Simon Callow: ‘Scottish reeling almost killed me.’

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Simon Callow is a critically acclaimed actor, director, author and star of classic movies such as Room with a View, Shakespeare in Love and Howards End. However, it’s his part as Gareth in Four Weddings and a Funeral that many took to their hearts. Callow’s failures include a childhood rejection that still haunts him, a play he directed which was savaged by the critics, painting and how he was ‘very annoyed’ not to get the movie part of Amadeus despite having played it on stage. Do you have something to share of your own? Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com Production & Post Production Coordinator: Eric Ryan Studio and Mix Engineer: Matias Torres Sole and Gulliver Tickell Senior Producer: Selina Ream Executive Producer: Carly Maile Head of Marketing: Kieran Lancini How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you struggling to work out what to read next? Are you looking for an authentic, emotionally
0:04.6	charged novel that will stay with you for a long time? Of course you are. Well, look no further.
0:11.1	Nesting is the debut novel from award-winning Irish writer Roshine O'Donnell, and it will not disappoint.
0:17.6	Nesting is about one woman's attempt to leave her controlling husband and seek out a better
0:22.2	life for herself and her children when all the odds are stacked against her. She has no home,
0:27.9	no family nearby, no job or money, and is battling against her husband's relentless campaign
0:32.9	to get her back. Whilst the book deals with a difficult subject, it's also about the beautiful
0:38.3	moments she finds with her children amidst the struggle. Leaving is one thing, staying away is another.
0:45.3	This is a book all about resilience, love and family, and it's ultimately a life-affirming and
0:50.8	hopeful read, an incredibly important book on a topic we should all be more clued up on
0:56.1	and aware of. So get this on your 2025 reading list as soon as you can. Out now in hardback and
1:02.6	audiobook. Welcome to How to Date, the podcast that teaches you what you need to know about
1:08.5	navigating modern romance. I'm podcaster and author Elizabeth Day and I'm Mel Schilling relationship coach.
1:14.6	Every week we aim to give you the skills you need to show up as yourself on the apps and in real life.
1:20.8	Join us for frank expert advice, brilliant guests and practical exercises that will leave you feeling empowered to make the changes you
1:27.9	need to meet the person that is worthy of you. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts.
1:43.4	Welcome to How to Fail, the podcast that firmly believes that failing better can help us succeed better too.
1:50.0	Before we get to my wonderful guest, just a reminder about my subscriber podcast, Failing with Friends,
1:55.8	where my guest and I answer your questions and offer advice on some of your failures too. Do send your failures in to get
2:03.0	advice from one of my esteemed guests. Follow the link in the podcast notes or look out for my
2:08.2	callouts once a month on Instagram for quickfire questions. Thank you so, so much.
2:13.5	Simon Callow is probably best known to many of you for his performance as Gareth, the unapologetic
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