search TFL |
| 0:34.4 | sexual harassment for more information. Together we can stop sexual harassment on public transports. |
| 0:43.5 | This is a paid advertisement from BetterHelp. It's a brand new year and we're all looking to get |
| 0:49.5 | to the top of our game physically but also very importantly mentally. I'd say more importantly |
| 0:57.2 | because when you feel empowered, when you feel you can cope with everything that life has to throw |
| 1:02.8 | at you, you are closer to being the best version of yourself. Now mental health is a very important |
| 1:09.6 | subject to me. It's something that I've tried to deal with in my comedy. My own mental health |
| 1:14.8 | is helped via my comedy which I sort of use as therapy but most of you probably won't want to |
| 1:19.5 | stand up in front of hundreds of people and reveal your most terrible secrets. That's just me |
| 1:25.2 | and it's perfectly understandable to be scared of telling anyone about the stuff that's bothering you |
| 1:30.0 | but with the help of a trained therapist you can really start to sort things out to find out what's |
| 1:36.8 | important to find out why the things that are bugging you are bugging you to see if you can push |
| 1:42.3 | yourself along the road to a better version, a happier version of yourself is what I would say. |
| 1:49.0 | Look if you think therapy might work for you if you want to give it a try, BetterHelp is a great |
| 1:54.6 | option because it's therapy online via video, phone or message chat. You don't even have to see |
| 2:01.2 | anyone on camera if you don't want to. With over a thousand therapists in the UK already BetterHelp |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from British Comedy Guide, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of British Comedy Guide and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.